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2005 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: MYSTERIOUS SKIN; HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE; DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE

Firsties Suck by ChristianZane	Aug 5th, 2005 10:58:01 PM
May your colons need cleansing.
Ironic... by KarmicRelief	Aug 5th, 2005 11:35:48 PM
...since you're the first poster now, eh?
THIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Vim Fuego	Aug 6th, 2005 12:41:47 AM
It's the new first apparently.
Darwin's nightmare by muxology	Aug 6th, 2005 05:30:42 AM
... seems to be interesting! Maybe we'll stop calling shit like Fahrenheit 911 'documentaries'.
Mysterious Skin by Mumbling Monkey	Aug 6th, 2005 11:12:22 AM
I saw Mysterious Skin in London about 2 weeks ago. It was easily the most difficult, challenging movie I have ever experienced and it was also one of the most exceptional. It will probably be one of the best movies I never add to my DVD collection purely because I don
Howl's Moving Castle by deadguppy	Aug 6th, 2005 01:31:09 PM
Howls Moving Castle is amazingly creative, Miyazaki's second best film to date. Princess Mononoke is still my favorite.
Howls was good... by ANGELS-EGG	Aug 6th, 2005 03:36:07 PM
...but is his second weakest film to me by far (slap bang next to mononoke)....visual flair should not excuse a sub standard story structure with a weak ending. The book is a lot better and is more cohesive.
Lat, I'm sorry, but you seem to have slightly missed the poi by TheGas	Aug 8th, 2005 03:33:29 AM
It's not a message of "it's not easy being old" pointed toward the young, but rather, "you're only as old as you choose to be" pointed toward adults. First off, Miyazaki has explicitly stated that this film was made for the elderly (of course, like all his films it is enjoyable for any age). Second, there's a subtle but important change from the book that really makes this clear: the curse on Sophie is never actually lifted in the film. This means that if operates differently than the one in the book: rather than simply making her old, it makes her outer appearance match her personality. As her relationship with Howl brings her long-forgotten sense of youthful enthusiasm for life back to the surface, her physical youth returns as well.

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