Comments on: Hayao Grumpy-zaki

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:48:45 +0000

…sounds like somebody needs a hug.

By: Mookibaba

Mookibaba — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:46:45 +0000

I have to say my view of Miyazaki has certainly been shaken. How can a man, behind such beautifully positive, imaginative and cheerful movies hold such bitter (and borderline insane) views?

By: pappy d

pappy d — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:27:40 +0000

The difference between an angry young man & a grumpy old man seems to come down to ‘potential’.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:53:37 +0000

If the state of the world doesn’t make you cranky, you haven’t been paying enough attention.

By: Luca Tieri

Luca Tieri — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:28:46 +0000

Cranky?!?

Just see all the garbage out there (about cinema’n'animation) folks!

He’s totally got the point. =)

By: Gogopedro!

Gogopedro! — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:16:50 +0000

Wow. The guy certainly has his point of view.
He makes some brilliant cinema though.

By: Brad Bird

Brad Bird — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:23:55 +0000

3.7 million in the early forties is VERY good boxoffice, particularly because CASABLANCA was not a particularly expensive film to make.

By: Ridgecity

Ridgecity — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:14:45 +0000

More than grumpy, sounds like a humanist. To be a good storyteller you have to understand how people respond to certain stuff, and he knows a lot of people hate when someone points out the truth, instead of closing your eyes to the reality.

@areader:

If someone chooses to go see an old movie in a theater, they probably already know what they will get, and as a writer, I know what he’s talking about. The stories are the same, but the presentation has a totally different place now… Think of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry vs Blake’s Edwards’ Pink Panther (The comedy Film), They work today because they are pretty fast paced compared to the films of the time, because they had to work in a “less than 10 minutes” pipeline. The Pink Panther movie was funny for its day but, scenes feel very slow now and we expect lots of comedy every few minutes, not just a funny thing in every scene. Movies were mostly long scenes of characters talking with the camera barely moving (before Citizen Kane), it even required real actors, not just pretty faces like today. I just saw Lawrence Of Arabia yesterday, and the movie is great, but it would have been killed in editing or splitted in 2 since with the intermissions and titles comes around 270 minutes. for comparison look at Kill Bill that was split in 2 movies since it was around 240 minutes long.

But I wouldn’t want to see the end of civilization. I haven’t had enough sex!