Saturday, October 29, 2005

Grave of the Fireflies

This is the best movie about orphans in a war torn country you've never seen.

Not since great films like Jeux Interdits and Empire of the Sun have a seen such a masterfully crafted movie such as this. Don't let the fact that its Japanese anime scare you off. There are no pixie like moon goddesses or Pokemon or 6-headed mecha drones... this is a highly dramatic and realistic storyline. Like most foreign films, the version dubbed in English is a bit cheesy, so I recommend the original version if you can deal with subtitles, but even in English the plot will tug are your heartstrings.

The DVD also has a neat feature where you can view the original story boards that have been intergrated into the movie.

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