After falling in love with My Neighbour Totoro by this same anime director, I decided to see if Nausicaa is just as great. And it is, but in a totally different way. It requires some fantasy on the viewer's part, and has a steampunk sciencefiction backstory, which will make it less approachable to some viewers.
This imaginary world dragged me into an epic struggle, where a young girl is forced to chose between her friends or her passion, between fighting or surrendering and between her country or her life. (For connaisseurs: it's like Dune). A wild ride follows where the girl finds her way and I was on the edge of my seat. At times the message to follow your heart, be eco and 'make love not war' was a bit overdone, but this epic story was so exciting and delivered that message so strongly that it deserved to be a bit preachy.
Amazing imaginary world crafting, beautifully drawn, a powerful message and just a great story. It sucked me right in and I'll be watching this over and over.
Image and sound 3.75 / 5. Miyazaki film with his usual themes that never disappoints
Fantastic Movie, Certainly one of the best.
Oh wow
Beautiful movie that shows how important kindness is.
I do so love Miyazaki films! They always transport me! I just need to own them at this point!
It was somewhere between "a bit boring", "okay", and "pleasant to watch". An interesting thing were some similarities with Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings! :smile: I think I would be inclined to recommend it, but only to fans of anime.
The original title of the film is Kaze no Tani no Naushika.
Sir Patrick Stewart voice never gets old, also first time hearing shia labeouf do a voice character.
I really enjoyed this one and definitely love hayao miyazaki work being the best out of the studio Ghibli animators.. shhh! don’t tell the others.. he’s made the most anyways and this was his first work for the studio I hear.
Loved the effects, the action and the storyline and not forgetting the soundtrack that’s beautiful as always and being his work this one definitely had similarities to his Princess Mononoke being one of my favourites it made the film even better.
Those creepy crawleys were so creepy. And that gooey guy at the end was so gooey. This movie rocks.
Rather a dark story but still somehow cute movie. Well done and it is almost impossible to believe how old this movie is—it does not feel that way. Just another magical story by Miyazaki.
Nostalgia. A great story l l
A post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure with truly remarquable world-building, I got so invested in such a short time and wanted to know every little thing about this world. A semblance of Avatar (for the themes), Dune (for the setting) and Made in Abyss (for the monsters and underground scenes)... among others like even Star Wars. Favorite part of this is getting to discover all the carefully crafted monster insects, ships and vehicules. A good mix. I only wanted more of them. Princess Nausicaä is truly an excellent main character: a fierce leader, unrelenting, confident and the embodiment of compassion, seeing beauty in even the most monstrous of creatures. It had a very strong interesting start, lost me a little in the middle but then grabbed me in the last third. Beautiful story and themes on environmentalism, immersive score, good action, emotional and truly a great adventure.
Very Dune-ish. Despite being Ghibli’s first film, there’s already so much artistry on display. At no point does it feel rudimentary or like a test run. It’s an instantly memorable film because of its detailed worldbuilding, unique score and unpredictable story. However, it takes a while to get there. The first act of this film is riddled with a lot of clunky exposition. The general set-up for the story also seems a little conventional before it takes some more interesting turns as the film goes along. Nevertheless, I was still immediately drawn in by the characters and the aforementioned technical aspects. The film only gets stronger and more imaginative as it goes along, and I can’t deny being completely wrapped up by the story in the third act. Thematically it addresses some ecological concerns (no surprise there given the studio’s history), and it comments on that with a surprising amount of nuance (though it gets a little corny during its closing moments). It’s not just the usual ‘save the whales, humans are bad’ shtick, and I really appreciate that.
7.5/10
Studio Ghibli's unofficial first release brings us environmental warnings wrapped in the context of a world war. The famed Japanese animation house wouldn't actually come into being until immediately after Nausicaä, but all the important pieces are here and the experience of working together encouraged them to do it again, which makes this a sort of prologue for Totoro, Mononoke and the like.
This particular tale has its roots in print, drawn from a long-running serial written and illustrated by head honcho Hayao Miyazaki, and those expansive origins are blatantly obvious. I mean that in both positive and negative lights. Depth of character is a major strength, with dozens of fully-fleshed faces competing for similar, but subtly opposed, military goals. The world itself, a precarious civilization which clings to life at the edge of extinction, thrives with unfamiliar life and unusual technology. Alas, Miyazaki couldn't efficiently wrangle this narrative on the page (his serials would continue, off and on, for another decade, with a final page count in the thousands) and that leaves a ninety-minute film adaptation to merely scratch the surface. We spend so much effort defining and exploring the major players - three distinct warring nations, an army of giant insect berserkers, kings and queens, turncoats and commanders - that we run out of time for them to do anything consequential.
As a showcase of raw imagination, it's triumphant. Proto-Ghibli was producing incredible work in the early ‘80s, far ahead of their contemporaries, and it feels warmly satisfying to catch the inception of recurring themes and motifs that would thread through their later work. The fledgling troupe was in sore need of a good editor, however, and that shortcoming ultimately leaves Nausicaä feeling overly ambitious and incomplete. A grand first effort that only feels a little bit dated, it’s probably best recognized as a vital learning experience for the talented team behind the scenes.
I'll make a more thorough review soon, but I greatly enjoyed this movie
Very similar to Princess Mononoke but this is slightly worse, solid 7.5 stars.
This is the very first Hayao Miyazaki's feature of Studio Ghibli. To see where it all began with the knowledge that this would be seminole moment, makes this a marvellous experience. In a theme, to be oft repeated in his work, we see a world on the edge of an apocalypse, depending on man learning to live within his natural bounds rather than destroy it. And, a young girl who elevates her society by her bravery and compassion, all with a natural, girlish charm. This first work was based on a serial, graphic novel (manga). There is great scope in his artwork. His love of flight is infectious. His characters are alive and vibrant. I found there were times the plot was so diverse that the pace was compromised, but this film was a seed of the skill that became Ghibli's hallmark. I give this film an 8 (great) out of 10. [Animated Adventure]
This is my first Miyazaki, I'm watching them all for the Blank Check podcast. This is a big blind spot for me and if they're all as good as this one I'm in for many, many treats. Beautiful film, beautiful story. I love the character of Nausicaa so much!
Theater view
Swedish cinemas plays several movies by Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki in special. This weekend was the play of Nausicaä.
The theme of the movie is even more accurate than ever. Miyazaki plays on the interaction of nature and man, where Nausicaä has a strong bond with the animals in the nearby forest that her village depends on, even more than they ever thought before.
In a story played out 1000 years in the future, where nature seems to have take over mans earth and life is though enough to make its inhabitants wage wars to survive, one girl goes beyond and sees it for what it is and what it can do, if you let it play in harmony.
With a classic hand-drawn movie, this could have easily been a 3-month cinema play even today!
This is a must see for anyone that loves great stories.
epic awesome cool nice what ever boet moet in my live
Shout by Lorenzo AielloBlockedParent2016-07-25T00:36:38Z
Moving story as always, Miyazaki never disappoints. It's a film about the wickedness and stubbornness of humans. Poor music and audio effects though. The ending could have been better.