Film critic Roger Ebert - Grave of The Fireflies

Film critic Roger Ebert reviewing the Japanese anime "Grave of The Fireflies", a Studio Ghibli film of 1988. Contemplating on animation and Asian film making. Amazed by his empathy and sensitivity through his description of this film, his interpretation is almost moving.

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[rss313]

Saddest movie of all fucking time. Never watch it.

..but man, it's so great.

[TeeMcDee89]

I appreciate Ebert taking the time to explain the validity of Japanese animation, but I really wish he had spent more time talking about the film.

[Charlenefabulous]

Ebert is really gross

[philipmarie1854]

@rss313 I won't. Instead, I'll watch Neon Genesis Evangelion! One of the episodes left me so broken on the inside I felt empty. Mind rape indeed.

[HayleyHarrison17]

When he's talking about frames per second in animation, yeah, not on a movie like this pal. This is Studio Ghibli, the company who made two films on one budget through blood, sweat, and tears and is constantly redefining the animation medium. Go watch Naruto or Dragon Ball if you want bad animation.

[TheDeeFormed]

@moobie1010 as much as you are, his look alike

[moobie1010]

roger ebert is a genius.

[Spaceman2921]

@Explorer4Truth

lol'd

[TheBitchinbabs]

Now he gets fireflies in his mouth

[TheDeeFormed]

Ebert always looked like a fly infested grave

[kaizumii]

walt disney is nothing compared to studio ghibli

[qwe123303]

@rss313

Totally agree and this might not be a popular thing to say, but I think films like this are more important than Holocaust films at this point. We harp on the horrors done by the Germans (and rightly so), but have forgotten the carnage that we unleashed on the Japanese, not only of the atomic bombs but the countless towns and cities endlessly firebombed. An atrocity almost as horrible.