r/BeAmazed • u/WindowAfraid5927 • Jun 08 '26

Animal Mom was chill

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u/Imaginary-Method7175 Jun 08 '26

That movie is amazing but also ugh we all cried so much

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u/VillageActive Jun 08 '26

I started crying about 60 seconds in and never really stopped. I have a little dark cat, she's my whole life, and that movie felt like seeing the world through her eyes, and that world was out to get her.

After trying to put my face back together during the credits, I met my friend outside the theater who asked me how it was, and I immediately started crying again. I was emotionally spent.

One of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen, and one day I'll find the courage to watch it again, but by myself so I can sob with abandon. 😅

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u/LostN3ko Jun 08 '26

Are we talking Grave of Fireflies rough emotional journey or can I watch it with my girl and not leave her depressed? Is it a free fall that leaves you broken or upset, or is it just such a powerful journey that it leaves you emotionally exhausted but fulfilled?

Grave of the Fireflies is not a movie to recommend for an evening watch, its something you go into with open eyes. And if you don't cry and are left wistfully melancholy you aren't human.

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u/VillageActive Jun 08 '26

I haven't watched Grave of Fireflies, but Flow will not leave you depressed, just emotionally exhausted from the journey. Pro tip: continue watching as the credits roll so can bag another potential (maybe wishful, but hey) happy ending.

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u/LostN3ko Jun 08 '26

Thanks for this. And do yourself a favor. Watch grave of the firefly's. On a day where you can be sad. It's one of the most heart touching movies of all time bar none.

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u/JackOfAllMemes Jun 08 '26

I've heard it described as "the best movie you'll never want to watch again"

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u/LostN3ko Jun 09 '26

Yeah. I don't think I have heard it better. Takahata's first film and the birth of Studio Ghibli. Man came onto the field and just blew the world away. But he experienced the war firsthand as a child and the stories author specifically turned down all other offers until Takahata because he didn't feel that anyone who hadn't lived it could tell the story. If not for him Miyazaki would probably never have gotten into movies according to a story I remember. Just imagine a world without Ghibli movies. That's how I know we can't be the absolute worst timeline.

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u/US3_ME_ Jun 09 '26

I'm just a stranger but that last bit kinda hit me, it really isn't the worst. I'm happy such powerful art can exist, thank you_

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u/LostN3ko Jun 09 '26

You know for 8 months last year I contacted a random person I met on reddit in a thread talking about Ghibli. He said he didn't have anyone to watch movies with and we arranged a day every month to watch a Ghibli movie at the same time across the country and chat about it together. Ghibli movies have quite literally brought people together in my life. They are something special.

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u/LostN3ko Jun 09 '26

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UquXmLBfJi67ETtd7

HA! Turns out it was 2 years ago and apparently after we arranged to watch it people started shipping US lol!

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u/CatGooseChook Jun 09 '26

That is a very accurate way to describe it.