The Saltburn Drainpipe’s review published on Letterboxd:
Finally got to see this after a million and one years!
Guys this is a pretty dark movie. In fact I can comfortably say it’s Ghibli’s darkest movie to date. The trailer doesn’t really advertise the fact that the main themes in this movie are death, loss, and grief. However that makes for a really good movie.
As always the animation here is absolutely beautiful. That signature Miyazaki style is here and going full gangbusters on us. This film is colourful but not overly saturated. Every single character has a distinctive look to them. Old people are cute as hell. It’s what you have come to expect.
The story itself is also as tight and well written as you would expect. It moves along at a tight pace, and even in such fantastical situations as these, you feel like every characters actions are earned and believable. At points you might be moved to tears. I certainly was.
And a special nod needs to go to Robert Pattinson. His voice acting here is… something else. I wouldn’t be able to tell it was him if I hadn’t known in advance. I would usually always suggest watching the original Japanese take, but for once I’m gonna suggest the English dub and it’s just for him. Make of that what you will.
It’s on Netflix finally guys. I should’ve managed to get to the cinema while it was there and that’s my bad. Should it have won best animated picture over spider verse? Possibly not on my opinion. However that shouldn’t take away from the fact that this is a really good film.
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