Tales from Earthsea
2010 ‘Gedo senki’ Directed by Goro Miyazaki
Synopsis
Once Man and Dragon were one. Man chose Land and Sea, Dragon chose Wind and Fire.
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
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It could be that expectations were low and the amount of bad word encircling Goro Miyazaki's debut film, Tales from Earthsea, simply drilled the idea that it's an all-around bad movie in my head, but someone will have to step up and explain to me what exactly is supposed to be so terrible about this. Sure, it's nowhere near as exhilarating as something like Princess Mononoke, nor is it as heartwarming and charming as something like Castle in the Sky, but it seems that the general consensus on this fantasy epic is skewed about as much by the high expectations from the highly regarded Studio Ghibli as mine were by the general reaction to it. As far as debuts go,…
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Goro Miyazaki's (son of Hayao Miyazaki) directorial debut is a bit of a misstep. The film lacks cohesiveness and steady pacing. At times, it's actually quite a drag. I hate to compare it to other Studio Ghibli productions, but it's almost impossible not to. 'Tales from Earthsea' just doesn't have the creativity, character complexities, and scope of adventure found in other Ghibli productions. One of the most obvious blunders here, is that it does zero justice to Ursula K. Le Guin's 'Earthsea' series on which the film is based. On the good side, the animation is quality, and really rather lovely.
I know Goro has a masterpiece in him; and, as we all know, it's very rarely your first film.
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The films story starts of in the realm of Earthsea, The starting process to Dragons are fighting each other until one dies and fall's its death into the ocean. The Kingdom of Earthsea is under pressure due to the fact is that Crops are dying and people are the same. Prince Aaron kills his father and makes off with his sword and then running into Sparrowhawk a great Wizard.
The logline and description of the story is pretty bad, I will admit for such a company that makes such beautiful and amazing films. It should deliver amazing stories such as my favourite "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away". I saw this and the Logic that hit me was that it…
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It could be that expectations were low and the amount of bad word encircling Goro Miyazaki's debut film, Tales from Earthsea, simply drilled the idea that it's an all-around bad movie in my head, but someone will have to step up and explain to me what exactly is supposed to be so terrible about this. Sure, it's nowhere near as exhilarating as something like Princess Mononoke, nor is it as heartwarming and charming as something like Castle in the Sky, but it seems that the general consensus on this fantasy epic is skewed about as much by the high expectations from the highly regarded Studio Ghibli as mine were by the general reaction to it. As far as debuts go,…
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No es tan espectacular como muchas de las otras Ghibli, todo sea dicho. Lo compensa, al menos, la intensidad de algunas escenas y frases. Nuevamente se le da una gran importancia al nombre de las personas como seña de la personalidad de cada uno, de sus raíces, su poder. Si lo pierdes o te olvidas de él (Castillo en el cielo, El viaje de Chihiro) es por un motivo concreto y , a lo largo de la aventura, comprenderás quien eres, que eres y que vas a ser; Sólo entonces pronunciarás tu nombre, lo que eres, sin temores.
Cierto que la historia secundaria de una niña maltratada que termina ligada a un dragón me suena de ahora, Kalesi.
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Miyazaki's son tries to pull a Dianna Wynne Jones, but falls short. Although there are some interesting scenes, overall it is pretty disjointed. I am curious to read the book, so that is a good thing.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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A True Japanese anime. Big like! Though dragons aren't shown much.
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Goro Miyazaki's (son of Hayao Miyazaki) directorial debut is a bit of a misstep. The film lacks cohesiveness and steady pacing. At times, it's actually quite a drag. I hate to compare it to other Studio Ghibli productions, but it's almost impossible not to. 'Tales from Earthsea' just doesn't have the creativity, character complexities, and scope of adventure found in other Ghibli productions. One of the most obvious blunders here, is that it does zero justice to Ursula K. Le Guin's 'Earthsea' series on which the film is based. On the good side, the animation is quality, and really rather lovely.
I know Goro has a masterpiece in him; and, as we all know, it's very rarely your first film.
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A great start to Goro Miyazki's film-making career.
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Worst Studio Ghibli film. Probably because his son directed.