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Grave of the Fireflies

zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wasteland Veteran
edited September 2010 in Arts & Writings
has anybody seen this movie? oh man, i am so depressed right now. i seriously cried from the moment the bombs dropped in the opening scenes all the way to the ending... i hate war so much. before this movie, after this movie... all around. so much suffering, i just can't even imagine. all i want to do is hug my loved ones and cry because i am so lucky.

what do you do when you watch a movie that makes you feel this way? i don't normally feel suffering so intensely and i'm not quite sure what to do with these emotions.

for reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPwdBIbx_U

Comments

  • mugzymugzy Veteran
    edited September 2010
    I have seen it, and I too was extremely depressed afterward. I generally don't watch sad movies because there's enough to be sad about in real life :(
  • zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifeless in a dry wasteland Veteran
    edited September 2010
    mugzy wrote: »
    I have seen it, and I too was extremely depressed afterward. I generally don't watch sad movies because there's enough to be sad about in real life :(

    normally i feel this way as well, but people kept telling me that i needed to see this movie... so i gave in. i don't exactly regret it, but man, what a bummer. perhaps it would have been helpful for me if i was the type to support war, but i'm not.

    i also found out last night that the movie is based upon a novel that was written because the author's sister died during the war due to malnutrition. the author wrote it as an apology to his sister.
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited September 2010
    Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) is one of the most powerful and heartbreaking portrayals of 1945 wartime Japan I've ever seen. It almost brought me to tears, and that's hard to do.
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