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Bedinsis

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Chicken Run sequel out of nowhere. Summoned by decades of collective despair.
I dunno, the movie feels a bit too... clean and well lit compared to the original?

I realize how petty that complaint is, it's a new environment and a new story and changing the illumination to reflect the story they wish to tell is entirely reasonable. It's just that I get more Despicable Me vibes than Chicken Run vibes. Might be because the trailer of the former involved Gru trying to get into a guarded high tech place with resulting slapstick.
 

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I dunno, the movie feels a bit too... clean and well lit compared to the original?

I realize how petty that complaint is, it's a new environment and a new story and changing the illumination to reflect the story they wish to tell is entirely reasonable. It's just that I get more Despicable Me vibes than Chicken Run vibes. Might be because the trailer of the former involved Gru trying to get into a guarded high tech place with resulting slapstick.
It's also this new mix of stop-motion and CGI, as in Pirates : Misfits Darwin Something. "Welcome to the future".
 
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This is Miyazaki's last film! He means it this time!

Jokes aside, the film looks great, and I can't wait to see this
I'm in. If this is the Legend's last film, then so be it. Thank you again Miyazaki-san and your team, to introducing me to groundbreaking films.

Didn't we already do this one Ghibli? There were fireflies involved I think... No?
Grave of the Fireflies sucked and was a glorified guilt trip movie, put against the "ungrateful" Japanese youth or delinquents from the 1980s. The Boy and The Heron looks better and is more interesting.
 

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This is Miyazaki's last film! He means it this time!

Jokes aside, the film looks great, and I can't wait to see this
Miyazaki can do as many last films as he wants. I'll watch them because I enjoy his movies on the whole(some more then others obviously).
 

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Miyazaki can do as many last films as he wants. I'll watch them because I enjoy his movies on the whole(some more then others obviously).
Let's hope though he gets so old he forgets how to abuse his animators.