Again, I sorta like the concept of things being left to the imagination, versus Inception-style "explain everything to the viewer so it ties up nicely".Casual Shinji said:It's not that, it's that those particular dream sequences give the impression that Anna has no more grip on reality. She drifts in and out with no control, implying something is either wrong inside her head or it's something supernatural. But it never explains this at the end, it just completely ignores that whole mind trip.
That being said, I thought it was fairly obvious that they were dreams with a mixture of supernatural elements like time travel. Since no one, not even Anna fully understands it, the viewer should not, either.
No, it's because Kaguya's ending had a point.
She dies regretting the opportunities she never took in life. The life that we've observed throughout the movie. You can view this in a very nihilistic light, that we'll all die filled with inevitable regret over the chances that slipped away. Or you can see the positive side, that you should make the most out of life since it will end.
I won't disagree that the ending isn't enjoyable, but that's because it's not supposed to make you feel good, quite the opposite actually.
As a fantastical folk tale it can be interpreted any number of ways, but I don't think it had a clear point that is universal to anyone. You can say they were being true to original story, but the ending was actually changed, as in the story Kaguya forgets pretty much everything and none of it mattered because now she gets to live an ageless, goddess-like life on the moon. She didn't "die" by any interpretation, and by a Buddhist point of view you could say that Kaguya was unhappy as some kind of wealthy princess and preferred to live a life devoid of Earthly connections, in which case the ending could be considered happy. In any case it was bizarre, but it was given a pass because it was an adaptation of a rather old fairy tale.
The point of Marnie is that it was a coming-of-age tale about someone having more than one type of crisis. The ending twist is at least unexpected to most, especially its target audience of young adults. You might have to identify with Anna a little bit to understand it more potently.
The point of Marnie is that it was a coming-of-age tale about someone having more than one type of crisis. The ending twist is at least unexpected to most, especially its target audience of young adults. You might have to identify with Anna a little bit to understand it more potently.