I agree that is worthy of worship and have been pimping its release at work. Though I have only watched it twice I think, it is also the only Miyazaki film I have scrambled to buy which speaks volumes. Not that his other movies aren't good too.
Squee!! Squee squee!! I'm trying to resist the urge to call Jason at work every five minutes to see when he's coming home so that we can go to best buy to get it. *bounces* SQUEE!!
I love the movie, I really, really do. But I think you'd really like the manga a lot too. It starts out pretty true to the movie (as it should be since Miyazaki did both), but it's a lot more...involved. It doesn't end the same for one. For two, there are a lot of characters in the manga that don't exist in the movie (I really liked the boy from the sea of decay, I understand why he's not in the movie, but I liked him...) and they develop a lot more of the secondary characters. Like Kushana has so much more to her, hre family, and the royal intrigues surrounding them than what the movie can show. And there are little tidbits, like the fact that Nausicaa's mother had eleven children before her and Nausicaa was the only one who survived into maturity because of the poisons and toxins in their enviroment.
I mean, it's not exactly like the movie by any means. There's just more to it. More explanation, more characters, more plot. I absolutely love both the movie and the manga. I know that there are two versions of the story out there. One's the dinky movie version where they've taken pictures from the movie and put it in a book (which I don't really understand the purpose of, because if I wanted to see the movie, I'd watch the movie...>_>) and then there's the other Miyazaki version which has been released and rereleased in like a bajillion different forms.
I think they both rock, and I think you'd enjoy the manga.
That movie brings back memories. It was on the same crap-ass tape that we'd recorded The Dark Crystal on. In both cases, I was too young to really get what was going on. I realize what it was all about now, but I don't know that I've actually seen it since I was like 5.
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Date: 2005-02-22 03:25 pm (UTC)I think we deserve a treat after all the work we've done... :)
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Date: 2005-02-22 03:34 pm (UTC)Of course, I had a really good fansub off LD.
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:43 pm (UTC)The degree to which I worship this movie cannot be measured.
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Date: 2005-02-22 09:01 pm (UTC)Though I have only watched it twice I think, it is also the only Miyazaki film I have scrambled to buy which speaks volumes. Not that his other movies aren't good too.
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Date: 2005-02-22 03:45 pm (UTC)*cough* I'm done now. *glomps*
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:44 pm (UTC)*glomps back* You'll have to tell me how it stacks up against the manga.
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Date: 2005-02-23 06:31 am (UTC)I mean, it's not exactly like the movie by any means. There's just more to it. More explanation, more characters, more plot. I absolutely love both the movie and the manga. I know that there are two versions of the story out there. One's the dinky movie version where they've taken pictures from the movie and put it in a book (which I don't really understand the purpose of, because if I wanted to see the movie, I'd watch the movie...>_>) and then there's the other Miyazaki version which has been released and rereleased in like a bajillion different forms.
I think they both rock, and I think you'd enjoy the manga.
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Date: 2005-02-23 07:16 am (UTC)By both I meant the movie and the manga. And by manga, I mean the real manga, not the fake movie manga.
(Oh, I so should not try to be coherent at 2:30 in the morning...X_x;;)
Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-22 04:06 pm (UTC)But man... we wore that tape out.
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Date: 2005-02-22 07:41 pm (UTC)AND NOW IT IS MINE!!
We'll be sure to watch it when you visit ^_^ And speaking of Dark Crystal, I need to buy that at some point as well. Man did we destroy that tape...
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:05 pm (UTC)Let's see, what else was there...?
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:47 pm (UTC)GALAXY RANGERS. I knew there was a dvd I wanted but hadn't bought yet. The urge to spend is ever rising >_>
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:34 pm (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-22 08:45 pm (UTC)Heh. You'll like Samantha lots. She could give even you lessons in snarking and being scathing.
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:50 pm (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-22 08:55 pm (UTC)Pretty much anytime I'm near my siblings I get smacked down, so I'm used to it.
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Date: 2005-02-22 08:57 pm (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-22 09:57 pm (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-22 10:57 pm (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-23 01:11 am (UTC)That would rock.
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Date: 2005-02-22 10:59 pm (UTC)hm hm hmmm
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Date: 2005-02-23 01:10 am (UTC)Compliment with a hope of inciting wrath
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Date: 2005-02-23 01:51 am (UTC)Re: Ahh... nostalgia *sniff*
Date: 2005-02-23 04:15 am (UTC)Like you didn't expect that answer. what do you want from me?