After watching My Neighbor Totoro numerous times I really don't know how to go about the movie. I like it, but than there is some parts that I really just didn't care for. There was plenty of times I thought that the movie was going to go somewhere like any other kids movie, but I was wrong.
Therefore, I do think that the movie could have been a tad bit better, but than again it wouldn't catch the younger viewers attention. If the movie was more for people our age it wouldn't have gotten the good ratings it did. There are some minor things that really did bug me, for one when Mei was running around outside and found this "secret place",where it seemed like only she was able to go to it, and the dad didn't even know she was home until Satsuki came home from school.
Another thing that really bugged me was when they took a bath together as a family. I guess over there in Japan its perfectly fine for the parents to bathe together but here in the United States it isn't. The way I see it is if we let out children take a shower with us they are going to think its okay to shower with other family members, friends, siblings, and possibly strangers. When in reality it isn't appropriate. I honestly would not want my child to think its fine to shower with other people.
Another thing, I compared My Neighbor Totoro to Alice in Wonderland. Exactly how only Alice could see everything in wonderland and nobody really knew what was going on with her they thought she was making it up. That's how Mei and Satsuki's dad was. When they tried to tell him about Totoro he didn't believe them and pretty much was like if Mei was happy he was happy. He really didn't care, and didn't want to crush Mei's imagination. Satsuki and Mei thought Totoro and the catbus were real exactly how Alice thought that the disappearing cat and the queen of hearts were real when only they could see them like that world was only made for them to see and the adults not to believe them.
Altogether I thought My Neighbor Totoro is a great movie to watch, but it has its strong and weak points. It pretty much isn't like any other Disney movie or kids movie at that. Its different and you can't really compare it to other movies since those have villians.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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Your blog was a bit jumpy,but it did voice your oppinion. Try taking your main sentences or your main ideas,and structure it.
ReplyDeleteFor example break down your paragraphs instead of having one big one in the middle,and remember the first sentence in a paragraph is what that paragraph is mainly about.
After breaking for paragraphs down you can maybe try this technique...Take the first sentence away and read the following then think can you understand what the main idea of the paragraph is?
If so you know your on the right track because you remember your first sentence without it being there.
I'm a bit confused, not sure what your thesis is. You have some great ideas, but some of them do not relate. I would suggest gathering all of your ideas see which you like the best and keeping the ones that can support that main idea, ones that match it and will make your essay flow more easily.
ReplyDeleteYou have some really good ideas, however; your thesis is unclear. Be careful when using then and than.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure exactly wat the thesis statement is. At the end you said you thought this was a great movie, however nothing in the review supports this? What was it that you thought was great?
ReplyDeleteBe on the look out for punction. A comma may be needed when expressing two diffent point and such. Example in the fourth paragraph 'they could see them like that world' may read better as 'they could see them, like that world'
maybe you shouldn't say you don't know how to go about the movie you should just state your points on why you do not like this movie.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that caught my attention was the constant use of the word "I" that Dr Childs asked us not to use. Try just stating the opinion with out making it a personal thought.
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