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Watch Makoto Shinkai's new movie....WITH MAKOTO SHINKAI....IN IRELAND!

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    #32
    Numina
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    My body is ready.


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    #33
    melekalikimaka
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    got my tix, sadly for the second screening, refusing to read reviews about what its even about, just hope it isnt 'too' lovely dovey


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    #34
    johnny_ultimate
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    Don't worry, it's not 'lovey dovey' in the slightest.

    I'll be helping out at the event tonight, and am very much looking forward to it :) Wish I was seeing the film for the first time on the big screen, but hey whatever!

    Also hoping the success of this will be a positive precedent for events of this sort. Anime in the cinema has a loyal audience, so I always wonder why there isn't more of it.


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    #35
    megaten
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Don't worry, it's not 'lovey dovey' in the slightest.

    I'll be helping out at the event tonight, and am very much looking forward to it :) Wish I was seeing the film for the first time on the big screen, but hey whatever!

    Also hoping the success of this will be a positive precedent for events of this sort. Anime in the cinema has a loyal audience, so I always wonder why there isn't more of it.

    If it's about attendence. I almost never hear about it until after it's already been shown. It's partly why I'm so excited to go see this tonight.

    Also, does anyone know how long it takes to walk from the city centre to smithfield? I need to figure out when to leave work.


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    #36
    johnny_ultimate
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    Its a ten-fifteen minute walk from the Jervis St. Luas stop.


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    #37
    fitz0
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    Or you can get the Luas straight to Smithfield.


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    #38
    TheIrishGrover
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    Great to see it on the big screen. Interesting Q&A afterwards (except my lame ass, cliche question about strong female anime characters. D'oh. The last girl asked a great question about the use of expansive scenery/nightscapes). Got me Blu-Ray autographed :)


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    #39
    e_e
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    I thought the film was merely ok but I loved the opportunity to see it in that setting and Shinkai seems like a real gent. :)


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    #40
    Zeouterlimits
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    Jesus Christ, that photo is huge!


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    #41
    johnny_ultimate
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    Hope you all enjoy the posters I had to painstakingly spend my afternoon rolling :p

    A grand evening was had. Great to meet the man himself. It's an exposition heavy film, although plenty of wonderful moments in it, although was a) sorry for and b) annoyed at the very frustrated child sitting behind me :/ A good Q&A too, audience asked much better questions than I had expected.

    Let's hope there's more of this stuff in the forseeable future.


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    #42
    Numina
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    That was great. I would have loved to have to met Shinkai but it was a long queue and we really didn't have that much time to spare to get home. I wonder what the translator was writing as he was talking, probably just rough notes of what he was saying to refer back to as she relayed the message but the curiosity persists. I echo what Grover said about the night skies question, that was some pretty cool insight; also the question about why he chose Agartha over other versions of afterlife such as Hades. Although the person asking that question wasn't that clear in getting the question across, we still got a fascinating answer.

    Oh, I also found it pretty funny that we travelled underground (the theater actually being underground) to watch a movie about people going underground.


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    #43
    johnny_ultimate
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    The short referenced in the Q&A, for the interested amongst you:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xax2OXu1fcA


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    #44
    megaten
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    It was pretty amazing to see the man in person. He was very friendly too.
    The film itself was good, but it felt like it could have been done by any competent director. Apart from the gorgeous visuals there isn't really anything there that could tell you it was done by him.


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    #45
    johnny_ultimate
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    I think the biggest problem with the film is that it does Shinkai absolutely no favours in shaking off the unfortunate 'next Miyazaki' tag. There were vague similarities before (not least a fascination with flying machines) but this is full on homage material. Heavily influenced by Nausicca, Laputa, Spirited Away and - the biggest - Princess Mononoke. Some less obvious resemblances to Totoro and a few of the others too. Could probably write an essay breaking down the similarities.

    I'd put Mamorou Hosoda a little bit above him as 'the great hope of anime', but I still think Shinkai is the producer of some of the smartest, most engaging anime around. And the thematic core of Children... is pretty fascinating and complex. He just really needs to let his own individual voice sing, and this is one or two steps backwards in that regard.


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    #46
    Konata
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    Crazy jealous of you all! Glad to hear it went well though!


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    #47
    Tar.Aldarion
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    i missed it too but it's on again next week.


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    #48
    thefinalstage
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    DAMMIT! Can't believe I missed this. I love the experience of watching a beautiful animation with people who can appreciate it....AHHHHHHHH and this would have been my first time seeing it too....

    Would have loved to have met the man himself too :(


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    poisonedstream wrote: »
    DAMMIT! Can't believe I missed this. I love the experience of watching a beautiful animation with people who can appreciate it....AHHHHHHHH and this would have been my first time seeing it too....

    Would have loved to have met the man himself too :(

    As I said above it's on again next monday if you want to book it. :p
    He wont be there though.
    http://www.onlinecinematickets.com/index.php?s=LHSMITHF&p=details&eventCode=8293


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    #50
    Tar.Aldarion
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    *tumbleweed*


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    #51
    thefinalstage
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    *tumbleweed*

    *bigger tumbleweed*


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    #52
    Tar.Aldarion
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    they deleted the post I was replying to dammit! :D generic anime abuse by somebody.


    Also I just shaved my beard and made it into a tumbleweed, so I win >_>

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    Just back from the film, it was great, the free posters are massive!

    Who were the people collecting your rating on the film for their website? And adding people to a mailing list, not just the lighthouse website I take it?


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    #53
    johnny_ultimate
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Who were the people collecting your rating on the film for their website? And adding people to a mailing list, not just the lighthouse website I take it?

    Access Cinema were taking ratings as part of the Japanese Film Festival (these were once off screenings as part of that). The mailing list would either have been for that or the Japanese Embassy.


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