The Wind Rises

                              

The wind rises is the last movie directed by Miyazaki. This movie is about a boy named Jiro. Jiro’s dream is to become a pilot, but he is shortsighted. Thus, he decided to design the plane. He dreams that one day he can design a plane as beautiful as wind. However, the way to make his dream come true is rugged. He met the dark period in Japan. Big earthquake, economic depression, and tuberculosis all make Jiro has a hard life.

               

When there is a big earthquake, Jiro met Naoko, they help each other to go through the difficulty. After 7 years, they met each other again. They fall in love and get marry. Jiro is still working hard to learn designing planes. His dream almost comes true, however, Naoko leave him alone.

                 

About the ending, there is not a clear description. Everyone will have their own thoughts about the ending. Some people think Naoko only want Jiro see her beautiful face, so she leaves; some people think that Naoko dies. Maybe you will have a different thought about the ending after watching this movie.

                                            

There is something different from another Miyazaki’s movies. This movie’s main character is a boy. And It’s quite real than others.

When everyone is trying to show “future” in the movie, Miyazaki decides to show “past” in his last work. Every character in this movie work hard to finish their own dream. I think “be brave to make dream come true” is the most important thing Miyazaki wants to tell everyone.   


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The Cat Returns

A kind senior high school called Haru saves a cat on her way home. She starts a fantastic adventure accidentally. The cat Haru saves is the prince of the cat kingdom. The cat king gives a lot of present to Haru to thank her, and he also onvites Haru to the cat kingdom. He even asked Haru to marry the cat prince.

 Haru feels helpless, and she have the cat ears, she gradually become a cat. She wants to dun out the cat kingdom, or she will become the cat forever.

                            

This movie teaches us to be ourselves. In the cat kingdom, The more Haru enjoy the life there, She becomes more like a cat. The lord cat always tells Haru to learn to be herself, this is the only way to protect them from becoming a cat. We are just like Haru, when we forget who we are, we will just look likes other. So we should always remember to do ourselves and like ourselves.

                       

Actually this movie is not directed by Miyazaki, but he is still the probucer of this movie.

The theme song is also popular.It has Chinese version"小手拉大手"  

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Castle in the sky

It is said that in the past, human constructed a castle in the sky by the technology. Although most people don’t believe that, there are still many people finding the castle in the sky.

                                              

Patu, who worked at the mine, his dream is to find out the castle in the sky that his dad had seen it in the past. One night, he saves a girl who falls from the sky.

                                                   

 The girl is called Sheeta, Sheeta has a magic flying stone, because of the stone, many pirates want to catch her. The movie is about an adventure that how Patu and Sheeta protect the stone. This stone is a symbol of the heir of the castle in the sky, Laputa. Actually there is really a castle in the sky that Patu and Sheeta both see it. Finally, Patu and Sheeta decide to destroy Laputa to protect human. 

          

The existence of the castle in the sky is a really romantic imaginary. This movie shows that how great the human’s desire to fly in the sky is.

   

The movie’s theme song is also famous. I thought most of us has played this song by recorder when we are in elementary school.

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