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Wolf Children (Ookami Kodomo): Are you human or wolf?
13 years ago
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So today, I decided to hold a Saturday Animated Film Blowout, with Wolf Children first and ParaNorman second. It was a time for laughter, love and sadness. 2 new films that I now cherish with my heart. I'll talk about Wolf Children first. ParaNorman will come in my next journal entry.
Wolf Children tells of the genesis and the coming-of-age of werewolf children Yuki and Ame, daughter and son, respectively, to their human mother Hana and their deceased werewolf father whose name I forgot. Watching the kids struggle to balance being human and wolf at the same time was filled with much laughs, but after one too many close calls, it gets really upsetting, and the kids eventually learn that one or the other has gotta give. That was when it hurt me much, though it ended off having all understand what was best for them and living the way they sincerely choose to live.
That lead to a bittersweet ending which I felt was still missing weight and impact to it. Nevertheless, it was lovable enough for me to give it an AWOOOO out of 10.
It reminded of how much of a bumbling bloke I am, not being the artist that I so wished to be. It also made me see how my aspirations of who I want to be and how I want to behave are in conflict with myself, my family, society at large and the governments of many countries. It left me sick in the stomach thinking how the lives of myself and millions others are just not going their ways, thanks to socio-economic, political and religious limitation and persecution.
It also got me thinking of the conflict between a human being's human and animal sides. One side wants to move away from nature, if not command it, and be intellectual and above all nature, but the other side wants to be one with nature, working harmoniously with it biologically, especially instinctively and sexually.
Finally, it made ask myself...
... are you human...
... or are you animal?
ParaNorman up next.
Wolf Children tells of the genesis and the coming-of-age of werewolf children Yuki and Ame, daughter and son, respectively, to their human mother Hana and their deceased werewolf father whose name I forgot. Watching the kids struggle to balance being human and wolf at the same time was filled with much laughs, but after one too many close calls, it gets really upsetting, and the kids eventually learn that one or the other has gotta give. That was when it hurt me much, though it ended off having all understand what was best for them and living the way they sincerely choose to live.
That lead to a bittersweet ending which I felt was still missing weight and impact to it. Nevertheless, it was lovable enough for me to give it an AWOOOO out of 10.
It reminded of how much of a bumbling bloke I am, not being the artist that I so wished to be. It also made me see how my aspirations of who I want to be and how I want to behave are in conflict with myself, my family, society at large and the governments of many countries. It left me sick in the stomach thinking how the lives of myself and millions others are just not going their ways, thanks to socio-economic, political and religious limitation and persecution.
It also got me thinking of the conflict between a human being's human and animal sides. One side wants to move away from nature, if not command it, and be intellectual and above all nature, but the other side wants to be one with nature, working harmoniously with it biologically, especially instinctively and sexually.
Finally, it made ask myself...
... are you human...
... or are you animal?
ParaNorman up next.
