Comments on: Animation Addicts Podcast #151: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ – Cat Bus. Why Didn’t I Think of That? https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/ Animation News, Reviews, Interviews, Podcasts & Videos! Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: Morgan Stradling https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-35061 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:28:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-35061 In reply to k.

Fun theory! Someone dies! ?

Why do all the crazy fan theories always center around someone really being dead? ?

]]> By: Morgan Stradling https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-35060 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:23:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-35060 In reply to Ruise.

Thanks for your thoughts, Ruise! I believe that if I were to watch this film in a few months, I’ll have a different opinion of it. I’m going to give myself a month and then rewatch and report back on the podcast about my thoughts after then.

]]> By: Morgan Stradling https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-35059 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:22:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-35059 In reply to Phoenix Wright.

I think the problem here was that Totoro had been so overhyped in my mind, that I guess I was expecting more and that affected how I saw and reviewed it. I agree with you that I need to re-watch it after a month or so, knowing what I was getting into, my thoughts on it would change.

I enjoyed the film fine enough, I just didn’t love it and gush over it like it seems everyone else does.

]]> By: Rachel Wagner https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-35007 Sun, 30 Jul 2017 02:59:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-35007 This is joy in movie form. I’m surprised you couldn’t’ get swept away in it.

]]> By: Ruise https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34839 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:58:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34839 In reply to k.

It’s not true at all, but I agree that it is a fun conspiracy theory. It would be terrible if she actually did drown, but it’s fun to imagine “what if?”

]]> By: Ruise https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34838 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:46:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34838 It’s called magical realism jeez you guys. It’s not a difficult film to understand! You guys are actually the second and third reviewers I’ve heard who really disliked Totoro and yeah it’s perfectly fine for you to have your own opinions even though you’re incorrect. 😉 The more lowkey Ghibli films such as Ponyo, Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Arrietty are my favorites, along with Spirited Away of course. I thought Princess Mononoke was good, but like you guys with this movie, I have absolutely no desire to rewatch it. Princess Mononoke’s vibe is more along the lines of R-rated Hollywood movies and HBO dramas, it’s just not whimsical or fun enough for me.

]]> By: Chloe Westenhaver https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34837 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:39:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34837 In reply to Phoenix Wright.

I totally agree with you! I was bummed, and frankly shocked by the reviews. To each their own, but I adore this movie. It has a beautiful balance of whimsy and magic mixed with everyday life and what it means to be a young child. I love how Miyazaki’s films take it slow and display the beauty of real people, but add mystical elements and take you to another world. I didn’t grow up with this movie, but when I saw it a few years ago for the first time, it made me so happy and just warmed my heart. I would’ve loved it as a kid, but I was grateful to experience it for the first time as an adult too. I agree that it gets even better with each new viewing, and is such a beautiful film.

]]> By: k https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34804 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 04:09:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34804 There was a fan theory that May actually did drown (May doesn’t have a shadow after that) and Totoro and the catbus are taking her to the other side but before they did that they let her see her mother for the last time (therefore she can’t see them). And what we see in the epilogue is the father imaging what could have been if no one died.
Fun theory!

]]> By: Hannah Wilkes https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34788 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:30:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34788 Loved this episode! I haven’t watched My Neighbor Totoro in years but I’ll have to check it out again.

]]> By: Phoenix Wright https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/animation-addicts-podcast-151-my-neighbor-totoro-cat-bus-why-didnt-i-think-of-that/#comment-34740 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:27:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=44556#comment-34740 I absolutely adore this movie, and I’m sad you guys didn’t like the movie as much. The problem here might have been that you guys expected it to be much different than it actually is. I think you guys might have been expecting for there to be a much more in-depth plot and higher stakes, when it actually just feels like a calm piece of life. One thing you guys said was that you didn’t think it had much replay value, when I think that it gets better every time I watch it. I’d say you guys should watch it again eventually because you now know what to expect and them maybe you can appreciate it for what it is more, if that makes any sense. But anyway its always great to here your guys’ opinions

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