[Movielog 2008] 4. Laputa: Castle in the Sky

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1. Control
2. Kiki's Delivery Service
3. Princess Mononoke


4. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ, Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta, 1986)

Seen on May 17 with darnia. (I'm far behind on my book and film reports, I know...)

A film with a fantastic sense of wonder, if a bit lighter on the shades of grey than Miyazaki's later works. Admittedly the air pirates turn out to be basically good people/comic relief, but the army is a bunch of militaristic morons with no mitigating traits, and the villain is a coldly vicious bastard prepared to kill to get his.

I loved it, and if I had seen it when it was new it would have coloured my imagination forever.