Hayao Miyazaki is at his best when he manages to blend the adult with the fantastical. It's got some unnerving and scary moments and themes that are not suited for kids, which is good. Another positive is the tone of the movie, I really hate Disney for trying to market this as a kid's movie, when it's not.
The way Hayao Miyazaki manages to build these worlds and characters is just an amazing feat, they all come alive with the colours and the movement. The end result? Not what I expected, and that's ok! Let's get to the positives, the animation is STUNNING. With this amount of hype, including the amazing reviews it's got from critics, my hype was built up to the max.
It was announced almost as a surprise with the words 'Hayao Miyazaki's last movie'. Seeing The Boy and The Heron, Hayao Miyazaki's latest movie feels almost like a monumental event in and of itself.
