The Owl - Feedback

[Diff-chan]

It's ridiculously underrated too.

[Mzo]

I enjoyed a lot about the movie but there was a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that absolutely nothing happened in terms of narrative.

[Doc Holliday]

Maybe you should have worn a jacket?

[Mzo]

Like we met some really cool characters and hung out for a while, and then... something kind of happened, but it got resolved really fast and wasn't really a big deal? And then it was over.

PS - fuck your avatar

[FirstBlood]

I think "MAGIC FUZZBALLS? TOTORO TREE. CATBUS!" is a beautiful narrative.

[Mzo]

I'm not knocking it, it's really beautiful and whimsical and blah blah blah. Just saying.

[Josh]

Like we met some really cool characters and hung out for a while, and then... something kind of happened, but it got resolved really fast and wasn't really a big deal? And then it was over.

Acceptable.

[Fe 26]

The "narrative" is over rated.

Our need for it is nothing but writers pandering to our primal need for life aiding information because our ancestors used stories to pass down survival information before we could write.

Stories that "just are" and do not contain "a problem" are perfectly valid. There are a million stories that adhere to the standard narrative structure that are not as good as MNT

(though I suppose you could argue that MNT has a subtle narrative that is completely internal for the two girls. Something about the magic of youth and the cruelty of reality. Though, if this is the narrative, it was never fully developed or made overt. The cruelty of illness (the plight of adulthood) didn't destroy the magic of youth so the point is less clear. Of course, you could just chalk this up to a cultural difference, as Asian cultures are more inclined to have negatives and positives coexisting which comes into contrast with western society where positives and negatives conquer the other.)

so, whatever

[Nick]

Wow, that post nearly killed the thread. Please get back on topic.

[Fe 26]

MNT is always on topic