Advantages: new studio ghibli movie nice music and animation Disadvantages: a bit short and the plot is a little jumpy, new and different
The most recent studio ghibli movie released in the west, however this title is different from previous works as it was directed by hayao Miyazakis son goro miyazaki ( Hayao Miyazaki created spirited away and princess mononoke for studio ghibli to name some of the better known titles released in the UK).
This dvd comes with both an English subtitle and dubbed track. The English dubbing is quite true to the original script but I prefer the subtitles.
The plot is based on Ursala K LeGuin's Earthsea books in particular the third volume entitled the farthest shore.
The movie begins with a group of men out at sea in a vicious storm witnessing a gargantuan battle between two titanic dragons, one of which is killed in the process, when this information gets back to the king of the land he is greatly disturbed.
This was an extremely ...
Advantages: Amazing Effects, Perfect English Cast Disadvantages: Characters can act rather weird, Storyline is a tad confusing
TalesFrom Earthsea is a first film from Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki's Son. For his first ever film, it isn't too bad. It recieved many negative reviews and Goro recieved the Worst Director Award. It was his first film and try, i mean give him a break! There are worse directors than him!
Arren is a prince who kills his own father and runs away from his home, stealing his epic sword. On the way to a journey of nowhere, he meets Ged, the most powerful wizard in all of Earthsea. Ged is on a mission to protect Arren from Cob, a rival wizard of his who is out to kill Ged and to own Arren.
On the road to anywhere, they meet Therru, a young girl who first ends up hating Arren as he does not appreciate life itself, when he tries to gamble her life whilst being hunted down by soldiers.
Now, Arren must unite with Ged to defeat Cob ...
Advantages: That old magic's still there... Disadvantages: ...but not often enough
The appearance of a sequel (of sorts) to Watership Down, almost a quarter of a century after the original book's appearance, should have been a cause for wild celebration amongst the many fans of Hazel, Fiver, Hyzenthlay and the rest of Richard Adams' lapine creations. As indeed it was - until we came to read it. Rather unfairly perhaps, given that it is in no way a disastrous effort, many readers will come away fromTalesfrom Watership Down feeling disappointed and let down.
Talesfrom Watership Down (TFWD) is a much thinner volume than Watership Down itself, running to under 250 pages as opposed to the 470-plus of the original. No matter, one thinks, as surely that's still enough space for an interesting novel. Would that this were so; in fact, TFWD is split into three parts, only one of which can justly be regarded as sequelious ...
![Tales From The Thames [DVD] [2001]](http://picnicb.ciao.com/uk/83364019.jpg)
