[3WR] 風立ちぬ / The Wind Rises (2013)

 風立ちぬ    The Wind Rises[link to netflix]  

Released: 20 July 2013 (126 min)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Jiro to zero

Detailed Writing Rises

Aeronautics meets origami

Jiro's flighty fancies 

Close to bone

Flying Mackerel Bones

The Final Flight? 

 

[3WR] コクリコ坂から / From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

 

 コクリコ坂から    From Up on Poppy Hill[link to netflix]  

Released: 16 July 2011 (91 min)

Director: Gorō Miyazaki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Who's your daddy?

love boat lives

Goro’s good film

Incest evading lovers

Friends like family

Flagging home makeover

Japanese Animal House.

 

[3WR] 借りぐらしのアリエッティ / Arrietty (2010)

 借りぐらしのアリエッティ    Arrietty[link to netflix]  

Released: 17 July 2010 (94 min)

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Concise, conventional content

giant renovates kitchen 

The Little Escape 

Small but mighty

Theft without heft

Failed sugar heist

Resourceful Little People

 

[3WR] 崖の上のポニョ / Ponyo (2008)

 崖の上のポニョ    Ponyo[link to netflix]  

Released: 19 July 2008 (101 min)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

It is Ham

Brunhilde breaks free

Ponyo de replay

Soup thief, ahoy!

Futures faced together

Infuriatingly mind-circling song

Fishfingers are magical

[3WR] Per Qualche Dollaro in Più / For a few dollars more (1965)

 

 Per Qualche Dollaro in Più    For a few dollars more  

Released: 30 January 1965 (132 min)

Director: Sergio Leone

Producer: Alberto Grimaldi

As part of Ghibli Club Gaiden [ジブリクラブ外伝], we have decided to have a "rest week" which allows people to catch up and we also have an optional side film that is Ghibli adjacent. Each person also submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list?

Reviews:

Draw your weapon

Chime calls time

Weaponised musical chairs

Bounties bite back

Nick saves day

Pistol Partnership Payback

 

[3WR] ゲド戦記 / Tales from Earthsea (2006)

 ゲド戦記    Tales from Earthsea[link to netflix]  

Released: 29 July 2006 (115 min)

Director: Gorō Miyazaki

Producer: Tomohiko Ishii & Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Archmage seeks balance

Ghibli's expensive knock-off

Life's worth living

Cob's Carnage Castle

Dragging Dragon Fable

Prince Perpetrates Patricide

Substance lacking fantasy

[3WR] ハウルの動く城 / Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

 ハウルの動く城    Howl's Moving Castle[link to netflix]  

Released: 20 January 2004 (119 min)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Birdperson the Movie

Unrequited Turnip Romance

An elderly Chihiro

Granny's got gumption

Peaceful Prince Turnip

Magic hair day

Ghibli's best film.