Berthier - Nausicaa

In Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, it was another anime tale of apocalyptic warfare with a heroine who is extremely swift and could be considered one of Hayao Miyazaki’s best characters. My problem with this movie was that I was not that impressed by the acting or content. The art was fabulous as usual. Although, Nausicaa is cheerful and loving, she cannot escape the plague of letting rage out at times. I really enjoy the aircraft that she flies one because for some reason it reminds me of the Star Wars trilogy in the seventies. That trilogy was one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. My favorite part of this movie was the ending when Nausicaa cares for the ohms and thinks they will stop for her but they run her over and she almost dies. That sounds extremely morbid and cynical, but the reason it is my favorite scene in the film is because it truly shows that there is a divide between humans and wild animals. As humans we are born with natural emotions and can get extremely attached to things very easily. This can be frustrating for a lot of humans because when we think of animals and how loveable and different they are from us, the emotions are not reciprocated most of the time because their ability to love is not nearly as notable as a humans’ or for some animals even existent. For example, cats use humans all of the time. Statistically, cats will always like the person who feeds them the most because they are their provider. That is the only reason though. If you stop feeding the cat, it will eventually lose interest in you and almost always find someone or something that shows a more dominant figure. In the end though, this movie was extremely intriguing and in terms of artwork and staying to the format of classic anime films, as well as being generally entertaining and stimulating. I would definitely watch this movie again. Watching this film again would probably shed a new light on the film that I had not seen before.