The Wind Rises - Movie Review

Shazbot, name of the wind, name of the wind. Shazbot suggested this movie and paid for a review of it. So let me just say first, let me get the bad stuff out of the way. I don't particularly like Japanese animation. The Wind Rises, that is it. The Wind Rises, The Wind Rises. Yes. Not Gone with the Wind, The Wind Rises. Japanese movie, not a movie glorifying the South. The Wind Rises is a Japanese movie. About a, it's animated. So I don't particularly like Japanese animation. It's Miyazaki, Miyazaki is the director, I guess. And the movie's called The Wind Rises. I don't particularly like, I know you guys like Japanese animation. A lot of you grew up on it. I like Pixar and Disney animation. I find it simplistic and childish. Now, they managed to somehow convey emotions with it, but I don't think as powerfully as they could if they were using more realistic animation. Granted that, it was beautifully done. The movie is beautiful. The combination of story, music, and drawing was quite striking, emotionally riveting in a positive sense. The story is beautiful. It's touching. It's value-driven. It's about a man who wants to do this. Now, it's undermined a little bit by the fact that he is designing warplanes for the Japanese before World War II. But it's based on a true story. And what you get from the movie is this kid and then guy's real passion for science, for building these planes, for designing them, for beautiful things, for designing beautiful things, for making things that are beautiful. And it was inspiring. It was very pro-science, pro-production. It was very touching. There was a love story, very beautiful love story in the background. But you can see that his central purpose in life is his career. His central purpose in life, in spite of the love, is the planes. So I enjoyed it. Again, I'm not crazy about the animation. I think it could have been even more powerful with the right kind of animation. But I get that some people really like that. So if you like, certainly if you like Japanese animation, this is definitely a movie worth seeing. The wind rises. It's got positive values. Again, ultimately he's designing warplanes. And they fly with bombs. And they kill people. But it's truly beautifully done. And a heroic character. And it's about living and staying alive and pursuing life and pursuing your values and pursuing the things that you really care about. The things that are most important to you. And it's about career and about your central purpose being a career. So I really enjoyed it, recommend it. So first Charles Budd movie I've actually enjoyed. What we need today, what I call the new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think. Meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason, by the intellect, not by feelings, wishes, whims or mystic revelation. Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's cult of despair, cynicism and impotence. And does not intend to give up the world to the dark ages and to the rule of the collectivist rule. All right, before we go on, reminder, please like the show. We've got 163 live listeners right now. 30 likes, that should be at least 100. I figure at least 100 of you actually like the show. Maybe there are like 60 of the Matthews out there who hate it, but at least the people who are liking it, you know, I want to see a thumbs up, there you go. Start liking it, I want to see that go to 100. All it takes is a click of a thing, whether you're looking at this, and you know, the likes matter, it's not an issue of my ego, it's an issue of the algorithm. The more you like something, the more the algorithm likes it. So you know, and if you don't like the show, give it a thumbs down, let's see your actual views being reflected in the likes. But if you like it, don't just sit there, help get the show promoted. Of course, you should also share, and you can support the show at yourunbrookshow.com slash support on Patreon or Subscribestar or Locals, and show your support for the work, for the value, hopefully, you're receiving from this. And of course, don't forget, if you're not a subscriber, even if you just come here to troll, or even if you're here like Matthew to defend Marx, then you should subscribe, because that way you'll know when to show up, you'll know what shows are on, when they're on, you'll get notified. So yes, like, share, subscribe, support. Like, share, subscribe, support, there you go, easy. Do one or all of those, please. Peace.