This is why I love the Ghibli movie "Grave of the fireflies" . It's the movie that made me feel the saddest. Like I don't want to say it's the saddest movie I've seen. But they aren't rubbing your face in it. It just sets up a sad setting and explores it extremely well.
I'd highly recommend it to anybody willing to watch a very sad cartoon movie about a kid trying to take care of his little sister during world war 2.
Exactly, you really get the feel that you’re a hero who’s been asleep for 100 years. All the chaos has settled, all the fires have gone out, all the dead are laid to rest. You really get a sense of major shit happened, but so long ago that all you see is the scars it left.
Not gonna lie, I’m a sucker for anything that involves the theme of nature reclaiming the land.
This also reminded me of a similar tumblr post that beautifully captures the essence of the game:
Hyrule was utterly destroyed. [...]People were killed. Civilizations were ravaged, destroyed, and left empty. Existing towns are small, scattered, and isolated by a violent wilderness full of monsters. Enormous mechs with land-altering properties and minds of their own threaten the livelihood of those remaining. There are fields littered with the remains of nigh-unkillable robots, and some of them still prowl the forests and mountains. At the very center of it all, the apocalypse-bringer itself is only barely restrained from releasing its absolute fury on what’s left as it continues to bring monsters back from the dead time and time again. And yet… the world is still so alive in spite of all its struggles. The dust has settled, but instead of being dark and devoid of life, nature has crept over the ruins and roads. Wildlife thrives, birds sing, and plants grow, including the rarest flower thought to have been nearly extinct making a slow return. [...]Even though the terrain is dangerous, people have made roads and paths for merchants and adventurers who connect the towns and villages. Monsters and guardians haven’t stopped them from exploring, scavenging, and pioneering the wild. Yes, the people know that the world is full of danger which threatens to engulf them- it’s hard to ignore that when Hyrule Castle is so visible- but that hasn’t stopped them from gathering the remains and making the most of it.[...] There’s just something so lovely and humbling about a setting which looks at the fallout of a magical kingdom and the new lives its people lead in the midst of a world that’s dangerous, seeing how they’re working on stringing themselves together again, and watching as they rekindle their hope… and all the while, the rest of the world keeps breathing. The sun still rises and the sun still sets.
Haikumagician on June 23rd, 2020 at 14:36 UTC »
This is why I love the Ghibli movie "Grave of the fireflies" . It's the movie that made me feel the saddest. Like I don't want to say it's the saddest movie I've seen. But they aren't rubbing your face in it. It just sets up a sad setting and explores it extremely well.
I'd highly recommend it to anybody willing to watch a very sad cartoon movie about a kid trying to take care of his little sister during world war 2.
BroDudeBruhMan on June 23rd, 2020 at 14:59 UTC »
Exactly, you really get the feel that you’re a hero who’s been asleep for 100 years. All the chaos has settled, all the fires have gone out, all the dead are laid to rest. You really get a sense of major shit happened, but so long ago that all you see is the scars it left.
kalosstone on June 23rd, 2020 at 15:34 UTC »
Not gonna lie, I’m a sucker for anything that involves the theme of nature reclaiming the land.
This also reminded me of a similar tumblr post that beautifully captures the essence of the game:
https://alternis-dim.tumblr.com/post/164047682661/breath-of-the-wild-is-still-one-of-the-most-unique