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[gravity]

The fact that it's a TRUE STORY!!!!!

The fact that it shows humanity at its worse, and it shows the strengths that still dwindle!!!

And.... why to fireflies have to die so soon? ;_;

Dude, it's a piece of classic literature over in Japan, just as Shindler's Ark (The book Shindler's List is based off of) is over here... and, it requires such a mind set to watch it.

People aren't cruel in that movie, they are merely trying to survive, and it has become a suituation in which only the strong can have... which applies to Setsuko and Seita completely.... ;_;

And, similar reasoning applies to Jin-Roh, it was an adult made movie for adult minds. It takes thinking to enjoy that movie, not pretty pictures. The same thing applies to Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex a lot.

A lot of people don't like the 'boring' episodes that take a lot of thinking to understand.

Remember that, Chrono, watch these movie like you would Shindler's List, or To Kill A Mockingbird, for they are great film classics that belong in that catagory.

[ChronoSword]

Just because something is a classic does not make it good. Yes, the movie makes you think and i see all the themes you stated, but a movie is more than literary elements. Sure an intellectual movie is great, but if it isn't interesting it is nothing.

[Seir]

There are reasons why something is considered a classic. Just because you yourself do not find it interesting, that does not automatically make a film or any other work "nothing." I remember one film critic who wrote about the South Park movie as being a film that does raise a number of social issues such as "How far would we sacrifice our freedom for a more 'safe' life?", that critic considered South Park the movie good while not liking the film itself however.

One can consider a film to be a good piece of work from an objective viewpoint; as a one-time film student I admit that W.E. Griffith's historical drama is a good film when it comes to filmmake, however, I hate the racist theme of the film and hate the content.