People who disagree just don't enjoy views and whimsy, I'm convinced.
It takes longer to take the train to my brothers house for visits (4.5 hour drive vs 5-6 hour train trip) but you better believe I'll take sitting and looking out a window/watching movies/reading/writing for 6 hours over 4 hours of having to stare at the road any day of the week.
Bonus, it's cheaper than fuel and road tolls.
“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”
Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.
You know the acting is good when you can watch the show/character and temporarily forget watching this same man get absolutely legless drunk while reciting the Star Wars prequels from memory, line for line. 10/10 for both performances, tho.
This has been on my heart for a long time now, and I finally put (some of) my thoughts down in writing. This led to a lot of statistical analysis and research, which led to this article. Painful process, painful truths. First Nations people are encouraged to read at their own discretion, given the sensitive content.
(yes, it's very different to the theme/content of the two other posts in my substack, but I didn't know where else to put it all.)
The first time I watched this movie I was a young teen, and I think it was the first time (or at least the first time I remember) where every frame and scene of an animated film struck me with awe. Like, wide-eyed, silent, still awe because every image, background painting, set dressing detail, colour pallet, and movement drawn was so beautiful.
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE ハウルの動く城
2004, dir. Hayao Miyazaki