![]() Planes swoop, machine guns rat-a-tat, smoky bars clamour with admiration for sultry singers, and 1930s rose-tinted Europe fills the screen with warmth and character. For the first and last acts of the movie you have plenty of action-adventure. Their muscular big beard energy delivers tons of comedy, such as failing to kidnap a class of children due to the kids running riot over them. The seaplane pirates that populate portions of the movie are the lovable inept kind that frequent early Miyazaki movies. Straight from the beginning, the light-hearted tone is set. ![]() ![]() Director Hayao Miyazaki’s love for flight – and classic planes in particular – is a common thread through most of his movies and Porco Rosso allowed him to revel in this delight to the fullest. Porco Rosso glides high over this category. However, within the canon there is a good slice of movies that play much stronger to fun. Studio Ghibli movies are varied but mostly renowned for being thematically and tonally rich. ![]()
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