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The_SpaniardIt's never lupinesIrvine, CaliforniaRegistered Userregular
I saw this video yesterday, and I found it to be so good, that I can't sit idly by without sharing it. Powerfully heart wrenching, and deeply moving, is how I'd simply describe it. Apparently it was a short animation made by a Japanese comedian for a variety show. I think his video made a good point that he's capable of more than just making us laugh. Be sure to watch it a couple times, if you can, really pay attention, and you'll catch little things you missed the first time around.
I got re-entry burns on my finger from hitting the fave button so fast, though I'd love to hear what you guys think of it and spark up a discussion. I don't want to get too deep into describing it just yet though, I want to give people a chance to watch it and the thread to grow a bit before I start tossing in details.
While I agree Up is a great movie, and that whole sequence is marvelous, he reason I felt a lot more from the video I posted was, because it wasn't a perfect saccharin story. These were real people flawed, and vulnerable. They struggled and fought through a hard life, and even though they made mistakes they still loved eachother. The only real emotional bombshells in that Up sequence, was the pregnancy thing, and Ellie's death, and if you pay close attention there are a few subtle details in the Japanese video that just compound its force.
Personally, three minutes of this was about two minutes too long. I had to skip ahead. But I was surprised by the ending.
I don't claim to be an expert on Buddhism, but that didn't look like Buddhist reincarnation to me. Looked like a Judeo-Christian idea of the afterlife.
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Dark Raven XLaugh hard, run fast,be kindRegistered Userregular
This bummed me out at the start and middle, but it felt pretty happy towards the end, IMO. Dude is all trying to fight time, lady is all "naw man, just chill with me" and he does.
...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
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21stCenturyCall me Pixel, or Pix for short![They/Them]Registered Userregular
Up gets me all the time. I hadn't seen the other two and they were pretty good.
There's a series of Thai life insurance commercials that also get me everytime, like this one
That it most certainly is. Recently some friends of mine and I had to do a 300 mile drive up to an event just south of San Fran and I introduced them to this song on my iPod(which I gladly paid for). They made me keep replaying it until we heard it almost 10 times in the 600 total miles we drove.
This bummed me out at the start and middle, but it felt pretty happy towards the end, IMO. Dude is all trying to fight time, lady is all "naw man, just chill with me" and he does.
That's a happy ending, right?
if you watch closely you see that the husband actually dies first, when he's running to give his wife the wedding veil, he has a heart attack. Thats why the pendulum stops and it goes from showing time passing as it swings to a full screen and he stops aging at that point. you can also see a shrine to him in the background when the wife is lying in bed.
I guess it's a slightly happy ending in that he waits around watching over her until they can be together again.
Daughter is bullied, and resents her father for not being normal. its a common thing around parents who are disabled, even without the bullying. She tries to kill herself because of all of those issues. He dies during the blood transplant to save her. message: get life insurance, because even if she resents you in life and you love her fully, giving up your life to save hers may not be enough.
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From what I hear this film was made by Tekken, one of the best (and only?) flip book comedians today in Japan.
Though I'm sure everyone's seen that by now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qCbiCxBd2M
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While I agree Up is a great movie, and that whole sequence is marvelous, he reason I felt a lot more from the video I posted was, because it wasn't a perfect saccharin story. These were real people flawed, and vulnerable. They struggled and fought through a hard life, and even though they made mistakes they still loved eachother. The only real emotional bombshells in that Up sequence, was the pregnancy thing, and Ellie's death, and if you pay close attention there are a few subtle details in the Japanese video that just compound its force.
I don't claim to be an expert on Buddhism, but that didn't look like Buddhist reincarnation to me. Looked like a Judeo-Christian idea of the afterlife.
That's a happy ending, right?
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
There's a series of Thai life insurance commercials that also get me everytime, like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBobmn_u98w
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I LOVE the song that your avatar is based on.
Which is also, coincidentally, a cute/sad little video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dysG12QCdTA
if you watch closely you see that the husband actually dies first, when he's running to give his wife the wedding veil, he has a heart attack. Thats why the pendulum stops and it goes from showing time passing as it swings to a full screen and he stops aging at that point. you can also see a shrine to him in the background when the wife is lying in bed.
I guess it's a slightly happy ending in that he waits around watching over her until they can be together again.
also, thai commercials really do have everything else beat for sadness, heres a few of the others:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpf2hsZGsJM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMilJO1PjNQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuHaTt2XUw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ll-bDmK3EA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS-sWdAQsYg
She's like 16 and has no inkling of what her dad is saying or even why he's mute?
And who's buying the life insurance anyway? Him? He's not the one that tried to kill himself.
And even if he was, wouldn't that negate the insurance?