The Wind Rises is another masterful Ghibli film that stands alongside Miyazaki's best works, with Joe Hisaishi's beautiful score and breathtaking aerial cinematography that perfectly captures the freedom of flight. The historically-inspired love story packed an emotional punch equal to a full ani...

This is a movie about our doom, about the ways in which we try to live on until we can’t anymore. We all have a goal, a calling—airplanes, work, family, movies—but the most we can do is pretend that they will bring us fulfillment or lasting joy. We will never be able to change the world through o...

I thought this movie was really stunning. It amazed me in several ways. I loved the setting of WW2 Japan in this movie, it's a rather dark topic, but a very interesting one. Though I wouldn't show this movie to small kids, because they might not understand a lot of the themes, because most of the...

Story (7/10): The show focused on 3 main plot points. The growth of both the MC and his love for aircrafts, the love story of the MC and a story of war an conflict (or antiwar and conflict to be precise). The show suffered from a major pacing issue that was caused by the amount of story it wanted...

"with the face like he's carrying the future of japanese aviation" (sleeps average) Kaze Tachinu is a solid 9. Proof that more modern Ghibli films have become very toned-down and safe compared to past films. And I don't mean that there is less amounts of questionable over-work, I mean that the ne...

this movie enchanted me, simply magnificent. The fact that when I saw this movie, I had had a really tiring day so I was really stressed, But in the first ten minutes, I already feel relaxed, and that's what this work brings, Even though the universe of this film is set in the middle of the first...

If you're looking for a GHIBILI movie with a strong plot and complex characters, you'll be disappointed if you watch this one. However, if you're a lover of aviation, art and history then this is the movie for you. It doesn't start off strong nor does it end with a boom. It's like the kind of mov...

The movie's visuals are as always very pleasing just like other ghibli movies, the ost is so soothing and as for the story, it is originally based on "Jiro Horikoshi the chief engineer of many japanese fighter planes from WW2" tho the movie adds a little more to it since ghibli adapted the movie ...

Looking over the reviews I've found people either adore this film or are almost offended by it's existance. I watched the film in half an hour chunks, and if you don't, you may get bored, giving myself little breaks allowed me to be fully focused and connected with the film the whole way through ...

This film is not like other films by Hayao Miyazaki. It isn't exciting or daring or whimsical or magical. It has an atypical lead for a Miyazaki film, is a little bit slow and plodding, and the story is probably a little too ambitious compared to the sort of film Miyazaki is used to making. But i...

*SPOILER FREE* Having "The Wind Rises" being my absolute favourite war-themed movie, I thought the least thing I could do was write a review about it. Without further ado, let's get into this. Story: 10/10 Jiro Horikochi is a prodigy aeronautical engineer who seeks to follow his aeronautical desi...

Dreams take flight, but the higher they soar, the closer they drift toward the flames of reality. The Wind Rises embodies this paradox, presenting Jirō Horikoshi’s pursuit of beauty through aviation against the backdrop of a world inching toward destruction. The story moves with a quiet, almost m...

Overall, the highest degree of “good” I can think of. I let this movie sit with me for a while, to see how memorable it actually was. There isn't much to say about it for me. The split between aspirations, and love, and the hardships to balance it out, while a tragedy is building up on both sides...

I once read that Miyazaki himself described the film after watching its' premiere as "the first time he ever cried during a screening of one of his own movies". It's not hard to see why. This is a absolutely beautiful tale of passions and dreams, love and loss, and how the most inspired of people...

It was a really great movie in the first half. It was a 10/10 for me. But after the protagonist finally confesses his love, the movie doesn't stay the same. It becomes very boring after that and loses the touch that had me hooked in the first place, but I will still highly recommend it. The anima...

A Good Review for The Wind Rises I had only seen one Studio Ghibli movie before watching The Wind Rises, and it's definately given me a bigger interest in their films. Not to say that I wasn't interested in Studio Ghibli in the first place their track record for amazing films is well established....

What does it mean to truly create? This is the idea that is explored in Studio Ghibli's the wind rises. Loosely based on the life of engineer Jirō Horikoshi as he develops a new model of plane to be used during the 2nd world war. As we see Jirō work on his design a romance blossoms with a lady na...

"The wind rises, we must try to live" - (9.8) My favorite work by Studio Ghibli. I have a great feeling for this film, I absorbed it in a very intense way. The message transmitted is very beautiful and rich. I loved the succession of events, the film's writing, which is phenomenal, with very well...

The Wind Rises is a Studio Ghibli film that takes the audience through the life of Jirou, a Japanese aeronautical engineer whose life mission was to create beautiful airplanes. The film begins with a devastating natural disaster—an earthquake the mimics the one that occurred in Japan. The entire ...

The Wind Rises is a controversial movie that has something that will upset everyone. It upset the Japanese Nationalists because it has a pacifist message. It upset the American Nationalists because it portrays the Japanese as victims of the war instead of evil aggressors. It upset the feminists b...