Lovely movie really, but with all Miyazaki films, I leaved the theater feeling like I missed great part of the meaning behind it.
As I recall, Porco Rosso is pretty straightforward as well. I’m pretty sure Princess Mononoke is basically like “hurting the forest is bad!”
Even Spirited Away with all of its foreign-to-the-West spiritual concepts is pretty approachable.
Even after watching his masterpieces way more than a dozen times, I still find something new for myself.
That’s what I feel about re-watching some shitty movie over and over again. Even cult ones, like Rocky, original Star Wars, Terminator etc. It feels way too much for me. A tiny dose of nostalgia once a few years maybe, that’s okay. But being there over and over, nah.