The Boy and The Heron (2023) - A Modern Masterpiece of Art and Imagination
The Boy and the Heron (2023) Ok, here we are finally. I want to start with a very small premise: I will give some spoilers, not so much because I feel like ruining the film for people, but rather because I see this review more as a stream of consciousness than anything else, useful primarily for me to fully understand, or at least try to understand what I saw.Let's start right away (I'm on my way to doing the longest and most substantial review I've ever done 💀), by saying that this film is splendid. I must say that there were a lot of expectations on my part around this "The Boy and the Heron", obviously given by the fact that Studio Ghibli is synonymous with quality and that the aura around Master Hayao Miyazaki is now on a par with that of a deity. It certainly can't be said that I started out completely apathetic towards the film, not at all. Also because being lucky enough to see it in IMAX meant that my expectations were already sky high even before e...