The man denounces Lord of the Rings, and western culture in general:
(I am), anti-jeans, anti-bourbon, anti-burgers, anti-fried chicken, anti-cola, anti-American coffee, and anti-New York, anti-West Coast, Disneyland go back to America!
He’s known to feel disdain for people who embrace modern technology. He’s said people using touch-screens look like they are making “strange masturbation-like gestures”.
He’s admitted to getting “fed up” with seeing people read manga in public, even before smartphones existed.
The man seems incapable of giving constructive criticism, or just generally being pleasant. When commenting on the passing of Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy and a formative figure for manga in general, he said:
I’m assuming there will be a loud chorus of other people mourning his passing, and I do not intend to add my voice to it.
He’s a genius. And obviously has profound thoughts and ideas about the world as the plot-lines of his movies illustrate.
But he also has a hateful streak which he doesn’t seem to even try controlling.
The man denounces Lord of the Rings, and western culture in general
That’s horrible!
(I am), anti-jeans, anti-bourbon, anti-burgers, anti-fried chicken, anti-cola, anti-American coffee, and anti-New York, anti-West Coast, Disneyland go back to America!
No, he ain’t right. This guy denounced katsu chicken. One of the best Japanese dishes. Sure, it’s only been around for 100 years, so it isn’t traditional, but it’s still great.
That’s a bummer. Frankly most creative (or other) genius tends to come with a LOT of downsides from everything I’ve seen, so not too surprising. A creative legacy like his is not built on reasonable takes, lol. That’s no excuse for being a jerk of course, I don’t like jerks.
He is infamously eccentric. Maybe no-one ever set his talent aside for long enough to teach him manners. And it was probably too late to do that ages ago.
But he also has humanitarian ideas. Looking at the messages his movies convey, it’s clear to me he wishes people the best.
Yet he vilifies so much of the real world and the people in it. And it just feels like a refusal to even try to understand.
TBF he is a renowned asshole. He has publically called the work of his own son “an insult to life itself”.
Well… I mean… Have you watched his movie?
I know.
But that ain’t how you mentor someone.
And it’s not just his son.
The man denounces Lord of the Rings, and western culture in general:
He’s known to feel disdain for people who embrace modern technology. He’s said people using touch-screens look like they are making “strange masturbation-like gestures”.
He’s admitted to getting “fed up” with seeing people read manga in public, even before smartphones existed.
The man seems incapable of giving constructive criticism, or just generally being pleasant. When commenting on the passing of Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy and a formative figure for manga in general, he said:
He’s a genius. And obviously has profound thoughts and ideas about the world as the plot-lines of his movies illustrate.
But he also has a hateful streak which he doesn’t seem to even try controlling.
It actually sounds like he and Tolkein would get on really well
Honestly yeah
I mean the sheer brutality of his comments is something to behold…like, maximally insulting with very few words. Speaks to his genius in a weird way.
That’s horrible!
No, he’s right apart from Lord of the Rings.
No, he ain’t right. This guy denounced katsu chicken. One of the best Japanese dishes. Sure, it’s only been around for 100 years, so it isn’t traditional, but it’s still great.
From Up On Poppy Hill is a beautiful movie. Earwig is garbage though.
I was thinking about the Earthsea movie, which was the only one he had made at the time of the comment by his father
Ah well maybe that’s what inspired him to make a good movie
Edit: misunderstood the comment I was replying to
The insult to life itself comment was about generative AI. I think what he said to his son was something like “he’s not an adult and he should quit”
After watching what he did to Earthsea, I see his point tbh
edit: Posted by mistake
That’s a bummer. Frankly most creative (or other) genius tends to come with a LOT of downsides from everything I’ve seen, so not too surprising. A creative legacy like his is not built on reasonable takes, lol. That’s no excuse for being a jerk of course, I don’t like jerks.
He is infamously eccentric. Maybe no-one ever set his talent aside for long enough to teach him manners. And it was probably too late to do that ages ago.
But he also has humanitarian ideas. Looking at the messages his movies convey, it’s clear to me he wishes people the best.
Yet he vilifies so much of the real world and the people in it. And it just feels like a refusal to even try to understand.