Audio Reviews - The Secret World of Arrietty - Audio Review

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Tags:  movie review, audio, spill, spill.com, bridgit mendler, amy poehler, will arnett, carol burnett, the secret world of arrietty

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  April 04, 2012 at 10:23 AM, said ...

  Slow but not boring, the best kind of anime!

  I'm glad you guys like this, so many independent and mainstream reviewers dismiss or ignore anime.

• February 29, 2012 at 5:15 AM, said ...

  Would of missed this filmed completely. Thanks for bringing this film to my attention. I saw it tonight with a buddy of mine and we both loved it. If you are saying Miyzaki's other films are better than this then I need to check them out because this filmed amazed me. I'm also glad that I listen to the review before hand because while watching the movie I did what Cyrus did and looked to see how the borrowers were using the stuff they borrowed. My favorite was that they used stamps as portraits.  

  
  
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  February 28, 2012 at 11:45 PM, said ...

  i always luv miyzaki's movies since i was 7+ i watched the japanese version last year soo ill watch it on tv when its comes on dubed :3 i cant wait to see what eles he has in my future o-o before hes dies of old age of couse.

• February 26, 2012 at 5:20 AM, said ...

  @Cat

  It's a dub. The rest of the film was made in Japan.

  
  
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  February 26, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Tazza said ...

  @jon apart from the accents?

• February 26, 2012 at 3:50 AM, said ...

  @Cat

  Nothing about this film is American.

  
  
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  February 26, 2012 at 2:52 AM, Tazza said ...

  Soooo, the Borrowers have gone American? Same characters, same story, just cartoon and American.. 

• February 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM, said ...

  This movie is beautifully animated and very pleasant to watch.  Since then I watched Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Castle in the Sky from Studio Ghibli and The Secret World of Arrietty is my favorite so far.  

  The only line that I missed from the Japanese version (English subtitles) was at the end when Arrietty tells Shawn, "I hope you have the best life ever."  It's more potent than "I hope you have a good life," in the English version.

  
  
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  February 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, said ...

  I was also dazed by the soundtrack. It was beautifully melodic, and pieced together with the imagery.

• February 22, 2012 at 8:10 PM, said ...

  @MaJoMoMc

  If you took the time to actually read any of the comments, you'd know that nobody got "so fucking sensitive about it." One or two people cracked a joke about the subject, that's it. Nobody "sniped" at Cyrus, and in fact every comment I've read is entirely civil. You're the first one to get so worked up about it.

  
  
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  February 22, 2012 at 6:01 PM, said ...

  Funny comment from the movie The Secret World of Arrietty http://bit.ly/xwMloB

• February 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Matt McClellan said ...

  This happens every goddamn time anime is even mentioned on a spill podcast. Every goddamn time someone just has to snipe at Cyrus. At this point I think I need two hands and a foot to count how many times I've heard or read Cyrus explain his position on anime. This song and dance is fucking beyond old people.

  Anime is supposed to be fun but when it's discussed on Spill everyone gets so fucking sensitive about it. Way to bleed out the fun and leave nothing but an empty sour husk, people. I once said if the LEOG never talked about anime again it would be too soon but maybe it's at the point that anime just doesn't have a place anywhere on Spill.

  
  
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  February 22, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Jack Martine said ...

  @John Henry

  Well, if he is, i'm sorry dude. Just trying to clear things up for those that didn't get that that was a joke.

• February 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Jon B said ...

  Pronouncing Ghibli.

  To the best of my knowledge (not knowing Japanese... but watching a lot of freaking movies) the letter i in Japanese is always pronounced "EEE."

  EEEcheeeban. (Instead of itchybahn), etc.

  
  
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  February 22, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Cyrus said ...

  On this review, that is

• February 22, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Cyrus said ...

  In fact, exactly the opposite.

  
  
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  February 22, 2012 at 2:19 AM, said ...

  I once made a sarcastic pass about Cyrus and anime and got a terse answer. I was a little surprised by it but made no further comment. However the longer I've been on this site the more I've seen why he's had to become like that. Seriously leave the guy alone already, I can't recall him ever changing his stance on anime. It's not like he sat here on this review and pissed all over anime.

• February 22, 2012 at 2:12 AM, said ...

  @Cyrus and Alex

  I think we're all saying pretty much the same thing now. In fact I mentioned earlier the distinction between Miyazaki and the relatively standard (i.e. television) anime line-up. I don't think it's even possible to not be intimidated (or at least turned off) by the sheer volume of material anime has to offer - I know I was when I started getting interested in it. Not to mention that it's probably accentuated by the fact that Western audiences have little to no cultural context, where it's relevant. But hey, whatever floats your animation boat. Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are great, so I'm definitely planning on seeing this, even if it happens to be a tad slow.

  
  
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  February 22, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Alex said ...

  @john look  its called sarcasm. ive never heard cyrus say anything offensive about anime. i gave an exaggeration to show that any statements that he hates are ridiculous. as ridiculous as my exaggeration. idk if you didnt understand but i hope this clarifies. 

  also cyrus i meant nothing offensive i was being foolish, great review and i did know where you were coming from. keep up the great work man!

• February 21, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Cyrus said ...

  Considering that I own and have repeatedly watched quite a few titles, and have repeatedly professed on the site a near obsession with Miyazaki, I must once again challenge you to find such a statement from me other than in an apocryphal basis. I have repeated said, that anime tv shows have fallen outside my interest largely because, and quite simply, there's not even close to enough time to see all the stuff I already KNOW I want to see without adding several decades worth of animation tv seasons on top of it. Does that mean that the TV shows (notice the distinction) don't hold as much interest for me as the rest of the giant stack of stuff on my never ending must watch, read, play, listen to list? Sure, but that's not even close to saying blanket statements of hatred against an entire art form, or even of critical dismissal.

  
  
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  February 21, 2012 at 11:38 PM, said ...

  @Alex

  I vividly remember Cyrus joking about how he "hates" anime on one episode of LEOG or another, later clarifying that he simply has no interest in it. But no, he's never genuinely expressed any sort of resentment towards the genre in the way you describe, as far as I know. I'm not going to go through the LEOG archives searching for timestamps, regardless.

• February 21, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Cyrus said ...

  Putting words in my mouth again. Never said anything even vaguely like that.

  
  
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  February 21, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Alex said ...

  @cyrus I would love for someone to show me just once on the entire history of the site where I have stated, in a meant to be taken serious way, that I hate anime. Go ahead. Show me.

  
  there it is cyrus, your words... im kidding 

  we know you don't hate anime you just think anime is an embarrassment for nerd culture, like a red headed step son.

• February 21, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Cyrus said ...

  I would love for someone to show me just once on the entire history of the site where I have stated, in a meant to be taken serious way, that I hate anime. Go ahead. Show me.

  
  
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  February 21, 2012 at 10:21 PM, said ...

  King Ghidorah is a shitty commentor. He never. I reiterate NEVER says anything inteligible.

  Noah Antwiler on the other hand always makes a well reasoned comment

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