for once, i won't ramble - it's ace

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2002)

Just this one time I'm going to leave the endless waffle to everyone else here. This is a film that, when little (like, 7 or 8) I accidentally caught on the TV one bored afternoon, and didn't switch off til the end (being too young to fully appreciate the true horror of a Macek dub). And, after that, didn't get chance to see it again until spotting mention on a website... an internet search, a long download later, and......joy... horrendous, low rate file of a third-generation tape, but still joy.
I would like to do a test whereby you show a random selection of people the first three minutes, before the credits, and see how many of them go "and...? show me the rest!". it's a great hook... and that music will be getting sneaked onto the next classical compilation tape i make for my nan :) :)
Made slight mention of finding it to a friend over email, and she went -absolutely mental-. Five pages of "laputa! laputa! wheee!". Turns out her dad messed up the settings on the VCR and recorded this instead of a Grand Prix... and, after viewing, broke out the record-protect tab. A very wise man. Disney had better hop to releasing this as soon as ghibli are satisfied enough japanese DVDs have sold..