So, my girlfriend and I have been watching
Studio Ghibli films in release order for the past few months now. I don't know what it is, but their films have this sort of whimsy feeling to them. I get sucked into each and every one, and feel immensely sad when the credits start rolling, but happy at the same time. No matter which film it is (except for a few in the '00s that weren't made by Miyazaki and Takahata) I instantly fell in love with the characters that felt so damn real to me.
What I ended up enjoying even more than the films themselves are the soundtracks. God damn, do these movies have a bitchin' OST. I mean, look at this ****:
*shivers* Anyway, the latest one in our quest was
Whisper of the Heart. Definitely low key compared to some of their other films, but in my opinion, just as good. It even, to my surprise, used Olivia Newton John's version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as the opening song, which, at first, felt strange, but by the end I decided that it was very fitting with the theme of the film.