Caring for the environment

Feb 2020

"Four chef kisses: Oti points to Haku's river built over with apartments and the stink spirit washed clean, and KT ties the film's oneness with nature to Shinto and kami."

Feb 2020

"Oti calls the environment the film's most important underlying theme, still applicable decades later; you both read an even-handed message: not a return to ancient ways, but better ways of using nature."

Feb 2020

"You both find the environmental message heavy-handed, KT blaming the vehicle that conveys it and Oti noting his later writing moved past it; the opening WWF logo shows its weight, and KT finds Avatar just as preachy."

Feb 2020

"KT pulls rank and rules it not met; Oti grasps at straws with the beautifully drawn landscapes showing appreciation of the world, which KT ties to Miyazaki starting out drawing landscapes."