Oh, god, the silent movie bored me silly! The anime movie was better --partly in that at various points it disappointed and irritated me, and thus didn't bore me-- but by no means good.

While I'm bashing anime movies that turned out to be disappointing, let me also mention Steamboy, but at least for that I had seen rachelmanija's warning that it sucked.

I'm worried about the Ghibli version of Earthsea. Maybe if I pretend it has nothing to do with the books I'll enjoy it.... Actually, if is still playing in the middle of October, not understanding what people are saying might do the trick. I wonder if I can trick talk my brother into watching it with me on our family visit to Japan....