"The Boy And The Heron"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 123 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Brendan Hodges & Giovanni Lago. Today, we are reviewing the newest film from iconic director Hayao Miyazaki, "The Boy And The Heron," starring Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Takuya Kimura and on the English dub, Luca Padovan, Robert Pattinson, Karen Fukuhara, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Florence Pugh, Willem Dafoe & Dave Bautista. In what could be the all-time great master director's final film, please tune in as we discuss its themes around death, legacy, grief, hope in the face of devastating collapse, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. In our reflective discussion, we also review the voice performances, animation, beautiful score from Joe Hisaishi, and more. Thank you. We hope you enjoy it! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of The Boy and the Harun.
0:06.0	Mahito.
0:10.3	So, you made it.
0:15.6	Mother.
0:17.0	Have a seat.
0:19.6	It's this way, Mahito.
0:24.6	A lot of strange things happen in this place.
0:27.6	Please join us.
0:28.6	I just hope he stay safe.
0:31.6	Save me.
0:33.6	Save me.
0:34.6	Maito.
0:35.6	What exactly are you?
0:43.1	Your mother, she's awaiting your rescue.
0:46.3	I'll be your guide.
0:52.3	All right, everyone, you were just listening to the trailer for the boy in the Heron, and the story is as follows.
0:58.7	While the Second World War rages, the teenage Maito, hunted by his mother's tragic death,
1:04.4	is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother, Natsuko,
1:07.9	a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother.
1:14.5	The film is starring. On the English dub side of things,
1:22.2	Luca Padavan, Robert Pattinson, Karen Fukahara, Gemma Chan, Christian Bale, Mark Hamill, Florence Pew, Willem Defoe, Dave Batista. It is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
1:31.1	Here to join me today for this podcast review.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Next Best Picture Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Next Best Picture Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.