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  I probably should have written the post better, I didn't want to write that I didn't like it, only that I found all the fame that studio has exaggerated
context: I can help you with the 'I dont get why they are liked' part.
  Spirited Away, Howl and Kiki are coming of age stories. They only work if you feel empathy towards the main characters. You may not like it, but japanese cinema is much more character focused, and less plot focused.
  Nausica, Laputa and Mononoke are naturalist movies trying to show you the beauty of nature.
  Totoro is mainly a childhood nostalgia slice of life.
  Maybe you will like Grave of Fireflies. Its an anti war movie similar to The Pianist. >
  
  Grave of Fireflies hits hard. >
  
  I cry every time I remember that movie.  😭 >
  
  You don't have a soul if that movie doesnt make you shed a tear. >
  
  I guess I am a ginger now >
  
  Im sorry for your loss >
  
  You're wrong, have the upvote. But, why do you hate fantasy? >
  
  Uhh bit of a jump there don't you think >
  
  No. >
  
  The quality of "balance"... is something they do very well >
  
  Well, this is an unpopular opinion if nothing else. >
  
  Yeah this is the right place for the wrong opinion lol >
  
  You're wrong, have an upvote. >
  
  Thanks! >
  
  Your right s to posting this here. I mean, you're wrong, but right sub. >
  
  I don't know, it might fall under hate speech according to Reddit laws. If not, it should. >
  
  So you hate fantasy movies, and you made a post specifically about fantasy movies, as if they were bad,but really you just don't even like the entire genre? What? Why would you watch fantasy movies just to complain about them online, knowing you hate them, by trying to pretend it's these other reasons you don't like them? >
  
  Doesn't like fantasy
  "Fantasy movies are overrated" >
  
  I said Ghibli movies are overrated, not the fantasy >
  
  Ghibli mostly makes fantasy movies. You said you don't like fantasy. Therefore you obviously wouldn't like ghibli movies. >
  
  that is pretty unfair considering most people hearing fantasy imagine LotR od Harry Potter, which are very different from ghibli movies. >
  
  It's not in your face or forced emotions - that's what makes them so pure and special. They're fantastical stories but maintain such a simple, human element.
  I mean, you believe whatever you want to believe. I definitely agree this is unpopular though.. so you've got my upvote. >
  
  Wow, this is definitely an unpopular opinion. There’s just something special about them. The animation is a big part of that. It’s just all very dreamy and aesthetically pleasing. >
  
  I’m not trying to convince you about changing your mind. But what makes these movies special is that you have to analyze what’s happening, they are not just a cartoon movie where everything is obvious, it’s about sub-context, interpretation and obviously enjoying the good animation and music! 
  You can actually read analysis in some websites dedicated to that and they are quite interesting! Just in case ;) >
  
  I don't doubt that they are well animated and have good soundtracks. I don't mind movies that are interpreted and/or analyzed in their sub-context. (In fact, I love Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange) the problem is when these films rely too much or completely on the analyze and/or interpret factor, (in fact I didn't even like the film The End of Evangelion for that reason) otherwise the film becomes too abstract and goes nowhere. Anyway thanks for your answer! I liked it >
  
  i can agree on the abrstractness of evangelio, but dude the story told by this movies are kind of easy and straightforward. there are subtext for sure,but they're not that hard to grasp. >
  
  
  I think they are films that try to force emotions with forced scenes without succeeding
  
  what media do you consider successful in portraying emotions? >
  
  a well-characterized character whose thoughts, actions, and characteristics you know well, with whom you can empathize as similar to yourself >
  
  You mean 'sympathize with' I think, not empathize with. Empathy requires the ability to take the perspective of another, usually without judgement. You want characters who only think and feel similiar to you. >
  
  that's exactly why I don't like it >
  
  "i don't like the main characters because they aren't me" >
  
  How do *you feel they compare to Disney movies? >
  
  I've never compared them to Disney movies, what post did you read? >
  
  No, I was asking for your thoughts on how they compare.  For more insight on what you don't like about Ghibli in particular. >
  
  That's interesting.  I find that Disney tends to be too expressive or oversaturated.  But I would consider that to be a matter of taste:  Real people don't tend to be even as expressive as they are portrayed even in live movies; just like in animation movements or actions are much more exaggerated, or drawings can have varying levels of realism and still be appealing.  Characters emotions can be portrayed in varying degrees of vibrance. >
  
  I mean, you're wrong. But that's the point of this sub.
  Most of the movies don't take much analyzing to get to their core. If anything I consider them to be pretty obvious in there presentation, which then allows me to enjoy them in other aspects. I'll admit, that as much as I love Howl's Moving Castle it's also a bit of an incomplete story that waters down the source material (it's a wonderful easy book by Diana Wynn Jones). >
  
  Generally speak I'm not the biggest Ghibli fan, though I do like some of their stuff. I still maintain that Grave Of The Fireflies is one of the best animated films of all time though, and would recommend it even to people that aren't Ghibli fans. >
  
  ok this is unpopular - well deserved upvote.
  its art my friend - look at the drawing style and technique when pausing at any time. 
  not liking fantasy is also not understandable for me but i guess its also not understandable why i dont really enjoy a movie without fantasy elements for you. >
  
  well if you hate fantasy there really isn't any convincing you of a different opinion...but i would say ghibli is overrated by it's fans but yet underrated by everyone else. like...they make really good shit and more people should be exposed to it. but it's not the fucking paradise ghibli fans make it out to be >
  
  "I hate fantasy." Then stop watching fantasy! Baka. >
  
  that's what I already do, I just want to understand what people find so interesting about it >
  
  It's hard to describe. I don't have the time, nor words to elaborate. Sorry I'll let someone else do that. >
  
  Tell me you're a heartless monster without telling me you're a heartless monster. >
  
  Ironically, “boring” is a really boring and weak critique in a lot of ways. >
  
  Overrated =/= I don’t like it >
  
  if you think i'm a person who goes against the taste of the mass just to look cool just know that i like quentin tarantino and stanley kubrick >
  
  I don’t care what else you like >
  
  Seriously >
  
  They are the top of their genre.
  If you hate fantasy, you can't be surprised. Your opinion would be much more valuable if you had at least a neutral relationship with the genre. >
  
  Everyone can’t appreciate culture >
  
  What types of movies do you love? >
  
  I generally appreciate the filmography of Quentin Tarantino and Stanley Kubrick. But as genres I like action films (done well though since I hate Michael Bay), Thrillers, detective films, horror and westerns >
  
  Sounds like you lean toward intense movies... 
  Ghibli is very much about wonder and childhood nostaglia.
  The dreamy story lines are alot like how kids brains works. I guess you had to have alot of memories playing by alone with your imagination. Its that fantasy that ghibli captures really really well >
  
  What's your opinion on The Dark Crystal and The Labyrinth? Or perhaps Pan's Labyrinth? >
  
  when I say I don't like fantasy I mean ALL fantasy, even if it's dark it doesn't change me much (in fact I don't even like Dark Souls) >
  
  Okay but if you can't stand any kind of fantasy, even other well acclaimed works, then is it really that studio ghibli is overrated or you just don't like it? >
  
  I would say it can be both >
  
  Fair but which came first? Because perhaps your dislike would make you bias about determining if it overrated or not. Like do you consider all fantasy overrated because you dislike it? >
  
  You decide >
  
  Can't really decide that for you, chief.