

I cannot for the life of me remember where/who I heard it from, but I do remember hearing soemone say “Respect is earned, not given” and I agree so much with it.
I’m the type of person who will give you a baseline amount of respect, but it’s very much so on a slippery scale. One wrong or right move can change completely how I view you and evaluate our relationship.





The only exception I have for that is for Earwig and the Witch. It’s by no means a bad film, but I was underwhelmed by it. From an animation standpoint, it was still pretty good, but it kinda shows that “we’re doing our first ever 3D animated movie” kinda vibe. Especially with scenes like the worms punishment scenes with so few worms, making it feel like an underwhelming punishment.
Again, I imagine the people behind it put in so much effort, and I really do appreciate it, but it isn’t a Ghibli film for me.