Which is more of a downer: Jin Roh or Grave of the Fireflies?

[So Full of Mercy]

Just thought I'd toss the ol' peanut out there.

[mrgazpacho]

Hotaru no Haka.

In Jin-Roh, one always had the impression that there was at least the illusion of hope. There never was any hope for those kids.

[So Full of Mercy]

Yeah, these are not movies to watch when you're in a sad mood.

[DarkPrimus]

Yeah, really... I've really been wanting to have my dad see Jin-Roh, but I can never find a time where we have both: a) enough time, and b) is the right mood.

[So Full of Mercy]

Show it to him when he's really happy, THAT'LL make him want to kill himself.

[Squall Leonhart]

Originally posted by mrgazpacho
Hotaru no Haka.

In Jin-Roh, one always had the impression that there was at least the illusion of hope. There never was any hope for those kids.


yea but in Jin-Roh the breaking of hope is the true downer. In Grave, you never had hope, but in Jin-roh, The illusion of hope is there, then the smack your a** into a harsh reality.

[Id0]

I found Grave of the Fireflies much sadder than Jin-Roh...

It was much sadder to watch the kids in GotF then the adults in JR come to the conclusion of a sad story...
I felt JR had many more elements in it which took it to a romance story and an action movie which distracted from the sad moment enogh to make it much less daunting then the complete sad story of GotF...

[aznfs]

yeah grave is much more of a downer;; jin-roh is more of a strong drama mixed with a dash of violence and big guns