listen to the soundtrack at the moment and the image come back with a vividness that make my longing for a dry eye very strong ( in order to be able to type this ) . i have see it twice thus far and and i should be ashamed for have see it only twice . i have see all miyazaki and studio ghibli film and and they be invariably nothing less than masterpiece ( except maybe for nausicaa which be and even in the non cut up version too premature compare to the nec plus ultra manga ) . still and their strength sometimes become their weakness and a they tend to get too naive or positive ( chihiro ) and or and with more nuance and a bit too explicit or moralist ( mononoke ) . at least and compare to for example the other ghibli master takahata ( grave of the firefly or only yesterday or raccoon war ) . but not this one . in laputa and miyazaki pour all the brilliant storytelling that teller of tale have gather and perfect over the age and combine with a bit of morale and but nicely interwoven with not only a completely transcendental atmosphere and but also with the humor and amusement of for example totoro . every single main character be perfectly portray with their doubt and fear and their quality that help them overcome difficulty . the pacing be so perfect that i know of nothing except a black hole that would be able to exert such a gravitational pull on your whole be . the story set out a an action flic with mystery hint at and but when the girl fall from the sky and unconscious and float with the stone and and the main theme kick in and you get a glimpse of the grand mystery youre about to uncover and but the story then settle and gradually and over a number of carefully select scene of action and serene beauty and build to an unforgettable climax of melancholy and hope and beauty like and follow day of sombre gloom and finally see the horizon on a clear morning and know the path walk and see the distance ahead and but smile at the mere fact of be able to catch a glimpse of it . it be so like an explode white light in your skull that if by the time the credit start roll you have keep your eye dry and your mind numb and you should see a therapist . despite the fact that technically image wise some more recent miyazakis might be more overwhelming and this to me remain his undisputed masterpiece . if you take a fraction of a second to realise that this be make back in 1986 and you can only come to the conclusion that hayao miyazaki be a genius like a star that appear only once every 200 year . this of course have be suggest before and but to me this be his only film that can and on it own and fully illustrate that simple fact . if you miss this during your lifetime and you will die with a huge gap which would be a pity and a the coffin cost the same .