2001. dir. Hayao Miyazaki, starring Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki. Japanese with subtitles.
Seen it before? No.
a little girl and her parents are heading to a new town but take a detour (because the dad can't be bothered to ask for directions) that takes them on a very interesting journey to a land where humans are disgusting, workers are greedy for gold, and a witch rules a bath house while caring for a big baby...confused? So was I...
Daniel saw this movie with us and he actually enjoyed it so much that the following day he became upset because I told him we returned the movie to NetFlix...whoops****. I thought it was much easier to follow than Princess Mononoke. Don't get me wrong, it's still incredibly confusing. The people who "work" in the bath house look (for the most part) human to me so I don't know why they don't smell.
I promise you I haven't given anything away. You may not believe me until you watch it for yourself.
See it again? Yes
Own it? Eh
Question...why are we watching so many damn cartoons in a row?!?!?! So much for SPACING them out!!!
****Actually I realized after writing my next post that it was My Neighbor Totoro that Daniel wanted to see again...this movie kind of creeped him out, especially the weird witches with the gigantic eyes!
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
#87 Spirited Away: I'm see-through
2001. dir. Hayao Miyazaki, starring Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki. Japanese with subtitles.
Seen it before? No.
Getting all of our anime done in one shot. Actually that's sort of an accident; I had a lot of it at the top of the Netflix queue because they were on "Very Long Wait". So I got a whole bunch of it at once. Oh well.
This movie is a total 180 from the last one we watched: Grave of the Firefiles, which was an unflinching, depressing look at the after-effects of war. This one is more like Alice In Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz or Labyrinth, a fantastic journey into a strange new world. A little girl Chihiro is moving to a new town with her parents. They take a wrong turn and wander down a tunnel and find what looks like an abandoned amusement park. Chihiro wanders into this huge bathhouse, which is populated by all sorts of strange creatures. What follows defies description and reality. Dream logic takes over.
Much like Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, much of this doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I enjoyed this one more because it had more of a whimsical quality. I'm sure this would give little kids nightmares (the witches with the huge eyes, for example) so watch out.
Position on the list: 54
Daniel's favorite part: The stink monster.
Seen it before? No.
Getting all of our anime done in one shot. Actually that's sort of an accident; I had a lot of it at the top of the Netflix queue because they were on "Very Long Wait". So I got a whole bunch of it at once. Oh well.
This movie is a total 180 from the last one we watched: Grave of the Firefiles, which was an unflinching, depressing look at the after-effects of war. This one is more like Alice In Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz or Labyrinth, a fantastic journey into a strange new world. A little girl Chihiro is moving to a new town with her parents. They take a wrong turn and wander down a tunnel and find what looks like an abandoned amusement park. Chihiro wanders into this huge bathhouse, which is populated by all sorts of strange creatures. What follows defies description and reality. Dream logic takes over.
Much like Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, much of this doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I enjoyed this one more because it had more of a whimsical quality. I'm sure this would give little kids nightmares (the witches with the huge eyes, for example) so watch out.
Position on the list: 54
Daniel's favorite part: The stink monster.
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