Spirited Away, one of the greatest animated films ever...well it my favorite, is Hayao Miyazaki 2001 masterpiece. This film is nothing short of genus. Now, I'm not that into anime but I really love this movie. Spirited Away was the last big completely animated movie. Sadly, every major cartoon is now made by computers.
Miyazaki tells us the tale of Chihiro, a whiny little 10 year old girl, forced to move away from her friends into a unknown town. Along the way her parents decide to take a 'shortcut' through an abandoned theme park. Soon they stumble upon a hep of food in a mysterious bar. Through Chihiro's protest, her parents continue to eat and soon turn into a disgusting pigs! Even though this is a child's film it can be extremely gruesome and gross is some parts.
Sacred to death, Chihiro runs in fear encountering many ghost and spirits. Eventually she excepts that she is there to stay. Through guidance from the mysterious Haku, she gets a job at the local bath house for the spirits and begins a very Wizard of Oz-esque search for home and the place where you belong.
The characters are perfectly drawn (no pun intended) with emotion and life. Even the villain have sympathy.
The monsters at Disney brought us the American release a couple years later. Of course they had to toss in their two cents. As little the difference is, the American dialogue changes the end vastly. Don't get me wrong, watch the dubbed version if you want but it is different. And I don't really have a problem with the change.
Miyazaki tells us the tale of Chihiro, a whiny little 10 year old girl, forced to move away from her friends into a unknown town. Along the way her parents decide to take a 'shortcut' through an abandoned theme park. Soon they stumble upon a hep of food in a mysterious bar. Through Chihiro's protest, her parents continue to eat and soon turn into a disgusting pigs! Even though this is a child's film it can be extremely gruesome and gross is some parts.
Sacred to death, Chihiro runs in fear encountering many ghost and spirits. Eventually she excepts that she is there to stay. Through guidance from the mysterious Haku, she gets a job at the local bath house for the spirits and begins a very Wizard of Oz-esque search for home and the place where you belong.
The characters are perfectly drawn (no pun intended) with emotion and life. Even the villain have sympathy.
The monsters at Disney brought us the American release a couple years later. Of course they had to toss in their two cents. As little the difference is, the American dialogue changes the end vastly. Don't get me wrong, watch the dubbed version if you want but it is different. And I don't really have a problem with the change.
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