Saturday, January 21, 2012

Princess Mononoke


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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Morgan, Louisa

It's hard to choose a favourite Ghibli film but if I had to, I will usually come back to this. It's is epic, the music sweeping, the visuals stunning and I'm pretty sure it's the longest and more adult than many of their work. It's also the last film animated traditionally on plastic animation cels.

This feels like a fantasy version of a Kurosawa samurai classic. Waring faction, neither presented in black and white. And once again, some amazing fantasy creatures. This also has the most action out of any of the Ghibli films and as is usually the case a strong environmental message.

And the english dub is written by Neil Gaimen, that's pretty neat. Definitely a must see.

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