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| "Quiet train ride, Memories etched in every rust - Aged grace in motion." Let me leave this beautiful haiku here. I have just talked with Chat GPT about the train scene in Spirited away and then about the concept of wabi sabi and then it wrote me this haiku-like poem fusing the two topic together. I wanted to share it with you. |
IshitatesoJan 29, 2023 9:25 AM
夏草や 兵どもが 夢の跡  |
| As charming as this movie is in its vibrant life of magic in the sense of entertaining animation and intriguing world of the supernatural... it's surprisingly and completely nonsensical for how overrated it is. Very disappointing. 4/10. I guess the prostitution theory somewhat makes sense to the peculiar out of place plot points, but regardless, on the surface, a lot doesn't make sense or is utterly stupid. Even though I don't know yet because I haven't watched enough, I could be a big fan of Studio Ghibli. Aside from this, years ago, out of all of his anime, I only watched Ponyo and Whisper of the Heart. Apparently Spirited Away seems to be his most popular and highest rated movie, so I'm shocked and disappointed to find out that it's actually mediocre if you think about it critically. A spoiled little girl terrified of authority or simply following her family into a tunnel which leads to a bathhouse (for spirits) fairly quickly becomes extremely courageous after only a day or two of chaos against these spirits attempting to catch and kill her. Throughout this, a boy who looks slightly older carefully protects her. Later in the end, we find out he's a literal river spirit (as a dragon) who saved her when she was younger- and somehow, which was never properly displayed... loved each other... that sudden fact is forced by introducing this random curse that can only be broken by love. Sure, she desperately saved him to return the favor in a way, moreso because she cares about him and feels responsible, but that was not love from what they executed. His unconscious way of holding her close was a bit creepy, but I disregarded it because they're children- until I find out in the end he subconsciously loved her since he saved her- for whatever reason. That's stupid. What's worse aside from the sudden courage from a previously terrified girl, is her neglect and forgiveness- in fact, the overall neglect from everyone that wanted to kill her when they don't and let her go in the end is idiotic. From a spirit great grandfather who helps her but is left out with nothing more and doesn't act caring at first, to a random No Face Monster Spirit who eats several spirits, helping but oddly wanting to eat the little girl as well... which apparently is a whole hidden message of child prostitution I guess- from how she's forced to work, and how No Face attempts taboo. I don't know. But No Face was a random plot. So was the baby, the twin sister and the whole- everything... none of it makes sense. Nothing is explained. Again. Girl ends up in the spirit world. The spirits want to kill her. Dragon river spirit who saved her with amnesia subconsciouly loves her protects her. The master old witch accepts the girl's deal of survival by working at the bathhouse. She cleans the place, cleans a powerful rich dirty spirit who once cleaned spits out a medicine, all while a No Face dangerous spirit helps her, To then finding the Dragon injured, and the twin sister witch appearing to get back what the dragon stole from her- turns her sister's crow and baby into tiny beings... Afterwards, she saves the dragon with the medicine. Finally to then the little girl going back to the twin witch, asking for help, not receiving it because the witch claims she can't do anything (stupid- why) ... The dragon appears. They go to save her parents, and she remembers how they met. Accepts a deal with the witch. Succeeds in noticing none of those pigs are her parents who were turned into pigs by eating the bathhouse's food in the beginning, and the curse is broken. Everybody is happy for her, she's happy with everyone herself, all while they completely forget that they wanted to kill her, and she doesn't seem to care at all anymore what they put her through... It is fucking stupid. It's visually pleasing and entertaining, but these random plots are awful. I think it deserves a 3/10. |
| I understand why this show is liked by kids but once you reach a certain age it becomes obviously flawed, you just can't enjoy it like did when you were younger, anyways 3/10. |
| This is my first Ghibli movie so I can't say whether this is the best movie they have made, but you can see how much care they have put into making this movie. Every second, every frame was beautiful, and the environments were also drawn beautifully. What surprised me the most is the fact that the whole movie was hand-drawn still the animations felt fluid and the characters were full of life. The beautiful animation, landscape, and music made the film feel peaceful and calming. The film didn't give us any epic action sequences or a dramatic love story, it gave us a simple story of a 10-year-old girl lost in a strange world. She feels lonely at first but then she makes some friends who help her at times and sometimes she helps them. Another different point about this movie is that the film didn't have any heroes or villains, everyone was real and acted like humans. This movie will be the gateway to watching other Ghibli movies, I can only hope that they are as good as this one. |
“There are only two types of people in the world--those who became otaku and those who didn't--and the latter just can't understand what the former is so excited about."--Ono Norihiro  |
| This is a masterpiece! The art style is great. The animation is really fluent and looks beautiful. The plot is really interesting and weird at times, but the wierdness is part of the charm. I love it! |
| that got much more zany and off the rails than i'd hoped for, but then quite literally got back on the rails and finished out pretty strong and of course visually spectacular even with the few scenes of unfortunate cgi. starting to seem like none of these movies are ever going to quite touch that same magic as Totoro again but that's okay, had a great time with this one |
| Wanting to watch this movie for a long time. And it did not disappoint. Great masterpiece, one of the big gems from Studio Ghibli. Great art and story. Need more movies like these with actual romance. |
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| Got to see for Ghibli fest YIPPEEEEE was quite epic |
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| rewatched along with my sister and her kid. first time hearing the finnish dub and it was mostly okay but haku for example was horrible, chihiro's va did a fine job. this is a classic but to be honest its not the best. 2nd bluray ive watched |
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