Yes, I agree with Roger Ebert says that “Spirited Away” “has a good heart.” Exactly. No matter the trials and tribulations of Chihiro, we know, somehow, that all will turn out well at the end. One of my favourite moments was when she was ordered to identify her parents among a group of pigs. “None of them!” she exclaims and her parents are freed. Pretty tricky! Along the way we watch her parents gorge themselves at a seemingly endless buffet, see Chihiro run along a disintegrating water pipe high in the air, learn to like an eight armed man with a large collection of drawers. Ebert’s description of Miyazaki’s “painterly” style of animation matches my experience of the film. It was like being inside a painting, always fascinating, always colourful. I loved the train trip at the end with its haunting images and colours. A fabulous film worth watching again and again.
“I feel like I’m giving a pitch on an infomercial.” I agree with Roger Ebert’s words, and I think he shouldn’t do that. Hayao Miyazaky who produced this film had beautified top war criminal in his last work. I avoid watch his and his studio’s work at all personally. I am not friendly about overall Japanese culture even though I can use Japanese language a bit since I had been enjoyed Japanese culture for a while in my youth age. Japanese politics are still denying their own crime in eastern Asian region in about an age ago, and keep claiming our lands as their land. The film itself is indeed persuasive and attractive, but I am not going to show this or other films of him to my children at all. There is no Jewish who shows a film that beautifies Nazi war criminals to his children. If there is one, he deserves to be cold-shouldered by his own people. As a Korean, the story told by people who supporting war criminals is nothing but garbage. There is no future for people who forgot their own history, and I won’t forget what Japanese people did to my people.
My overall reaction to the film "Spirited Away" was that I was underwhelmed ,being that I am not a fan of anime. I was however was impressed with the art work and the effort of each character to keep the premise of the story going. I find with Japanese Anime that often the voices of the characters' are over acted ,sometimes the volume of the particular characters' voice does not fit the action or sequence of action on the screen . I do not agree with Roger Ebert saying that this film is like Alice in Wonderland, Spirited Away in my opinion was more of story of one particular culture and myths within those people, I found myself removed from the story because I have no knowledge of the sprits or story's of the Japanese people. Perhaps if I watch more Anime I could start to understand the concept of this type of film ,but this film did nothing to increase my curiosity, and unless I am forced to see another Anime I most likely will not watch another. Roger Ebert "this is one of the year's best films", He obviously did not like " The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers" and many others that are far better than Spirited Away.
Yes, I agree with Roger Ebert says that “Spirited Away” “has a good heart.” Exactly. No matter the trials and tribulations of Chihiro, we know, somehow, that all will turn out well at the end. One of my favourite moments was when she was ordered to identify her parents among a group of pigs. “None of them!” she exclaims and her parents are freed. Pretty tricky! Along the way we watch her parents gorge themselves at a seemingly endless buffet, see Chihiro run along a disintegrating water pipe high in the air, learn to like an eight armed man with a large collection of drawers. Ebert’s description of Miyazaki’s “painterly” style of animation matches my experience of the film. It was like being inside a painting, always fascinating, always colourful. I loved the train trip at the end with its haunting images and colours. A fabulous film worth watching again and again.
ReplyDelete“I feel like I’m giving a pitch on an infomercial.” I agree with Roger Ebert’s words, and I think he shouldn’t do that.
ReplyDeleteHayao Miyazaky who produced this film had beautified top war criminal in his last work. I avoid watch his and his studio’s work at all personally.
I am not friendly about overall Japanese culture even though I can use Japanese language a bit since I had been enjoyed Japanese culture for a while in my youth age. Japanese politics are still denying their own crime in eastern Asian region in about an age ago, and keep claiming our lands as their land.
The film itself is indeed persuasive and attractive, but I am not going to show this or other films of him to my children at all. There is no Jewish who shows a film that beautifies Nazi war criminals to his children. If there is one, he deserves to be cold-shouldered by his own people. As a Korean, the story told by people who supporting war criminals is nothing but garbage.
There is no future for people who forgot their own history, and I won’t forget what Japanese people did to my people.
My overall reaction to the film "Spirited Away" was that I was underwhelmed ,being that I am not a fan of anime. I was however was impressed with the art work and the effort of each character to keep the premise of the story going. I find with Japanese Anime that often the voices of the characters' are over acted ,sometimes the volume of the particular characters' voice does not fit the action or sequence of action on the screen . I do not agree with Roger Ebert saying that this film is like Alice in Wonderland, Spirited Away in my opinion was more of story of one particular culture and myths within those people, I found myself removed from the story because I have no knowledge of the sprits or story's of the Japanese people. Perhaps if I watch more Anime I could start to understand the concept of this type of film ,but this film did nothing to increase my curiosity, and unless I am forced to see another Anime I most likely will not watch another. Roger Ebert "this is one of the year's best films", He obviously did not like " The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers" and many others that are far better than Spirited Away.
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