infinitely cute

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2006)

This movie is infinitely lovely and beautiful. I just come across it and it becomes my favorite. I am not brought up by the tales of Totoro, but I am equally, if not more, touched as those who are.
The Asian movies are different from those of the Hollywood, the Japanese ones especially subtle. This movie is not a strong story, rather it is a prose, a painting. The water-fields, the cedar trees, the summer rain, and the countryside people... extremely vivid and true.
I believe kids will love Totoro, me too. But as a grown-up what I love most is the serenity, the innocence, and the purest happiness described in it.