breathtaking

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2001)

watch this one! and watch it in the cinema. i watched it the first time on a computer screen, which has shown out to be a mistake.
princess mononoke is a japanese fantasy manga. it has a very high standard. the artwork is astonishing, it is technical perfect. the movements are smooth and fluent. you hardly notice the use of computer graphic. the music ist great.
our protagonist kills a demon to save his village, but is touched by the demon and must leave to find a cure for his demonic curse. he comes to an old place where gods and spirits roam through a holy forest. they is a war between them and humans who want to cut off the forest and gather ore. he somehow tries to find his way between the frontiers.
the film does not show us the usual moral black/white set of the good guys and the bad guys, a lot of hack and slay and then the good guys winning. all of the characters are developed, and the situation gets very complicated. the holy forest is one the most beatiful settings i've ever seen in a movie. it's not unlikely that you forget to breathe while watching it and its gods.
one of the greatest ever done.