About as close to perfection as a movie can get

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2003)

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world's greatest filmmakers (if not THE greatest), and "Princess Mononoke" is perfect in every sense of the word. Beautiful, thrilling, enchanting, and philosophical, this is a film that should be seen by lovers of cinema (and great art!). There's strong debate over which version to see, the original Japanese, or the English version. I love it either way (although they probably could've gotten someone other than Claire Danes for the English version but it really isn't a problem); some of the best scenes have no dialogue (ie. San leading Yakkle and Ashitaka through the forest) and besides, the language of Miyazaki is universal.