long live Miazaki and Studio Ghibli!

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2003)

i already commented on this movie, but I gotta do it once more. This is probably Miazakis most violent film, rightfully earning it's pg-13 rating. Although this is not Miazakis best movie (comes close, beaten by spirited away and castle in the sky, just above totoro, and soars above kiki, which i didnt like) it is still quite good. It is well paced, and the music is pretty good, though compared to laputa, it falls on it's face. Some people say that the plot is complex, but whats so complex? I mean, some guy goes out of the village after getting cursed by a boar to look for a cure from the forest spirit, and gets caught in this war between the forest gods and the humans. Ooohh, it's too complex. That cleared out, it's a very nice movie, with a powerful message to the world. My favorite scene is the one with the wolf god Maro, and Ashitaka in the cave/mountain argueing if San will die in the war. quite stirring, though not in the cryig type of way.
10/10 Hey, it's Ghibli!