Beautiful and relatable with a wonderful message.

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2014)

Princess Mononoke is one of Hayao Miyazaki's finest films. It takes the viewer to a beautiful fantasy world of nature, spirits, and explores humanity's place in it all. Blurring the lines between good and evil the story of Princess Mononoke is not clear cut black and white. By the end of the film some may feel it should have ended a different way than it did. That the resolution wasn't the right one. With masterful story writing Hayao Miyazaki created a story that's much like the real world.
The characters are each one unique and easily identifiable in their personality and unique appearance. Even minor background characters are still given likable roles and are all unique. Studio Ghibli has yet again with this film, continued to uphold their stellar animation style. Displaying beauty and the hard work the developers put into the film with each and every frame.
And to accompany the movie is a sweeping and very moving score by Joe Hisaishi, who writes the music for almost all of Studio Ghibli's films. Listening to the score alone can paint a picture of the movie all it's own, but put the two together and it's like combining strawberries with chocolate, you end up with something unique, beautiful to look at, and delicious to taste (in this case, hear).