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Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2012)

With last having viewed Spirited Away a few years ago,I was please to learn that the film had been chosen as the IMDb's Indian Cinema board next joint viewing,which would give me a chance to re- visit the movie that cemented director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's presence on the world's stage.
The plot:
Sitting in the car angry over having to leave all of her friends behind,Chihiro Ogino ignores her parents attempts to cheer her up,as they drive to their new location.Chihro's dad, Akio decides to take a short-cut down a newly discovered road.Speeding down the road,Akio suddenly stops the car in its tracks,when he sees the entrance,for what looks to be a "lost" forgotten building.Curious about this new discovery,Ogino's mum and dad decide to get out of the car and take a look around.Reluctantly joining her parents search, Chihiro and her family soon discover that the "lost" building is actually not a building but is in fact a "closed down" theme park!.Walking round the abounded "theme park" , Chihiro's family are shocked to find tables filled with freshly made food.Calling out to check if anyone's around,the parents start to eat everything,whilst Chihiro stays away from the food,due to being nervous about where the food has come from.Walking round the "theme park", Chihiro is surprised to find out that the abounded "theme park" is really a still-running bathhouse.Heading to the building which she suspects is the main bathhouse, Chihiro is shocked,when a strange boy appears and tells her that she and her family must get away from this place right away.Rushing back to her family, Chihiro begins to fear that this place is far from normal,when she discovers that her parents have transformed into pigs
View on the film:
For the screenplay of the movie,writer/director Hayao Miyazaki elegantly uses the film's 2 hour running time to create a magical dream/nightmare- logic world.Smartly not getting caught up in potentially overly complicated exposition about the various brilliant,strange monsters that co-inhabit the place with humans,Miyazaki instead allows the inhabitants to come fully alive,by spending a good amount of the time with focusing on the day to day activates of the workers in the bathhouse.Along with the daily activates.From the scene where Chihiro discovers that her parents have transformed into pigs,Miyazaki introduces a strong,dark fantasy element to the story as Chihiro begins to realise that she is going to have to leave her safe childhood behind,and face terrifyingly strange fears in order to save her parents.From the scene of Akio driving down the "wrong turn",Miyazaki uses a number of long tracking shots to cleverly fully show the skillful animation on display.Staying away from CGI animation as much as possible,the animators use warm,vivid colours to make the characters truly come alive in an unforgettable film.