in regards to sailvane-1's comments on spirited away vs ice age

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2006)

in regards to sailvane-1's comments on spirited away, yes i agree the film had beautiful graphics and the story was well told but how could he say it is superior to ice age when both do something completely. Ice age is meant to be a family fun, almost comic animation with the use of cgi whilst spirited away is more serious and a darker form of animation so its not good to compare against each other.
compared to other films done by the same director.... i found this to be his best... ie. the baby being changed to a rat,girls angst at her parents being pig, and the evil black ghost(?)thing which keeps on swallowing people in the bath house.
although howls castle (dubbed version) is extremely good visually with funny characters such as calcifer (fire demon) although has a slightly weaker story than spirited away and princess monokee is a very clever film and almost rivals that of spirited away in the sense of it talking about mans destruction of animal habitats and the conflicts that ensure..
in all spirited away may not suit everyone as yes it lacks the Americans use of cgi and yes it can confuse those don't watch it more than once... bit very entertaining still... but if not to your cup of tea try some of his other works or just stick to American animation