Not just boring,but very,VERY boring.

Rating: 2/10 (30 August 2006)

Two kinds of people will love this film. People who think anything,and I do mean ANYTHING made by the Japanese especially concerning anime and games*cough* Final Fantasy Series* is crafted by God himself.a.k.a.fanatics,and people who have a INFINITE reservoir of patience.Everyone else and by that I mean people who will call out B.S. no matter how so called good their past works are will hate this film with a passion.I watched this film for the first time in 10th grade and now as a sophomore in college I watched it again on Youtube because the same person who uploaded the entire movie called Howl's Moving Castle also uploaded this too,and I said what the hay I'll give Spirited Away another chance. I did,and It still bored the hell out of me. Although I must admit I did understand it a little better this time.
Plot:Girl and family moving to new place. Girl's father runs off road. Girl's parents see old building. They want to explore. They see food, eat food, and turn into pigs. It suddenly turns night. Weird boy comes out of no where tells girl to leave. Weird creatures start moving all over weird town. Boy disappears for 80% of movie. Girl can't remember her name,boy (before he disappears that is says he can't remember his name either. Girl gets job, and so on and so on.. That sounds like a okay weird plot, and done right it could have been great,but the Japanese aren't known for their plot or character development skills or excitement for that matter. Bottomline: The storyline and pacing of it was boring as hell, cheesy, and a good deal confusing, and holey. If you have insomnia this is the movie for you.
Visuals: Okay for hand-drawing.
Characters. In the end you don't care if she gets home or not and you will p*ss yourself laughing when you find out what the boy's real name is.Everyone is easily forgettable once you turn the VCR off.
Dubbing: The dubbing was very good to me. I hate Japanese dubbing because their men always sound like girls,and the girls always have high pitched squeaky air-headed voices,and I can't understand a d*mn thing.The one's who say English dubbing sucks are prime examples of Japanese worshiping fanatics. All dubbing sucks to them as long as it's not Japanese.
Bottomline: P*ss isn't gold no matter what Japanese worshipers say. If your not one of them this movie will bore and outright confuse you on most parts. Make no mistake of that.