I forgot how much this kicked ass

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2018)

Short review: Spirited Away is the best movie ever made. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it.
Long review: I came across Spirited Away while I was reading the Guinness World Records 2012 book (the world cinema section, which also featured Crocodile Dundee and Das Boot), and one of my teachers saw it. She said it was awesome. I had initially not watched it, but I did mention that I saw My Neighbour Totoro, another movie that kicks ass (though not as much as this). Turns out she was a Ghibli fan and requested me to do the movies she wanted me to see (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo).
So the plot is this: A girl named Chihiro and her parents take a wrong turn and end up in what appears to be an abandoned amusement park. They go investigate it only to discover food there. The parents eat the food, only to be turned into pigs because that food was intended for the spirits. So Chihiro ends up trapped in the spirit world and has to try and escape from there before her parents are turned into food for the spirits. The animation is nice, there are excellent plot twists (like when it turns out Chihiro met Sen (the river spirit) as a child) and the soundtrack is lovely. It's the most awesome film ever, and I'm glad my teacher introduced me to it.