Is there anything that Disney can't ruin?

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2003)

I got Spirited Away on DVD and have watched it twice now. I am absolutely disgusted by what the English voice actors and Disney have done to this beautiful and creative animation by coming up with their own screenplay (as if the people chosen to do the English voice acting weren't bad enough). Wile watching the Japanese version I accidentally, and fortunately, found out that there are two different subtitles: one is what Disney has come up with, and the other is the original (Miyazaki's) screenplay. I'm not exaggerating when I say that Disney has changed about %90 of the lines that Miyazaki had come up with for the characters. It seems that it has become a trademark for Disney to add a certain level of stupidity to anything that that they are involved with, including master story teller and animator, Hayao Miyazaki's projects. Give yourself a big favor and watch the Japanese version with English subtitles (make sure you choose the ORIGINAL translated subtitles. My DVD player has a "English sub. 1" and "English sub 2", yours might be different). I liked Spirited Away even though it was a bit different than other Miyazaki's projects.
English version 5/10, Original Version 8/10