Amazing!

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2005)

I can't say that i'm a huge fan of animated movies. Sure i did enjoy Shrek immensely and also Pixars outings the last few years. But still i felt i was able to appreciate those movies despite the fact that they were animated, not because they were.
"Spirited Away" is one of the funniest movies i have seen in a long time. I don't really know what it was that appealed so much to me here, it's something that might be hard to capture. But more than anything i would put it down to the amazing attention to detail. There are simply so many funny and peculiar creatures and figures in this movie. The whole movie just oozes with joy. Sometimes i get that feeling when watching a movie, like if the film-makers enjoyed themselves immensely while making the movie. I get that feeling here, there are just so many good ideas.
The animation itself is strange in the same way that Japanese animation often is. It's quite far removed both from the regular Disney-style animation as well as from the computer-animation of Pixars movies. It's a style hard to describe since it seems like a mix between different styles as well. It looks nice though and works very well.
I could write a lot more about this movie, but i won't. This is not a movie to read about, it's a movie to watch! I rate it 7/10.