Mesmerizing

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2020)

VERY LIGHT SPOILERS
Although reading this will NOT ruin movie for you at all.
I really liked pretty much every aspect of this movie. First of all the animation and imagination in this movie is just great. Besides a few instances of CGI that didn't really fit, the film was consistently beautiful to look at even when what they were animating was made to look ugly. And this is easily one of the most imaginative movies I've ever seen. Easily at and probably above the Pixar level. And the characters also had me very invested. Chihiro and Haku were just great to watch. At first I didn't really buy the kinda romance they had, but by the end it completely worked. And the side characters were great to. Kamaji, Lin, No Face, Yubaba & Zeniba, all of them are a lot of fun in their own ways. Although I wish that No Face's motivations were made more clear. Maybe I missed something, or maybe that wasn't the point. Both are possible. And one random thing I noticed is that Scott Cawthon almost definitely ripped of The Puppet/Marionette's design from No Face for his FNAF games. They are extremely similar in regards to the design of their masks. Anyways, the story itself is pretty straight forward, but that definitely works to the movie's advantage. It allows us to not become confused and just soak in this amazing and interesting world that has been created. Although I would say that the movie starts off a little slow. I'd say about the first 1/3 of the movie is just good, but it's completely made up for by the other 2/3 of the movie which are simply fantastic.
EDIT A FEW DAYS LATER:
I can't stop thinking about this movie. It only keeps growing on me. There's so much I don't know about it. As in I can't quite tell what the message of the movie is but that just makes me love it even more. There's so much being said here that is going over my head, and that's very exiting to me. I need to rewatch this when I get the time. This movie has affected me in a way that very few other movies, or shows, or books, or even songs ever have. This movie gets a 98%.