I have watched this movie multiple times over the years, but it never gets old. I enjoy how innocent the movie is. Theres a big giant fluffy bear/squirrel thing that has magical powers as one of the main characters, what more would someone want? He even comes with a smile that takes up 2/3 of his face(Freaky the first time I saw it)! Then there was the cat that was also a bus, I thought that was very creative and original. The film was trying to show the importance of nature while also showing how powerful the imagination of a child can be. The film switched back and forth between reality and fantasy, mixing them together slowly until the end where people could no longer tell them apart. My favorite scene would probably have to be when the kids and Totoro were waiting together for a bus and Totoro kept jumping in order hear more rain drops hit the umbrella. It reminded me of when a child figures out that one thing causes another and thinks that it is interesting, so the child keeps doing it. But the one thing that Miyazaki does not want the people that watch his movies to forget is the importance of nature, that is why it is present in almost all of his films. Such as in this film where Totoro and the children planted seeds and made them grow spontaneously into gigantic trees.
One of the main reasons why I liked this movie was how well the music and video worked with each other. Both the animation and the music must have taken a lot of effort. The music just fit into the movie so well, and it wasn't like anything I had heard before when I first saw the film. This film was way ahead of it's time, I don't remember seeing any other animated films with fully original music and an entire orchestra to back it up. The music is very soothing to listen to and I liked how much effort was put into it. (I also already wrote a blog about this film in Art of Film 1 (Tonari no Totoro, in 2007), so I would just be repeating myself if I wrote more.)
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Nice little review, I also liked the characters that he created, especially the cat/bus. I believe that this is one of his best works. The style and animation work together, and the music is just beautiful. Hopefully the others enjoyed this movie as well.
Nreview, I can see how you analyze the movie in such the way that you did. Personally my first time seeing this movie is quite biased in a way seeing as how I don't really enjoy animations any longer but it was still an interesting watch. But what I couldn't get over was how it's a huuuge animal thing that looks a lil evil but it's friendly. Bu then I do agree with how Miyazaki works with music, animation, and detail, all wonderful.
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