This film is one of the most recent films created by Hayao Miyazaki. I really liked this one too, but the story was a little hard to follow. The film just made take up some much random information about the spirit world, but I did like the creativity. I think my favorite part of the film is when the giant baby and the evil bird get turned into a baby and a little bird. Then the bird flies around carrying the mouse around for a lot of the movie. I thought that was just very funny and creative of Miyazaki. The animation was better than ever before, everything looked so real, yet still animated, I especially liked the water in this film. Once again, a film from studio Ghibli can not go without a great soundtrack, and this film has a nice soundtrack.
There were so many random things that happened in this movie. For example, a giant water spirit leaves a brown ball of something when it leaves, and she thinks it is medicine? I would have thought it to be something else... but that might just be me. The boiler man and the little coal guys were pretty cool, the little coal guys look just like the dust bunnies from Totoro. There were many random events, but not enough to lose the storyline. I still liked them for their creativity and just for fun. But it sort of takes a little away from the movie itself. The ending had nothing to do with the movie at all, where Haku reveals who he really was. We never knew she almost drowned as a kid in a lake, I do not remember the film ever mentioning it even once before revealing it in that scene. The theme of "Don't judge a book by its cover" is also in this film and it fits in really well. But overall I really liked this movie, another great job by Miyazaki.
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I also enjoyed this film. I liked how Miyazaki is just thinking of numberous ways to make the animation better ever film he makes, and also how everything is realistic, yet animated. One aspect of the film I liked especially was the soundtrack he used, which flowed with the scenery that Miyazaki creates. I believe he did a job well done on this film, and I liked how you enjoyed the creativity of this film.
Wow waylon, no pic. I think that he put the giant baby in this movie more for comedy than that of plot. Yes, it had some significance, but it was all about humor. Danny in response to your comment, no, the characters are not realistically. They're not meant to be. They are suppose to represent not depict people/issues. It would take away from the movie otherwise
Eh I could see how you noted on the animation. I guess it's true that as time goes by, animation gets better and better. Probably one day it'll look like real life huh? just maybe. One thing I do like is how he Miyazaki used transformation in this movie. I really talked about it in my review so you should give it a look.
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