![]() 10/10 - And my favourite movie of all time. The only predicament to the movie is that it is a bit downbeat and does not contain much happy laughter (oh well, I can watch My Neighbor Totoro - also a good movie - for happy laughter.). The music was beautiful and well suited to the movie. ![]() ![]() In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigamis curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. With Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, John DiMaggio. Like many Miyazaki movies, the animation (as always) is wonderful and nicely detailed which is also another quality that genuine Disney films lack (thank goodness for Studio Ghibli). Princess Mononoke: Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Perhaps the portrayal of this message (and the tiny hint of San and Ashitaka's romance and Moro's views on nature) was what made the film so touching to me. Another wonderful aspect of the plot is that it sends a message - Protect the Earth and all will survive in peace - a message either discreetly or strongly portrayed in many of Miyazaki's films. Although it her actions were environmentally damaging and wrong in general, she did it to help her people survive which is what all the species on Earth strive for. Even Lady Eboshi the most antagonist character in the movie had a reasonable motive for trying to get rid of the animal gods and cutting down the forest. There were no complete "good" or "bad" guys. Since it was a Studio Ghibli film dubbed by Disney I liked the fact that it wasn't a "they all lived naively ever after" film. ![]() The first time I saw Princess Mononoke I was completely moved and surprised. ![]()
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