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Summary: A true masterpiece
Review: Let's just say this. I was skeptical about watching this movie, I am really not a huge fan of anime. My experiences with the Japanese cinema has been mainly the films of Akira Kurosawa. But this movie is perhaps the best animated movie I have ever seen. The story is full of symbolism and is more intelligent than anything to ever come out of Hollywood. The landscapes were reminiscent of the cinematography of Kurosawa's epics. I particulary liked the way hatred was portrayed, eating inside of you like a plague. And how, like in real life, there are no true heroes or villians. The story is one that someone of any race, religon, or nationality can appreciate. I highly recommend this motion picture to everyone. However the violence may be a little graphic for younger viewers.
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Summary: An interesting movie to say the least
Review: This is one of the few movies I've watched where there was never a clearly defined villain. The main conflict (forgive me if I stay general because I don't want to give anything away) in the movie is between humans that are fighting for land to mine and the forest that is protected by animal gods. The animal gods fiercely defend the forest from any invasion by man and man continues to invent ways to help annex more of the forest by any means necessary. The animation has some absolutely amazing sequences but has a PG-13 rating for a reason. Some the battle and after battle scenes are very gory. This movie is not meant to be seen by young viewers. I can honestly say I've never seen anything quite like it and can easily recommend it to any animation or anime fan that is 13 or older.
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Summary: Best Of Anime
Review: This movie its excellent, the animation rocks,and the sound is great too. It's a story about the war between men and nature; a prince and a savage girl.
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Summary: One of the best movies
Review: Some anime movies are made with only anime fans in mind. This is an exception. This is a story with a universally understandable theme and plot. The graphics are some of the best I have ever seen in an animated movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for a great movie.
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Summary: Perhaps the best movie ever made
Review: This may be the best movie ever made. I'm serious. It's incredibly gorgeous, emotionally moving, philosophically complex, absolutely mythic, with a mix of animation styles that shouldn't work together but do. I was completely mesmerized for over two hours -- didn't look at my watch once. Not the first time, not the second time, not the third, not the fourth. I don't buy videos, but this one I'm buying.
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Summary: The Pinacle of Animation
Review: I was (and am still) a very large sceptic of Anime, as is my brother; so when my brother forced me to watch this movie, I knew it must be a stand out film, and it didnt dissapoint. Put simply, this is a masterpiece of film making. Easily the best animated film I have ever seen, this enemy-less romp through feudal Japan comes complete with menacing demons, and increadibly erie gods. A must have for theater buffs, or anyone for that matter.
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Summary: One of the best!
Review: Princess Mononoke is probably Miyazaki's last animation, he determines to make this animation the best of his works and it is a success. The story of Princess Mononoke is simple and beautiful, Miyazaki interprets his concern of enviormental problems perfectly into the movie, that kids and even adults can actually learn something from it. If you like this movie, I highly recommend Miyazaki's "Nausicaa" and "Laputa". They are Miyazaki's earlier works and my favorites.
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Summary: Three words- BETTER Than AKIRA- Enough said.
Review: This IS by far the best, most beautifully written, and animated animated film in existance. If harsh reviewers from The New York Post call it "The Star Wars of animated films" then my words truly are the truth. I have seen many, many anime films; for a long time Akira was the reigning king of anime. Akira has be knocked off, Princess Mononoke rules in its place.
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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: This movie is perhaps one of the greatest works of art that I have ever seen. The animation is truly gorgeous for everything from the people, to the animals, and the landscape. The plot becomes extremely in-depth as the movie progresses, and the characters are never absolutely good or evil. The lines between the two often times become blurry. As for the characters themselves, their personalities are shaped so deeply that they become more than drawn sprites on the screen. The music is incredibly powerful making the experience even more gripping. This was definitely made for the mature movie-goer that thirsts for something more than the feeble attempts at good animated classics from Disney. This is not a movie, but an experience.
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Summary: Miyazaki continues to amaze us!
Review: Mononoke Hime is a stunning movie! The animation is unbeatable, the story is complicated, yet easy to understand. What I love about it is that there is no villain or good super hero. All sides are doing something that they think is right, and it is, yet is is bad to something else. The movie is about life and being alive. It shows us that we are part of the Earth, and that the Earth was not made for us to use. This movie is just moving and exciting at the same time. It has sentimental themes, action, love and cute creatures, yet this movie is not for little kids like Totoro, it has violence and gore, and the plot might be to complicated for small children to understand, but adults and teens will love this movie, because is has something for every taste. My only complaint: there were some sequences that were pointless and not really needed. I highly reccommend this movie, it is definately not a waste of money!
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