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Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: POWERFUL PLOT... pleasantly shocking...A MUST BUY
Review: This is the most amazing Japanese anime film I have ever seen! This movie will leave you in a state of awe long after it is over. I am especially enchanted by the thought that the animals of the forest once had a consciousness ... that is before the Spirit of the Forest was killed. Afterwards, the animals never speak again.

I also love the blend of real Japanese legends mixed into the plot. Like the Kodama who mysteriously and suddenly appear only to hop around and click their heads. Doesn't the legend about them say that they only appear to those who have an honest heart and bring good luck?

The animation is excellent, but the plot is what makes the movie. This is a must see, but can be a bit too scary for the kids. Although I recently gave a copy to a 9 year old boy who is mature for his age, I wouldn't recommend to others giving it to anyone under 10 years old. Parents should see it and then make their own judgement call. But don't blow this off! It is definitely worth the effort. You will really be missing out if you don't see this film.

YOU WON'T REGRET THIS BUY.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Anime At it's Best
Review: This movie is cool, a good combo of reality and fiction/fantasy. I think that most people would agree this is a good movie!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Anime as art!
Review: The characters, plot, story, animation, and backgrounds in this movie will impress even an anti-anime viewer. Eglish dub is the best ever with an all-star cast. This is the ultimate in any anime DVD, if not the ultimate in cinema entertainment.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: UNFORGETTABLE and POWERFUL
Review: UNFORGETTABLE and POWERFUL
Wow ! We watched the DVD yesterday and are still speechless... What a beauty ! The story is unforgettable and the poetry out of this world. I LOVED it ! The battle scenes are far from traumatic, compared to some unhealthy Disney violence (in Anastasia for instance) to the point that I am considering having my 10 year old watch the movie because of its powerful and poetic interest.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Princess Mononoke
Review: This movie is my favorite anime EVER. The plot is too complex to state here, but it includes action, romance, and humour, something for everyone. Even my mom, who doesn't like anime (How can you not??????) thought it was okay. I recommend this movie for kids 10-100. A little violence and a few cuss words.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A winner!
Review: This is a great movie. The animation is breathtaking and the plot is great! Two hours sound long, but I can assure you, it will only feel like 20 minutes.
Simply great. Buy it now if you like good movies.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An epic splendor
Review: Hayao Miyazaki is amazing. He can direct offbeat, intimate masterpieces like *My Neighbour Totoro* and masterpieces of epic proportions like *Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind* (one my favorite ten movies of all times). *Princess Mononoke* belongs to the latter category: it is a mythical allegory of man's relationship with nature, set in a medieval Japan filled with talking beasts, strange fairies with rotating heads, mystical deer and animal corpses animated by energetic, wriggling maggots.

I have always found that the better a movie is, the more speechless it will leave me. I once started writing a review for another of Miyazaki's masterpieces, *Kiki's Delivery Service*, but I never posted it because I was so intensely moved by his genius that I was not able to say anything articulate about it. This is sad, because I consider very few films to be as deserving of a good review as *Kiki*.

So I will let the five stars do their work of recommendation, and merely say that I personally consider Miyazaki (together perhaps with King Hu) the greatest moviemaker ever, and *¨Princess Mononoke* one of his highest achievements.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: oh my god..........
Review: this movie is unbelievably and inhumanly awsome, it is almost as good as THE ONE but not quite. quite a show of japanes animation excellence, this movie is great for anyone at all unless you hate watching movies [...]. this movie has kind of short fight scenes but that does not hurt it at all because they are awsome, the main character is awsome and the movie is filled with mythical creatures and a wonderful quest for salvation. this movie is to cool, if you like anime, or love action movies, get this NOW!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: well-done english version
Review: I had to be forced to watch this movie in English. After years of watching (hearing?) good anime nearly destroyed by bad dubbing, I voted for subtitles. I'm glad I was outvoted! I can't comment on the translation, but the ease with which the voices fit with the charaters, and the excellent phrasing really impressed me. Later I found out that Neil Gaiman wrote the English script, and thought, "no wonder!". (confused? read Neverwhere, or Stardust, or the Sandman series)

The animation and story of course are wonderful, and other reviewers have covered them in better detail than I could. Just thought I should put in a word for the fine work put into the English version.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the best anime
Review: this is the best anime movie there is out there you have to get it watch it over and over


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