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This is a review of Princess Mononoke movie done by Hayao Miyazaki (whom also did Kiki's Delivery Service and the Oscar winning film Spirited Away). I had no idea of this film till about 5 days ago, when a friend recommended it to me, and I was thinking, hmm why not? So I bought it off Play.com for really cheap at the price of £5.99. Then a few days past and it finally came, thinking to myself that I could not wait to watch it. Later that day, I watched the film, and was astonished and really enjoyed it.
Story ***** It starts off with a young male called Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) fighting a demon that is heading for his village, and before he defeats the demon he gets touched by the demon on this arm, which has infected him with demon power, and will slowly kill him in immense pain.
His story starts with heading south to find his destiny and see if he can find anything to life the curse and free him from the demon spirit that lies within him. On his travels he rides by this small village that is under attack by samurai, and the samurai start firing arrows at him as they think he is the enemy, so Ashitaka fires arrows back, but his demon arm takes over his arm and powers up the firing of the arrows and kills the samurai.
After that fight, Ashitaka ends up helping out these two soldiers and leads them to there home town called Iron town. After being there he meets the leader called Lady Eboshi (Minnie Driver) who is trying to kill the forest spirit.
The tale ends up being a fight between the humans and the forest gods. There ends up being two people that can stop all this, one is Ashitaka and the other is San (Claire Danes). If they don't get along with each other, then the fate of the humans is at stake and only them two have the power to stop the evil that is about to stow upon them.
The story is set in the olden times, around medieval where rifles have recently been invented and a war between humans and gods.
DVD Extras ********** • Original Theatrical Trailer • Behind the Scenes Featurette • Interactive Menu • Scene Access
Directing ******** The director of this film is the famous and the great Hayao Miyazaki, whom has done the brilliant, spectacular film Spirited Away, but before he did that, he did this film in the year of 1997. How he directs this film is astonishing, where you get both stories of the humans and the forest gods, and how they fight against each other is very good.
Other ******* I found the film very enjoyable, and found it very good, certainly worth watching more then once within a week. Everything about this film makes it as good as it gets and top notch. One of the best anime films I have seen.
The story of the film is brilliant, a tale that will be remembered for years to come, and will be loved by many.
The characters performances are very good, how the war affects them, and how everything that happens makes them do what they have to do.
The film is one big special effect really as it is animated, but what effects with the fighting, and the explosions and how the war and battles happen are amazing.
The soundtrack of the film is good; the mood is really set well when you hear the effects of the music and freaky orchestrated sounds can make the film seam quite tense when it is in a calm area. Tenses the moments a lot.
Princess Mononoke is really worth purchasing is you are a lover of anime, or like the workings of Hayao Miyazaki. I got this from Play.com for £5.99 which is a barging for this type of movie, as it is what I would call an epic anime. I give this film 5 star * * * * *, as I found it very enjoyable, the characters were very good and the style is good, and also it is very imaginative.
LENGTH: 128 minutes RATED: PG (The Most Violent PG You Will Ever See) YEAR: 1997 DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki STUDIO: GHIBLI
THIS FILM IS
Imaginative A Masterpiece Directed By Hayao Miyazaki
THIS FILM IS NOT
Standard Slow Boring
Thanks For Reading
DBZKing
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I watched this film for the first time a few months ago and really enjoyed it. I realy should invest in my own copy sometime soon. Becki x
darkangelwing 11.09.2005 01:41
I'm an anime obsesee this was my fave anime untill i bought the animatrix oh my was that mind blowingly superb but i bloody loved pricess mononoke the soundtrack was superb, ashitaka is such a cool name hehe, another great review sire hehe, well detailed and some fab desriptions, well done(-:
DarkMark 13.08.2005 23:52
A good review - would like to see this at some point
A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true ... more
epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the warrior Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) is cursed with a rapidly ...
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