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Princess Mononoke Actors: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka Director: Hayao Miyazaki Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 134 minutes Studio: Miramax Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2000-07-20 Buy from Amazon |
 "Animation not always for kids"The thing about Japanese animation is that it isn't always for kids. We as Americans associate animation with cartoons and therefore assume they are for children. Movies like Akira and Cowboy Bebop have a certian level of maturity and violence that is not suitable for children. Now, though Princess Mononoke is not as violent as some others, it does have a few scenes that are questionable in terms of children's viewing. I believe that this film is amazing not only in terms of the animation, but also in the message it gives. It is sad but also makes you feel good in the end. To better understand other films like this one, it is important and nearly vital to understand the culture of Japan. I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but not every culture is like America in its values and customs. Before passing judgement on this and other animations form Japan, it may be helpful to take a class on Japanese Culture and/or popular culture. I do, however, recomend it highly. "Epic, Darker, Wonderful Studio Ghibli Masterpiece"One of the darkest and most intense Studio Ghibli masterpieces, "Princess Mononoke" is every bit as vast and grand as "Lord Of The Rings" and "Star Wars" and rivals fellow Ghibli fare like "Castle In the Sky" and "Spirited Away" in memorabilty and array of character (both human and nonhuman), creature and concept. The film's character cast is headed by Mononoke, a wolf-raised girl involved in the resistance of animals and nature against the ever-encroaching and ever-dominating human civilization, and Ashitaka, afflicted with a life-draining malady and on a quest deep into the remaining forest to find the elusive cure. Being a Miyazaki-directed feature, "Princess Mononoke" still manages to easily blend in large amounts of beauty, cuteness and charm into the darkly serious and often violent story of conflict. The struggle between relentless human industrialization & expansion and the vanishing natural world is a common theme in many Ghibli movies, but seldom presented in such a warlike and apocalyptic fashion. Interestingly, it does this without demonizing the encroaching human factions. As in our world, in this admittedly less technologically advanced world, the enivirornmental decimation isn't always caused by a burning malicious desire to eradicate our planetmates, but out of - what? Arrogance? Honest ignorance? Unconscious apathy? A defeatist attitude that it's all going to be plowed over anyway so why bother trying to delay the inevitable? Unfortunately, it's the other 99.999% of species that have to suffer the bulk of the consequences. In "Princess Mononoke", the 99.999% are in the early stages of not taking things lying down anymore, and are being aided by some very powerful entities, and the result is one of cinema's greatest epics, aided by impeccable animation and great voice acting flawlessly synchronized into the movie. Complete in itself but still feels unfinished - "Princess Mononoke" is one of the great originals of all time, and now all we can do is treasure it while we wait and hope for a "Princess Mononoke II" to come and be one of the great sequels of all time. "Excellent Display of how our world is!"I have experienced some of the things that Miyazaki has put in "Princess Mononoke". For example, i've had to step into fights and then get rejected by both sides. We ourselves are demons in a certain view. We hurt others when they're in the way of our dreams or whatever. For example, if I wanted to rule the world and my friend opposed me, I would hurt him. Miyazaki is clearly showing this and that's why I give "Princess Mononoke" a 5-stars rating. "Awesome movie!!!"I recently got this movie, and I really liked it!!! I must say Hayao Miyazaki is a film making GENIUS. The art, the storyline, the characters... They were all awesome. If you own a DVD player(and most people do)GET THIS!!!! Trust me, you'll love it. "Animated Perfection"This exemplifies anime at its finest hour. To me this is the perfect anime film that affects the viewer in ways that will stay with him forever. Furthermore this film is appropriate for most ages though some scary images may frighten youngsters. Emotion surges through these characters with such sincerety that the cannot help but have them become a part of you afterwards - a sign of a great animated film. Beautiful colors and awesome music make this a truely compelling film. Forest gods and Kodamas make this story even more magical. This movie portrays a valiant human struggle and will have your eyes glued to the screen. THIS ENDS MY REVIEW. I WILL NOW PROCEED TO RANT ABOUT DISNEY'S PERVERSION. Whoever reccomended the emperor's new groove instead of this movie must not understand that this is a movie that is ment to be dramatic and serious. Disney is at times serious, but resorts to bright silly comedy to make its films very child oriented. COMPARING ANIME TO DISNEY IS A SIN! anime and disney are two completely different branches of animated films. Disney is all about the unforgettable songs(the emperors new groove intro theme is a nightmare). The explosive colors and loud music in the emperors new groove reminds me of a bad psychadelic drug trip. Its like watching an army of clowns on crack with all unlimited power of disney effects! aHHHHH!-simply frighening! The numerous lecherous scenes the perverted Disney artists draw are also an interesting aspect to be considered. You have to scrouge find these scenes, they're not obvious, but with careful inspection you will find that the friendly nature of disney is just covering up for their grand antithesis: subliminal sex messages. There are a few specific examples that the horny artists inserted in some of our most treasured classics. In the Lion King, the letters SEX (in capitals)can be seen in the sky. The letters can only be seen for a second, so have the pause button ready. The word is created out of the dust that the maturing Simba produces when he collapses to the ground probably about halfway through the movie (when Simba has his identity crisis). In Aladdin, at the famous balcony scene right before the magic carpet ride, Aladdin climbs to Jasmin's tower and Raja, the tiger, punces on him. When this happens,if you turn the volume to the max, you can hear Aladin say "Take off my pants". In The Little Mermaid during the wedding of Irsella and Eric, you can clearly see that the priest wedding them has a gigantic erection that moves. In conclusion, buy princess mononoke and sell all those perverted disney movies like the emperor's new groove. |
