Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I'm going to show you how to kill a god.


Princess Mononoke (1997)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Starring (English voices) Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thorton, Jada Pinkett Smith

Princess Mononoke Trailer

Notes
  • I keep wanting to type "Princess Monkey".
  • DUDE, I didn't know this movie was so... gory! They got appendages flying off everywhere! (Okay it's not that bad.)
  • Could you imagine if Miyazaki directed a Pokemon movie? Pikachu would never look more beautiful...
  • Why is it that in animes, the good-looking guy is always the male who looks the most like a female?
  • This movie reminded me of The Lord of the Rings, The Legend of Zelda, and The Secret of Kells. It probably should've been named The Princess of Mononoke or something.
  • Wait who's Mononoke?
  • And why is she a princess? Couldn't she just be the queen? I guess "Queen Mononoke" sounds a little weird.
  • Best character: Koroku the Ox Driver!
  • Best scene: Pigs painting each other with their snouts.
  • ASHITAKA! has been added to CHIHIRO! in my "Miyazaki character names that are yelled List."
Things I learned from Mononoke
  • Wolves can still bite with their heads cut off.
  • If you have feuding armies, just almost kill all of them, then they'll give up.
  • Arrows can decapitate samurai!
  • Don't get an infection or else your town will hate you. Forever.
Recommended to
  • Fans of beautiful stuff.
  • Fans of Miyazaki.
  • Nature lovers.
  • Those who want to see butt load of imagination.
  • Those who enjoy contemplating upon the many themes of a movie.
Not recommended to
  • Anime haters.
  • Little kids...
  • Those who don't want to sit down longer than 2 hours.
Conclusion

Yeah, it's a bit long. Contrary to the trailer, there actually isn't a WHOLE lot of action, but to the movie's credit, when there IS action, it's all kinds of awesome. I very much enjoyed the movie and probably got a bigger kick out of it because I love this kind of animation eye candy. Just watch out for the middle because it gets a little slow (I think Ashitaka is just sleeping or something), and I thought the end was both shocking and unevenly paced... There are also times where I'm like "wait WHAT? oh, yeah, this is a Miyazaki movie, this is magic. Gotta go with the flow...", and if you're okay with that, then by all means watch this! At least watch it to see Ashitaka battle a giant evil black Tangla.

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