That is does, studio Ghibli creates a worlds that is both imaginative and beautiful. It tries to take us on an adventure to somewhere very different. What I think Spirited Away tries to do is create a magical world in which the viewer can escape to.
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In fact, I’m quite dumfounded as to how they created a 2 hour movie with this plot line.Īlthough, perhaps I’m being too critical with the story and story structure that Spirited Away takes. The rest of the story can be summarized by Chihiro get a jobs, does a job, returns something, get freed and goes home. However, this isn’t my main complaint about the film, it’s just that the rest is so shallow I can’t really analyze it with much depth. The events leading up to Chihiro getting trapped in the fantasy world are way too plot devicy for my taste. Next, they go, “oh look food that’s sitting out with no-one around” let eat. Ok, perfectly normal but what gets me is when they see an abandon building they decided to go in and explore. Chihiro’s father makes a wrong turn somewhere and decides to take a short cut through the forest. Like any normal 10 years old girl she is quite sadden and angry about leaving her old life (hell anyone would feel this way). Spirited Away begins with Chihiro’s family moving to their new home. I now know why I forgotten many of the events, thus needed to re-watch it and my perspective about the film really hasn’t changed. After watching it again, I discovered 2 things about Spirited Away. However, since it was 5 years since I viewed the film, I decided to re-watch Spirited Away in preparation for this review as my memory is a bit foggy. Now 5 years later and a few hundredĪnime titles later I was compelled to review this. Back then I found the film to be boring and feature a paper thin plot. I first watched this film 5 years ago during my senior year in high school when a friend of mine was raving about it. In the end, I simply decided to review the film as I normally do and leave a disclaimer about not being the target audience. This is because I’m clearly not the target audience, as Spirited Away is a film that is clearly targeted towards children. In many ways this is a difficult review to write. It requires some patience to get through since it's not packed with action or drama, but it's a nice fairy tale to watch and enjoy. Overall, Spirited Away is one of my favourite movies and will always be a treasured item in my small DVD collection. Granted, the characters were all quite predictable and Chihiro grated on my nerves at times, but overall, I enjoyed each and every one of the characters Miyazaki has create here. Everyone has a bit of both, though perhaps some allow the evil sides of them to come out a bit more obviously than others. One of the best parts of this movie, for me, was that it lacked any clear good or evil characters. Hisaishi has not failed here in Spirited Away. Like with Spirited Away, Hisaishi's music lacks all the 'bells and whistles' per se, but it's beauty lies in its simplicity. Or search on YouTube for videos of his live performances. Most of his music is quite subdued in nature and takes a careful ear to notice when your eyes are being captivated by what's going on in the screen, but do take notice if you have the chance. His music style is very simple, but he makes every note count. I will get this out of the way first - Joe Hisaishi is one of my favourite composers. Which brings me to another point: the music. And watching the train ride closer to the end of the movie, coupled with the amazing music score (the track is called 'The Sixth Station'), remains one of my most favourite animation sequences out of anything I've seen. The lights of the spirit world at night are breathtaking. When Chihiro and her family first walk into the spirit world, you can practically feel the breeze as you watch it whisk through the grass. The colours are rich and the animation is fluid. Instead of expecting something huge, just sit back, watch, and appreciate the world and story Miyazaki has finely crafted for us all to enjoy. Story about a simple girl in a very strange world. It has a quiet, subdued way of telling a simple Spirited Away isn't meant to be anything grand, with all the bells and whistles. Still, I watched it again and, for some reason, I got it the second time around. Consequently, I didn't think of it as being very exciting. And, unlike many other movies, there's no dramatic love story or epic battles and action scenes to keep you at the edge of your seat. All right, so a girl gets whisked away to a fantasy world? We've heard that story before. When I first saw the movie, I didn't see what the big deal was.
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