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Friday 30 March 2012

Princess Mononoke

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http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Princess%20Mononoke%20pic4.jpgA few years ago I would have tossed this film into a collection of movies I like to call the rubbish pile. Recently, however, I have forced myself, with great difficulty, to open my mind and look at the entire picture. Instead of focusing on one or two aspects of the movie I do not like and formulating a biased opinion based on my hasty and clouded notions, I can now decipher both the good and bad points of a given flick. Upon watching Princess Mononoke, I must say I first thought it would be very difficult to look past the animation style and see it for what it was- a dynamic film directed be the highly acclaimed Hayao Miyazaki. After about ten minutes of dwelling on the follies (and there are, in my opinion, many) of the "anime" style of art, I became enthralled with the quickly unfolding plot and the subsequently dire fate bestowed upon Ashitaka, the protagonist of the film. After Ashitaka leaves his village to search for a treatment to remedy his affliction, I no longer cared that this was an animated feature; I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what would happen next. I no longer disliked that every character had abnormally large eyes (though not over-sized to the point of utter absurdity) or that the English overdubbing was a little choppy. In fact, I even began to enjoy the accomplished yet subtle computer generated effects interspersed throughout. By the last half hour I was hooked to the screen, eagerly awaiting the conclusion I wanted so badly to end the bitter conflict of the plot. By the end, I realized that this movie carried a powerful moral with it: man's continuous tampering with nature brings about as much savagery as it does progress, as much suffering as it does good, and that a sound compromise must be struck between nature and civilization. I do not harbor any negative feelings towards those who rated this movie poorly, as I used to be one of those people. All I have to say to them is this: look at a both the visual and symbolic attributes of a movie before rating it harshly. If, after observing all these features and idiosyncrasies, you still wholeheartedly hate the film, then by all means give it a one. After all, what would the world be like if we were all did not criticize or question our surroundings?

9 comments:

  1. Sounds great, I might check this out!

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  2. I've actually not seen the ending to the film, because I watched it recorded from tv VHS and it didn't record the ending...

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  3. I actually saw this a few months ago, and really liked it. Out of all the Miyazaki movies, this one nailed the action. I just loved when Ashitaka used the demon power thingy to become super strong and pretty much rip evil people apart

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  4. Oh Princess Mononoke, how I love thee.

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  5. I love this movie! I watched it way back when it first came out, and didn't really pay much attention to it, but recently went back and rewatched it, and I absolutely love it! I have watched it at least 5 times since!

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  6. I've heard a lot of good things about it. No chance to watch it though.

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  7. This is one of my favorite movies, I am glad you gave it a second chance :)

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