Princess Mononoke

Hello Everyone, its rather late today and I just got back home from school. SUPEER long day on thursdays, lucky me I play music for 1,5 of those hours at least.

Yesterday I watched another movie of Hayao Miyazaki and you've probably all watched this one already, but if not, lucky you I'm writing about it todaaay :D Princess Mononoke is what I guess people call a classic and I understand it very well indeed. I've watched some of his movies and I must say I love all of them! Spirited Away is one of my favourite movies of all time. This one I did'nt think that highly of though since it's rather old (1997 maybe not..?) and I thought the quality if I found it online would be really bad. When I actually found it, it was dubbed aswell..(haaate dubbed anime!!!), however I just thought to myself that I have to endure it anyway and found out what everyone's talking about! Surprisingly enough the dub was'nt that bad :O Rather good I would even say it surprised me. If you've ever heard Sailor Moon dubbed.....you'll hate dubbed anime forever, but I guess Hayao Miyazaki gets good actors even in english since he's so good.

Princess Mononoke started very well and the story development is really interesting aswell. The creativity of Miyazaki's movies amaze me everytime, since everything is just so beautiful and colorfull and aah amazing! The music was REALLY good too! Like Hollywood fantasy movies or Harry Potter but asian and just EPIC xD the music made probably 20% of the movie. But the story is very good too since there is suspense aswell as the other stuff you love in movies and it's very unpredictable. One thing that was interesting is also that the maincharacter or really all the characters in the story, except maybe four or five are either good or bad, even if some have a better moral than others. That made the plot very interesting and confusing, since you never knew who to cheer for xD ( I always do that when I watch movies ) However you would always agree with the maincharacter Ashitaka, cause he's so pure and just good T__T

I LOVED the movie :D as much as I've loved the others. In comparison to for example Ponya this felt a bit like it was made to be watched by people with the age of... made thirteen and up, like Spirited Away I would say and I liked that. The whole movie is almost hand drawn :O WATCH IT and you'll realise how fucked up that feels. It's astonishing what they do in Japan o.O

About

A calm village residing in the mountains comes under attack from a demon-possessed boar one day. Ashitaka, a young man and prince of the tribe, engages the creature in an attempt to save his village. During the battle, the boar bites him on the arm, leaving it blackened and cursed. Following his village's traditions, Ashitaka is exiled and becomes a wanderer, looking for a solution to the curse before it engulfs him.Iron Town is a fortress under the leadership of Lady Eboshi. Through the clearing of the surrounding forests, Iron Town produces large amounts of Ironsand, used for gunpowder and other machinery. However, because of the forests destruction, nearby animal clans seek revenge led by a human girl of the Wolf clan called San.When Ashitaka comes to Iron Town, he discovers the area consumed in battle. Horrified, he attempts to create peace and befriend the Wolf Clan. However, after the forest's eradication and the ongoing war between Human and Beast, will the Spirit of the Forest be forgiving and accept Ashitaka's request to expel his curse? from myanimelist

Love Linda :D

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