Post by Vite on Oct 21, 2003 9:43:06 GMT -5
“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.” Don’t ask me who, where or why somebody said this, but somebody did. It’s not true. I mean, in this case, a movie I saw in Kindergarten. An anime movie, and my first addiction to the animated crack, My Neighbor Totoro. It’s meant for families. It’s appropriate for kids, and if you watch it wanting violence and blood, you’ll only get it from beating your head against a wall. It’s fun, and lively, and just a good way to cheer up. The main characters are two young girls that have moved into a new house, one near a supposedly magic forest, where a spirit of the forest, Totoro, lives. It continues to reveal that the girls’ mother is in the hospital, and is very susceptible to even the smallest cold.
The story is pretty deep for a kiddy movie. The ideas it uses in it are a little beyond where kids could go, but that makes it great. It uses a realistic story, and then spices it up with a heavy dose of Japanese myth. It tells something that really could happen, minus Totoro, and it does it very well. 5. Standalone anime movies have good stories.
The art is good. The characters look much in the style of Spirited Away, but the art for them is very basic, and not that good. The animation is good, and often makes it look very real, characters seem to look normal, at least for kids. They run around a lot. The backgrounds are beautiful. Yes, I said it beautiful. Get over it, I’m writing a review and I’ll describe things how I want. It looks real. This is a very nature based movie, and so trees, mountains, rice fields, and shrines are all important to have look awesome, and this does it. 4.75.
The sound is great. The music use traditional Japanese and a European orchestrated sound to create awesome background songs. The Voices are good, and some SFX don’t quite fit in. It still overall sounds great. 4.5.
I am biased. I like goofy, happy stuff like this. It’s very Disney, except it doesn’t try to be funny, it just is. It doesn’t drown you in kiddy. It doesn’t try too hard anywhere, it makes you think to get it, and it just makes it better. I think everyone should try and watch it, and if you still have a problem with it, go watch Akira to make up for your lack of blood for an hour and a half. I still remembered it’s main theme 9 years later. It’s a good way to break off from today’s society. A 5.
The story is pretty deep for a kiddy movie. The ideas it uses in it are a little beyond where kids could go, but that makes it great. It uses a realistic story, and then spices it up with a heavy dose of Japanese myth. It tells something that really could happen, minus Totoro, and it does it very well. 5. Standalone anime movies have good stories.
The art is good. The characters look much in the style of Spirited Away, but the art for them is very basic, and not that good. The animation is good, and often makes it look very real, characters seem to look normal, at least for kids. They run around a lot. The backgrounds are beautiful. Yes, I said it beautiful. Get over it, I’m writing a review and I’ll describe things how I want. It looks real. This is a very nature based movie, and so trees, mountains, rice fields, and shrines are all important to have look awesome, and this does it. 4.75.
The sound is great. The music use traditional Japanese and a European orchestrated sound to create awesome background songs. The Voices are good, and some SFX don’t quite fit in. It still overall sounds great. 4.5.
I am biased. I like goofy, happy stuff like this. It’s very Disney, except it doesn’t try to be funny, it just is. It doesn’t drown you in kiddy. It doesn’t try too hard anywhere, it makes you think to get it, and it just makes it better. I think everyone should try and watch it, and if you still have a problem with it, go watch Akira to make up for your lack of blood for an hour and a half. I still remembered it’s main theme 9 years later. It’s a good way to break off from today’s society. A 5.
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