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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $7.95
Your Save: $ 12.04 ( 60% )
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0786936213850
Format: Animated
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Running Time: 132
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Summary: A fantastical movie!
Comment: Spirited Away is an imaginative tale about a little girl named Chihiro who becomes trapped in the spirit world after her parents are turned into pigs for eating the spirit's food. There, she must work in a bath house for the spirits until she can think of a way to escape.
In many ways, this film is excellent. The animation is beautiful, the setting is strange and entertaining, the story is full of twists, and the characters posess alot of depth. What I love most about this movie is the depth of the characters- no one is one dimensionally "evil" or "good". Every character posesses good and bad qualities to varying degrees. Even Chihiro starts off as an unlikeably whiny girl at the beginning, but by the end, has developed courage and self-reliance. I just love the departure from black-and-white moral categories to a more morally ambigous characters, because the real world is morally ambigous.
On another note, the setting of Spirited Away is strange and colorful. I was very entertained by the bizarre array of bath-house guests, the strange twisting layout of the bath-house itself, and the haunting and beatiful scenery viewed from the train. Also, anyone who's seen Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro might recognize the return of the soot gremlins. I had actually seen Spirited Away first, then My Neighbor Totoro a year later, so imagine my surprise when I recently rewatched Spirited Away and saw them. Soot gremlins!
Compared to his other films, this is one of Miyazaki's more energetic and action-packed films. So, if you've seen some of his other films and couldn't stand the slow pacing of the story, then Spirited Away may be just the thing for you. Well anyway, I can't recommend this movie enough! Please watch it at least once!
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Summary: Quirky and bizarre but strangely endearing story. Beautiful animation.
Comment: My partner artist loves the work of Miyazaki and bought this film for his collection. But, I have to say, the first time I watched it, I was like, "what is this?" It was so weird! There did not seem to be a plot, just a bunch of weird scenes with strange characters, one after another. And, the girl's parents turning into pigs - graphically interesting but absolutely pointless element of the story. Then, we watched it again, and I saw something different the second time. I saw the progression of the young girl through this strange world with helpers and advocates, and the hidden messages of the story started to come through.
The third time I watched it, I was hooked and now I love it. The artwork is fantastic. We watched it both in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed with English. I preferred the dubbed version as I think it helped to put the story into a better context for understanding.
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Summary: Beautiful and fantastic movie, but the best?
Comment: This is a beautiful and fantastic movie and well represents Japanese spiritual world such as the concept of Yaoyorozu-no-kami (eight million kami). But, actually, I am not sure why this is the most popular Ghibli movie in America. I think even for Japanese it is difficult to understand some of scenes. Miyazaki used a lot of abstract and symbolic elements and they made this movie more complicated than his other movies such as My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and Princess Mononoke.
But I would say this is still a very interesting movie and some scenes have left a strong impression on my mind. I like the scene where Chihiro eats rice balls with weeping tears.
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Summary: One of Ghibli's best!
Comment: When I first got into Miyazaki/Ghibli movies, I started out with Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke. I liked them so much I bought EVERY other movie they released, hoping the rest would be just as good, and they are. After Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away is my fave. What I like about it is of course the story, but also the fact that this is one of Studio Ghibli's most deeply/richly colored movies. Ghibli seems to favor the softer more airy and light colored approach, but this has a really deep almost water color look to it.
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Summary: Praise for Spirited Away
Comment: I love Miyazaki films for their detailed and beautiful illustrations and their unique stories. This one is about a strong little girl who has to pass certain obstacles before she can save her parents. This is a good family movie and possesses an admirable moral: by being patient and quick when the circumstance calls for it, you will be able to hold on until you reach your goal. A rich and worthy animated film.
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From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.
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