Spirited Away was fabulous. I had my doubts, because I've never cared for anime, but I loved this film. Nutty and I were the only people in the theatre (11:30 am show), so we figured we could snark if we wanted to, but mostly there was just rapt attention to the story and the animation. So much good stuff, with little hints of Yellow Submarine, The Odyssey, The Wizard of Oz (which I watched on the WB tonight), Alice in Wonderland, and even The New Gods. The first thing I thought of when I saw Yubaba, the old witch who runs the bath house was Granny Goodness, who ran the orphanage on Apokolips. There is also a lot of stuff for which I don't have the cultural references. The artwork was spectacular. Sometimes the backgrounds seemed to be flat paintings, other times they were more three dimensional. The architectural styles varied, too, sometimes Japanese, other times Western. Plus there are all these little details, like that the family's car is an Audi. You can tell from the logo on the trunk. I really need to see this again to look for more details. Such a chore.
Spirited Away
Spirited Away was fabulous. I had my doubts, because I've never cared for anime, but I loved this film. Nutty and I were the only people in the theatre (11:30 am show), so we figured we could snark if we wanted to, but mostly there was just rapt attention to the story and the animation. So much good stuff, with little hints of Yellow Submarine, The Odyssey, The Wizard of Oz (which I watched on the WB tonight), Alice in Wonderland, and even The New Gods. The first thing I thought of when I saw Yubaba, the old witch who runs the bath house was Granny Goodness, who ran the orphanage on Apokolips. There is also a lot of stuff for which I don't have the cultural references. The artwork was spectacular. Sometimes the backgrounds seemed to be flat paintings, other times they were more three dimensional. The architectural styles varied, too, sometimes Japanese, other times Western. Plus there are all these little details, like that the family's car is an Audi. You can tell from the logo on the trunk. I really need to see this again to look for more details. Such a chore.
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