More Japanese Animation [Tuesday, November 23, 2004]
Princess Mononoke was all right... but wow! There's random and then there's nonsense, which sometimes can be ok or even enjoyable. So I finished watching Spirited Away, and seriously, that movie is complete nonsense. It's not Alice in Wonderland fun nonsense either. It's like they're trying to make the nonsense somewhat serious.
Case A (and B, and C, and D...): Several times thoroughout the movie, a random character would pop into the story and then a character would have to pause and explain the new character, but try to make it flow with the story. That flowing with the story part? Failure! Just about when you thought you had a handle on what was going on some new character would show up to tell you that no, you indeed had no clue what was happening. To keep this entry short, that's all I'll write, but trust me, there was so much more.
I think the only person who would make this movie fun to watch is Tim, but that's because he makes anything fun to watch.
Case A (and B, and C, and D...): Several times thoroughout the movie, a random character would pop into the story and then a character would have to pause and explain the new character, but try to make it flow with the story. That flowing with the story part? Failure! Just about when you thought you had a handle on what was going on some new character would show up to tell you that no, you indeed had no clue what was happening. To keep this entry short, that's all I'll write, but trust me, there was so much more.
I think the only person who would make this movie fun to watch is Tim, but that's because he makes anything fun to watch.
posted by Ryan at 1:00 PM
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Since you may not believe there was more, I'll give some to you!
The characters that had already explained themselves, dumb concepts as they were acted in so many ways which did not follow the way the character was set up. They would also sometimes state what they were going to do, clear as day and then proceed to do it, without any sort of drama. It wasn't like super-villain rambling ego-explanations, either (which I also loathe in movies), it was just "I'm going to do this" and then they'd do it.
I realize this may seem to contradict my earlier rant about the randomness, but the redundancy of speech and deed was also nonsensical and unnecessary.
Could someone explain to me why people think this movie is "all that" (or even why they thought Princess Mononoke was "all that")?
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