Spirited Away

Year: 2001

Grade: B

Country: Japan

Director: Miyazaki

Review

basically a japanese version of ‘alice in wonderland.’ technically it’s very good – better sound than is usually found in an animated feature, better “camera” movement, more rounded characters, and a longer story. ultimately, though, it is an animated feature and those who claim it’s a film that happens to be animated are mistaken – it would not survive or even exist outside of the animated world and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the claims that it’s a great film outside of animation are what make this movie overrated. very imaginative and overall i hope to see animation pursue this course for a while instead of the tired old disney formula.