A lot of people have herd about Mononoke Hime and to me they always said that it was great and that it was amazing and so forth. I admit that I actually did enjoy Mononoke Hime quite a bit however.....there's one thing about it all that really bugs me. Why is it called Mononoke Hime?
Ok I get it the front cover is the girl and a wolf...but what was the story actually about...a little boy...so why Mononoke Hime? This is MY Opinion but the title of the film ruined what I really expected. I thought at first it would be about this amazing girl that looks like she could be raised by wolves or lives with wolves but thats only part of it, it's actually based around this little boy and the girl is rarely in the scenes!! (MY opinion)
Apart from the movie being names such a non-sense name, I personally liked part of the movie. I felt like the Art was beautiful and it really came out in certain scenes, the way the 'Gods' where shown was very lively and vivid in the art and this made them stand out and shine (Literally). The sound is also my favourite in the movie, it made the scenes come to life and make you enjoy watching that clip of the movie, it gives you that real feeling of adventure. You knew when you music changed something would happen...good or bad?...you didn't know, but the music was just lovely.
The characters (apart from the fact it's not actually based on the girl) was still generally well developed. This boy that goes off and finds himself in a town of development. This kid is well developed as well the story develops further he develops more and starts to understand more of himself and others. There is also a lot more character development within some people in the movie and these developments you can see are slowly advancing, even changing who the person is. Mononoke Hime was one of the best developments in the film, as she keeps to only herself but develops further by the end of the movie.
Overall this film I did actually enjoy but still hate the fact that I was mislead from the title thinking it would be about the girl rather than a boy. Some scenes was really well done and stuck out from the movie as the pace changed and developed and some scenes was so nice and calming you had a feel for what was happening.
I would recommend this to anyone that likes a war-like old story based feeling with gods in it. It was well produced and the music is lovely, just don't expect to see a lot of Mononoke Hime.
~ Canaan
