Reviews

The story line was interesting and imaginative. However during most of the film, it seemed like the story was about Ashitaka, instead of San, but this is easily overshadowed by how the touching story is, the characters determination, their admirable maturity and good natures. It holds some wonderful symbolism about rebirth, the power of hate and family, each one leaving a powerful message to the viewer and leaves you contemplating the ideas it puts across.

What I didn't like was that often, the conversations between the forest creatures sounded corny and overdone.. but this is possibly the dub, (I couldn't find a subbed version that worked on my computer).

The art was absolutely wonderful, bringing a new interpretation of spirits and life that I had not seen before, colourful and mesmerizing, it really worked well within the film.

I did enjoy this film, however I had extremely high expectations and it wasn't quite as good as I had hoped, nontheless, it was a wonderful experience and I would not only watch it again, but urge others to watch it aswell.