Princess Mononoke

Pros: breathtaking animation, musical score, moral message

Cons: mysticism may be hard for younger viewers to understand

The Bottom Line: "Princess Mononoke" is an adventurous and moral tale of man's ill advised attempts to control nature. It is sure to become a classic of animation if not already.

Review: "Mononoke Hime" (original Japanese title for "Princess Mononoke" is one of my personal favorites in the realm of anime. While my interest in anime was first fueled and maintained by the Dragon Ball Z series, this film breathed new life into it.
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Pros: Animation, poetic and epic forms, music, themes

Cons: use of some mystic elements may be a little confusing

The Bottom Line: Princess Mononoke, "Mononoke Hime" in Japan, is a masterful work of man and his role in nature. This inspiring tale is great entertainment, and a great story.

Review: This is one of the greats of Anime films. Poetic, epic, beautifully crafted...Miyazaki and his cronies over at Studio Ghilbi have produced an instant classic.

I really do not want to give too much of the story away, it is too important to...

Pros: Awesome, beautiful animation and worthy theme

Cons: Too violent and complex for kids - and too long for adults

Review: Based on Japanese folklore, this captivating environmentalist fable is the tale of a war between the beast gods of the forest and the humans who are encroaching on their pristine territory. Set in the 15th century, a time of feudalism, the...

Pros: Great art, great characters, great script

Cons: movie popcorn is way too expensive

Review: It's saying a lot, but, folks, we have a clear contender. It certainly blows anything recent from this side of the Pacific out of the water. The animation is superb, the script (adapted from the Japanese by Neil Gaiman)is superb, the...

Pros: The most amazing animated movie ever

Cons: Can get a bit confusing with the names

Review: Hayao Miyazaki, creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Naussica of the Valley of the Wind, and much much more has stolen the hearts of the world once again with his absolutely riveting movie.

This movie is by far one my...

Pros: Excellent epic, great animation, realistic emotions

Cons: Absolutely none

Review: Well, yet again, Hayao Miyazaki has come up with a stunning and powerful film. I'll assume you now the basics of the story from the summary on the review page so i won't go into that. If you've seen other Hayao Miyazaki films such as Totorro and...

Pros: gorgeous animation

Cons: dense plot

Review: "Princess Mononoke" begins with a sequence that is one of the greatest filmic achievements I've ever seen. An incredible demonic beast, a boar with hundreds of worm-like tentacles coming from everywhere on his body, attacks a remote Japanese...

Pros: Excellent animation, nice story

Cons: A little too slow at times

The Bottom Line: I am not human, I am a wolf *cries*

Review: As we build our towns, as we make and drive our cars, as we cut down trees to build factories, to further experimentations, we begin to little by little destroy nature. Nature itself is peaceful, mostly everything in it is living and thriving, that...

Pros: Doesn't everyone get tired of doing this?

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: Epinions is stupid - I have to spell Ash*take without the "I"

Review: I never met a write-off of Lynus? that I didn?t like. Even when I try my hardest not to join them ? the gravitational pull sucks me in. Needless to say, Lynus is a superstar; so make sure to give him props for hosting this the ?Let?s See You...

Pros: Great animation, good plot, interesting characters

Cons: Americans screwing with pefectly good foreign films

The Bottom Line: Its a very solid piece of Anime and very entertaining for old fans as well as all the newbies to the genre.

Review: It takes a pretty special foreign film for someone like Miramax to want to spend money showing it in America, especially if its a cartoon.

The story revolves around a boy who's name Epinions won't let me spell because it contains four...