August 3rd, 2006

Spirited Away

Spirited Away CoverOther title: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
Synonyms: A viagem de Chihiro, Chihiro Og Heksene, Chihiro Szellemországban, El viaje de Chihiro, Henkien Kätkemä, La Città Incantata, W krainie bogow
Directed: Hayao Miyazaki
Official Website: http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/sen/
Length: 2:05 hours

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What’s all about?
As the movie starts, Chihiro moves to her new home. She’s sad because she loses her friends. Her parents tries to cheer her up but it is no use.

Not too long on the way they got lost and finds their self at a dead end just before a large massive red building. Chihiro shivers, she get’s a tight feeling on her chest and wants to go away. But her dad, who droves the car think it’s a great oppertunity to take a break.

Spirited Away 03In the building she hears a train, looks like she’s fond to it because she starts too look around, still holding her mother’s arm. A moment later her father finds some restaurants. Her parents like to eat but no shopkeeper is around. Her father decides they pay up when they show their faces and starts eating. Her mom joins him but Chihiro is a little awkward. She takes a little tour and finds the train beneath the bridge.

Spirited Away 05It’s where the movie really starts. On the bridge is a boy, not rather surprised but more frightend she’s her. She isn’t allowed to come her, ‘go back inmediately’ he calls, ‘I’ll distract them’. Chihiro driven by the boys energy runs away to pick up her parents and leave this place once for all. Returned by her parents she finds out they are turned into pigs!

Chihiro is too late and can’t leave this island anymore. Island? Yes, she’s so surprised she steps into the ocean before the red building. What the hell? What’s happening, she can see through her own hand, oh no she’s vanishing!

Few remarks
Spirited Away 06 A really exciting movie with unordinarily events. It got lot’s of magic and a totally new ’spirit’ world. Studio Ghibli sets up an entiry new world totally of your imagination. It might not be new to put a girl into a new world regarding to Alice in Wonderland, Escaflowne, umm and a lot of others I can’t come up with them :( … Please don’t think you know the plot, Studio Ghibli really made a masterpiece and once again a must have to see.

When does it all starts
It starts about 20 minutes, after Chihiro finds out she shouldn’t be ‘there’. In fact, were I stopped my story and make damn cliffhanger.

Graphics & Animation
Just take a look at the screenshots, so much detail. Did you see that ugly witch? That’s what you can call it, a masterpiece. Water flows like water and hair and clothes plays with wind and gravity. As Howl Moving Castle is allready up, there is a fewer animation than at Howl. Though any animation is again very good and you don’t want to miss any of it. You might be distracted by another action or you simple tries to follow what just have happend.

Music
Spirited Away 10Tradition japanese music is appearing in any shape and form in this movie. Combined with some mysterious tones and you got a quiet peacefully soundtrack. Another original music composed by Joe Hisaishi. The artist is Yumi Kimura and the lyricist is Wakaku Kaku. The snair instruments are really the best. The song Itsumo Nando Demo (Always With me) is a song to remember, still you really need to love it. It’s a really quietly music without any drums or fast samples in it. It’s more a singer playing a piano. I love it.

What say other people about it?
The movie was released 2001 and was rewarded with an oscar the Animation Grand Award at Mainichi Awards. After a bit research I found out almost any Studio Ghibly’s releases are awarded, funny not? Why? People were stunned by Miyazaki’s fantasy and his incredible imagination. Mysterious events are added uncommen and unsuspected situation that still gives you a feeling, with magic it can. It’s not you think, aww, just a snap in the fingers. Additionally people speak of historical information and culture in this movie. Like there is no way to hold your shoes on, or kindly bow to your supreme and how landscapes are changed from the war into a sad, but peacefull brake land.

Also Chihiro is just a girl, she hasn’t got super powers and she’s frightend for the weird world she’s into. She feels like she’s left behind but doesn’t stand alone while she found a very trustfull boy and a friend.
Spirited Away 07People talks about characters expression’s too especially those of Chihiro. She’s the main character and she’s never boring to look at. Her whole expression changes during the time and she makes you believe she really lives. You want to embrace her and protect her with your arms. Holding her, cause she’s just too small to deal with the problems. Though she seems to be more powerfull than anyone suspected. She’s a real heroine, though no one out of the spirit world will ever know.

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