This is better than 'Princess Mononoke'? Are you kidding me?!?

I remember being so excited to finally get to see Princess Mononoke after the ridiculous hype it's gotten on the internet. Man, what a disappointment! Good setup, but the film was far too predictable to be enjoyable. I felt like I knew what I was going to see before any of it happened, and it just wasn't as impressive as I was expecting it to be. Spirited Away is absolutely incredible, with a far more interesting story from the beginning that holds you completely entranced until the end. Mononoke just feels like a protect-the-environment cautionary tale, and Spirited Away is so much more.

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There's an insecure childish narrative that equates "adult" (in the slimest way the word is defined) with better.

Look at the two films from a film-making story-telling perspective. Which film has a main character that's so obnoxiously perfect Superman has to take a good hard look at himself, which film has one that's three dimensional flawed and sympathetic and genuinely grows as one? Which film uses a more unique setting that utilizes potential for a visually striking color pallet as appose to, albeit detailed, browns and greys and greens of mining towns and forests. Which film collages a character study, fantasy lore and surrealism into a streamlined and simple package, which film has the familiar environmentalist plot, which film has subtle and subersive themes, which film beats you over the head with its own, which film is unique, which one falls back on the old three-act, antagonist vs. protagonist story? Which film has female characters more vile and seflish and male characters more dopish and pathetic than the ones in Married with Children? Also which one has Billy Bob Thorton (aight bit of a cheat)

I love Princess Mononoke by the way but, but Spirited Away is the better film.

Officially Canadian for 27 years. Never heard "aboot."

If you think that "Spirited Away" is a children's movie, then you're just afraid to watch deeper than on actual drawings. The themes this movie elevates are far more complex, epic and important than Monomoke features. In fact, the only truly important theme of Mononoke was an ecological one, that the preservation of forests is a really important thing.

For me, "Spirited Away" will always be the best Studio Ghibli- and Hayao Miyazaki-film even among the other masterpieces because it's simply the best.

Nolan, I love you forever!

You liking one movie over another doesn't mean that one is a superior movie; just a statement of your preference. Obviously. Point being that stating your preference with disgust at other's preference is pointless.


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