Princess mononoke
Movie review
Since I don’t have a whole lot to do, I thought i’d do a quick review of a movie I rewatched this morning in the break room. A real classic.
Princess Mononoke (called Mononoke Hime in japanese) was the second Ghibli Studio I ever saw, and to this day remains one of my most favourite works of all times and styles.
A cross-story of love and hate, nature and humanity cohabiting or failing to do so. The story of the wolves and the spirits of the forest is halting; their determination to fight, each of their respective personalities and their respective decisions as to HOW they will fight, were halting. The Mother Wolf fighting to protect her young ones, her forest, her home, despising the humans and then finally handing her only daughter over to one of them, handing her home and thousands of lives over into the hands of one boy…
And a human’s struggle, far away from home, with the thing that consumes him, while never fully designating the thing consuming him as ‘bad’ or ‘evil’, because he wants, desperately, to understand the suffering that his world is going through. His compassion, his insight, his aspirations, his views on justice…
Flawless pacing, haunting sound effects and music choices, perfect character development, outstanding art… A spiritual journey, a beautiful trail to follow. In my mind, a work of perfection.
An overall 10/10.