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Well i saw this opening night with 17 other people. We all took a 45 minute Go Train ride into Toronto to see the movie at the Paramount. It was pretty impressive to see the response to the movie. The theater it think held 500+ people and it was packed. But it was cool to be all sitting there watching it.
Now onto the movie. . . .
I will have to admit after 2 viewings i find the first 30 minutes pretty slow and boring. I know it was too set up plot and detail of the world and the spirites but i felt empty. (it was my 3rd anime film i had ever seen but after Mononoke opened with a worm like infested hog chase scene. I guess i was expecting another fast chase but it never happened) But it slowly started to win my heart over.
The Bath house is full of wonderful unusual spirits and once again the animation shines to show it. This is the heart of the story and the movie. Chihiro is an innocent girl in a new world, but soon discovers she can no longer boss anyone around like her parents. (snotty/bratty kid who wants to do everything they want and can't except the truth/change) In a way she takes on the spirit of her parents and it shows throughout the movie. She is the income to support the family. She goes out there to work so that she can provide for her family (a cure/release from there pig form) She becomes that nurturing mother figures looking out for her kids who are defenceless against the strangers in the world and literally the things that go bump in the night. But she is also there to disapplin her children as No Face is like her child in the movie. Always there to say what is good for it and what is not. But even when it gets into trouble in the Bath House she still shows a motherly side to the spirit even after the destruction and spirit guest consumption. She is alwas there to guide it to safety, comfort and care for everything out in the world. She is No-face's adopted mother and maybe she or the spirit in a way can never Face that truth.
Anyways overall the movie becomes another classic for all to love and it also owes a great thanks to Joe Hisaishi for yet another great and amazing score.
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