the animation Spirited Away.................do you recommend it?

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zippitippitoes · 09/07/2006 18:38

.....is it a watch and watch again?

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JessaJam · 09/07/2006 18:41

I didn't think so...was supposed to be really good...watched it on sky, was disappointed...odd, unresolved characters (what IS the strange dark sausage-shaped spirity thing that eats stuff???.

bran · 09/07/2006 18:45

I enjoyed it, but I haven't felt the urge to watch it again. I think some of it went over my head because it's based on Japanese legends, so I think there is an assumption that the viewer has more background knowledge than I did.

nutcracker · 09/07/2006 18:46

We have watched it a few times mainly because we have had it on dvd for yonks now so it gets an airing every now and again.

I liked it and the kids enjoy it too.

JessaJam · 09/07/2006 18:46

Bran, that is exactly what I thought the problem was...I felt like i was "missing something" in the story ( I suppose it's like a european cartoon making an oblique reference to the pied piper or something...may not cross-cultures)

Reginald · 09/07/2006 18:48

My kids like it, but I couldn't be doing with it at all: just very, very odd

mammaduck · 09/07/2006 19:34

Yes, it's gorgeous. Really bizarre but excellent.

jennifersofia · 09/07/2006 19:42

I really liked it - kids haven't seen it yet.

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zippitippitoes · 09/07/2006 19:55

oddness wil probably appeal to me!

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NotAnOtter · 09/07/2006 19:59

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it - commented to dp how cheap it is now ...all mine still waych it 14-3 year olds ...fabulous and she is soo lovely!

warthog · 09/07/2006 20:20

i enjoyed it but also felt i didn't have enough background knowledge.

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zippitippitoes · 09/07/2006 20:55

so what is the background knowledge does anybody know if we can read the story/ies in english?

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