SUMMARY – a 10-year-old Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) and her parents (Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi) stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku (Miyu Irino), who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.
REVIEW – For me it is the best animated feature film by the great Hayao Miyazaki, I watched it when I was a little boy and as I got older I rewatched it many times over, It’s story is a timeless classic. One I could appreciate when I’m older and even when I was a kid, if I ever have kids I would love for them to see this film and learn something while they’re growing up. I highly recommend this movie, go and see it whenever you can.
Now let’s talk about the animation, it was made traditionally as Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki always prefers to do things the old way, with his later films using CGI as a tool like a pen, not replacing the traditionally animated movie but using it just to enhance some visuals. That I can appreciate fully..
My conclusion is that Spirited Away is a movie about growing up and facing the present, and the thing I can appreciate about what Miyazaki said about female protagonists in his movies is that girls are just as capable of boys if put in the same situation… This movie holds a special place in my heart and I will never get tired of watching it again…..
Initial Release Date – 3 April 1998 – 26 June 1998
Number Of Episodes – S1 26 episodes
Pros – Fantastic Animation, Stellar Soundtrack, Deep Narrative
Cons – Few Terrible Episodes
SUMMARY – In the year 2071, the Solar System is linked by a network of hyperspace gateways. Police lose their grasp on crime and a bounty hunting system has been implemented. On an old fishing starship called the “Bebop,” a cool as Zen man of mystery, a macho former hard-boiled cop, a brash and fickle woman with a large debt, a whimsical whiz kid hacker and an unsuspecting Welsh Corgi band together to hunt bounty heads for a meager living. Unfortunately, they are some of the unluckiest people in the star system. These are the stories of the adventurous (and misadventurous) lives of four struggling people and a dog.
REVIEW – Where do I start, this show is one of the best tv shows out there, the characters, the plot, the animation and soundtrack, each episode is a story of its own and some are connected but most of the episodes are self contained and has a specific thing it tells. It is what separates it from other shows, each episode has different sessions and always kind of trying to tell you something about the human condition, it’s topics can vary things like loneliness, love, solitude, regrets, sorrow and many more. You could relate in some episodes if you’ve experienced living it can tell it very well in some of the episodes. Now let’s get into the voice acting, I only watched the english dub cause I’ve heard that it is one of the best voice acted animes out there, the characters feel real and exist with the way they portrayed them and each character is well written and have depth to them each trying to find something… Something real and genuine, searching in the endless void of pain in life, something in their pasts that hold them back that feels real to me, This is a personal recommendation from me, it helped me through a tough time in my life and learned something in the search of something real and genuine……
Final Cut Release Date – September 5, 2017 on Blu-Ray
Pros – Fantastic Cinematography, Deep Narrative, Cult Classic
Cons – Some Tedious Parts
SUMMARY – In the early twenty-first century, the Tyrell Corporation, during what was called the Nexus phase, developed robots, called replicants, that were supposed to aid society, the replicants which looked and acted like humans. When the superhuman generation Nexus 6 replicants, used for dangerous off-Earth endeavors, began a mutiny on an off-Earth colony, replicants became illegal on Earth. Police units called blade runners have the job of destroying – or in their parlance retiring – any replicant that makes its way back to or created on Earth, with anyone convicted of aiding or assisting a replicant being sentenced to death. It’s now November, 2019 in Los Angeles. Rick Deckard, a former blade runner, is called out of retirement when four known replicants, most combat models, have made their way back to Earth, with their leader being Roy Batty. One, Leon, tried to infiltrate his way into the Tyrell Corporation as an employee, but has since been able to escape. Beyond following Leon’s trail in hopes of finding and retiring them all, Deckard believes part of what will help him is figuring out what the replicants wanted with the Tyrell Corporation in trying to infiltrate it. The answer may lie with Tyrell’s fail-safe backup mechanism. Beyond tracking the four, Deckard faces a possible dilemma in encountering a fifth replicant: Rachael, who works as Tyrell’s assistant. The issue is that Tyrell is experimenting with her, to provide her with fake memories so as to be able to better control her. With those memories, Rachael has no idea that she is not human. The problem is not only Rachael’s assistance to Deckard, but that he is beginning to develop feelings for her.
REVIEW – It is a cinematic masterpiece, it developed a cult following after its initial release, the original release was met with somewhat mixed reviews because of cringey writing and studio interference, that ultimately destroyed the director’s vision of the movie, the original release was also over the budget. But after the initial release it was one of the most influential movies of all time, it influenced classics like The Matrix, Ghost In The Shell(1998), Akira(1988) and many other classics. The subgenre of cybperpunk-neo noir was at an all time in the late 90s and 80s. When I watched it for the first time, it was very confusing because of my lack of attention when I watched it, but I was still intrigued by what happened, so I gave it another watch and another and slowly but surely I fell in love with it, The question that the movie presents on “What Makes Us Human?”, It was such an intriguing take on that particular subject, the movie presented it well, I was so amazed by it. And the movie had one of the most beautifully tragic soliloquy of all time and the character of Roy Batty played by Rutger Hauer was so well portrayed and the tragedy that followed the replicants throughout the whole movie was so heart-wrenchingly sad, that the main antagonist outshined the arc of the main protagonist, The character Rick Deckard played by was somewhat bland but I feel like he was a character that was needed to be there in order to see the world in a new lens. It is the reason why this is one of my favorite films of all time, Whenever I watch it again I never get tired of it, I always see little details of the movie. This movie ain’t for everyone because it can be very boring at some times and slow paced just so you could immerse yourself with a particular scene, the acting is also weirdly good, the way they speak in certain speak almost dream like in some scenes. This movie is a special one and I highly recommend you watch it with no expectations whatsoever and watch it multiple times if you wanna see the full picture. Watch the final cut it is the best version for me. That will be all…..
Iroquois Pliskin 