02-08-2022, 05:42 PM
And now, I've seen another of these - because I saw Princess Mononoke on Sunday .
I have to admit, it wasn't quite what I expected . Going in, I was expecting San to be the protagonist, and I thought it was going to be set mainly in the woods, and focus on her survival skills and relationship with the wolves and other animals. But instead, Ashitaka was the main character, and he and his village received at least as much focus as San and her forest. However, that's certainly not a complaint: if anything, the story we got was better than the story I was expecting . I really liked the "Nature vs. Civilization" angle - and how neither side was presented as 100% good, nor as 100% evil - but instead, they came into conflict over differing goals and lack of understanding of one another. It honestly felt more realistic and relatable than those movies and TV shows that have a totally clear, black-and-white 'hero' and 'villain' .
On the whole, it was probably my favourite Ghibli movie so far .
I have to admit, it wasn't quite what I expected . Going in, I was expecting San to be the protagonist, and I thought it was going to be set mainly in the woods, and focus on her survival skills and relationship with the wolves and other animals. But instead, Ashitaka was the main character, and he and his village received at least as much focus as San and her forest. However, that's certainly not a complaint: if anything, the story we got was better than the story I was expecting . I really liked the "Nature vs. Civilization" angle - and how neither side was presented as 100% good, nor as 100% evil - but instead, they came into conflict over differing goals and lack of understanding of one another. It honestly felt more realistic and relatable than those movies and TV shows that have a totally clear, black-and-white 'hero' and 'villain' .
On the whole, it was probably my favourite Ghibli movie so far .
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