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Airbolt Posted - 07/28/2007 : 14:49:20
Although i've seen a lot of Miyazaki films, I hadn't watched this one for some reason.

What a lovely , innocent film it is. It seems to have captured a lot of that magic of childhood summers especially the joy of discovery. Wonderful.

What made it even better was that the english voice dubbing was excellent especially Dakota Fanning and her sister

Anyway if you haven't seen it and want a trip to a more innocent time , its worth a try.
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demonic Posted - 07/30/2007 : 01:57:58
Agreed. It's a totally captivating film, beautifully done.
Sean Posted - 07/29/2007 : 13:13:48
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Originally posted by Rovark

I've actaully avoided watching it again so far, in case it falls short on a second viewing.
It doesn't. Kind of like an excellent painting, you don't get tired of looking at it.

I think the magic of Totoro is that there is nothing malevolent in it at all. Yet it isn't sickly sweet either. It leaves you feeling that everything is right in the world. And on the way it's mesmerising to look at.
Rovark Posted - 07/29/2007 : 11:25:48

Totoro was the first studio Ghibli film I saw and I was completely blown away. I still really don't know why. Not a lot happens, the magical creatures are in some ways a bit silly and there's no great social or philosophical point being made.
It's just an utterly captivating film. I saw the English language version as I see no benefit in reading subs for an animated feature which inevitably takes your eyes away from the action.
I've actaully avoided watching it again so far, in case it falls short on a second viewing.
Sean Posted - 07/28/2007 : 23:47:37
I've seen every Ghibli film that I can get my hands on, which includes all the Disney-Tokuma ones and a few others. They range from very good through excellent to sublime. I own about half of them, including Totoro.

Totoro is an excellent one, for the reasons you outlined. I tend to alternate between dubbed/subbed between watchings. I agree that the dub is pretty good, but an essentially Japanese film set in Japan benefits from original dialogue in my view.

I think the artistry on Totoro is about as good as Ghibli gets. The bus-stop scene in the rain is sublime.

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