Critics Like Spirited Away

Mroni · Post by **Mroni** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 7:03 pm

Well then it woudlnt be a stupid movie would it???

Mr Oni

EarthCurrent · Post by **EarthCurrent** » Mon Dec 23, 2002 9:27 pm

Hmmm, Spirited Away is coming to Laramie in March and we are back of beyond, so it is slowly trickling out.

However, I suspect Disney is waiting for the Oscar hype to really begin, and for live action competition like Harry Potter and LOTR to start to fade before it tries to give the movie a push into wider distribution.

TheRealNeoHentaiMaster · Post by **TheRealNeoHentaiMaster** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 12:38 am

Down in LA Spirited Away wasnt treated that bad. It got like a 2 week run at the Egyptian and played in some bigger theaters too for a couple weeks. The movie actually grossed a couple million dollars only playing at around 100 theaters nation wide, which is pretty damn good. For those who dont know, the Egyptian is a really old, but really nice theater(recently upgraded with digital projection, and god damn does it look amazing) that only plays one movie at a time. So for 2 weeks, all you could see there was Spirited Away. Haiyo Miazaki also attended the premire there. Definately more exposure than Princess Mononoke got, not that Disney still couldnt have put more effort into promoting it.

skanks · Post by **skanks** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 8:02 pm

soo, Spirited Away is worth Watching then?
I haven't got many good Anime Movies, so wouldn't mind obtaining some.
Series i got plenty, althought wouldnt mind finding some really good new stuff..

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 9:50 pm

Yes it is. It got my seal of approval, and definately deserves best animated film...

"Right now Disney is delaying another Studio Ghibli release"

Beefmaster10000 · Post by **Beefmaster10000** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 1:16 am

Does anyone know when they plan on releasing Spirited Away on DVD? I want to see this movie, but it hasn't come to theaters near me, since I live in a small town.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Dec 25, 2002 2:40 am

You can see a list of official DVD releases here:
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/sen/

The R1 release appears to be TBD (next year?).

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 6:40 pm

Just these few words:

Academy = one with the most hype gets everything (best actor/actress, best music, you name it. damn jewish and white trash)

Animated = kids stuff

Now of course this is the stereotype, and perhaps always will be. Unfortunately for us animated films will ALWAYS be regarded for kids. It's like one of those closed windows that is sealed by paint - it's so hard to open that no one bothers in the industry.