My Neighbor Totoro
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Movie Reviews of My Neighbor Totoro
Movie Review: Totally suprised by how much I liked this movie!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
My mother-in-law ordered this movie for my 3-year old daughter off of netflix. I thanked her, apprehensively at first, not really knowing much about the flick, and tossed it in the DVD player. My daughter was instantly smiling as the opening credits rolled...yes, even the beginning theme song is fun!
I found myself being sucked into this movie, much like the first time I saw ET. The characters, Mei especially, were just so incredibly sincere and likable. I love the fact that the two sisters were so brave and had so much heart. My favorite scene, the bus stop, is just so magical. It's great to finally see a family movie that's truly a FAMILY movie.
Now don't get me wrong, I love Tarantino flicks too, but Totoro is just about as perfect as it gets when it comes to a perfect family movie...it just blows away all of the American animated G-rated movies of late. In fact, I'd even say it's one of the better G-rated movies of all-time.
Movie Review: love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Our family loves this movie. Even though the "baby" of our family is turning ten, all of us still watch the movie together. Anybody with small children between the ages of 3 and 8 should get this one. My daughter and son watched this one almost daily for months on end. My daughter made drawings of the cat bus with all of us inside. It is one of the few movies I can sit down with them and watch and not be annoyed (I have a hard time sitting through many so-called children's movies because something or other will irritate me- like the sterotypes used, rudeness factor, too adult preoccupations with what villians should look like and behave.) The other movies we love are Spirited Away and Kiki's Devilery Service. Let you children watch this before they get too used to the hyper-active, sub-standard and crude fare they will be watching later one. This film lets them be little children rather than brainwashed consumers of animated "comercials" and kiddie sitcoms.Movie Review: Awesome movie for children and adults!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie, and I have used this film in my foreign language exploratory classes. My students have loved it for its "cuteness" and I've loved it for its numerous references to Japanese culture, especially having lived in Japan for a number of years. While some of the voices may be annoying, I like the fact that John Lassiter or Disney chose a more accurate translation of the dialogue. I love that its 'Satsuki" (two syllables), not "Sat soo ki", which is an Americanized version of the correct pronunciation in the earlier Fox version. Even little things like explaining that the children were able to visit their mother on "Rice Planting Day" rather than just saying that they had a day off, is refreshing. While typical Americans have no clue what this means, I like that some viewers might learn a little bit about Japanese culture. My young toddler daughter also enjoys this film, and I try to show it to anyone with any interest at all. Long live Totoro!!Movie Review: terrific, original story
Summary: 5 Stars
very nice to have little girls as the primary characters. Well written dynamic between the sisters, showing how a big sister tends to look out for her younger siblings, and how very young children feel about being told what to do. The magical world and characters that the girls discover at their summer home is a great connection to the imaginary play that I see in the younger children. Its a little long for the little ones(3- 4.5 yrs) but my 5 year old enjoys the whole movie on an indoor day or long trip. We watched Sprirted Away first, another great movie, but its not really for little ones (some "scary" characters and a separation from parents).
In this movie, the girls' are concerned about their mother who is recuperating, but that is not the focus of the story, and I think its good to present the idea that little kids could sometimes have an ill or recuperating parent. (Instead of just dead, like so many of the princess movies)
Movie Review: What's wrong with the new dub?
Summary: 5 Stars
I only recently discovered My Neighbor Totoro when I imported the Japanese DVD. Now, I am one of the people who at home prefers to watch dubbed anime. If I'm at the cinema I'd prefer subtitles, but when I'm at home and have other things fighting for my attention, watching the dubbed one doesn't seem like that bad an idea.
The Japanese DVD has the 1980s Streamline dub on it, which I thought was very good. So when I bought the American DVD (which has far better picture quality), I was expecting the worst of the new dub. After wincing at the newly dubbed song at the start, I actually said, "Wow, this is ten times better". And it stayed that way throughout the film.
I honestly don't know what some people hate so much about this dub, I think it's great. Little details of the story seem to make more sense now than they did before. So go in with an open mind, I personally think Disney did a great job on this one.