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Princess Monoke

Genre: Action, Adventure, and Fantasy

Movie: Subbed and Dubbed

Summary:

When an Emishi village is attacked by a fierce demon boar, the young prince Ashitaka puts his life at stake to defend his tribe. With its dying breath, the beast curses the prince's arm, granting him demonic powers while gradually siphoning his life away. Instructed by the village elders to travel westward for a cure, Ashitaka arrives at Tatara, the Iron Town, where he finds himself embroiled in a fierce conflict: Lady Eboshi of Tatara, promoting constant deforestation, stands against Princess San and the sacred spirits of the forest, who are furious at the destruction brought by the humans. As the opposing forces of nature and mankind begin to clash in a desperate struggle for survival, Ashitaka attempts to seek harmony between the two, all the while battling the latent demon inside of him. Princess Mononoke is a tale depicting the connection between technology and nature while showing the path to the harmony that could be achieved by mutual acceptance.

Opinion: This was the second studio Ghibli movie I had ever seen. I saw this back in middle school so my memory is a little rusty.  I do remember it wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be like when I had an image of what I thought the movie would be like back then.  One movie critic said it is the animated version of star wars and I can defiantly agree on that. on I'm not saying it is like star wars setting wise or anything like that. It's kind of hard to explain because I don't want to give anything away and I haven't seen it in awhile. it is a great movie though.  it was a bit hard for me to understand back then because I didn't really understand everything but if I were to watch it now because I am older I know I would understand it really well.  I highly recommend this movie but just beware it is like a 2 hour and 10 mins long. So it's not a movie I recommend starting if you know you will have to keep pausing in between its best to watch it all the way through.

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