I need a rec

[tarotgal]

I need to buy another Disney video this month (so I can get a free one, actually). I'm trying to decide between/among
1- Sprited Away
2- Finding Nemo
3- other

If you've seen and have a recommendation to give, I'd love to hear it. I was thinking about getting Pete's Dragon but I don't know that I can justify spending $25 on a DVD I will probably only watch once or twice. I thought maybe Fantasia... though I have it on video already.
But I've never seen either Spirited Away or Finding Nemo and I've heard good things about both, but I'm having trouble deciding. So recommendations would be helpful! Thanks!!!

Comments

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Finding Nemo is an excellent and entertaining family picture, but Spirited Away is a work of art, plain and simple. I never get tired of watching it, and I notice some new background detail each time...plus you get the added bonus of the DVD having both the Japanese and English vocal tracks, so it's almost two subtly different movies for the price of one. Plus, Miyazaki is a storytelling genius in the 'coming of age' genre.

Also, I'm just really fond of the gorgeous hand-drawn animation that can only be found from anime. American animation seems flat and blocky to me, and CGI just feels cold and impersonal, whereas Miyazaki drew a great deal of the animation cells himself and that personal touch really shines through to me. All IMHO, of course :)

[tarotgal]

Thanks greatly for the input!

As a computer geek, I drool at these computer-animated movies because I'd love to do that sort of thing. Not at all the same feeling I get when watching live action mixed with special effects. When it's all done with computers... there's a certain beauty I can't get enough of... I weep thinking of all the beautiful code that went into making the snowball melt on Sully's fur in Monster's Inc. *sniffles*

But compared to regular American animation, anime is off the scale. Even the bad japanese anime is spectacular in comparison. It's just a much different feel, a completely different art form.

I think I'm going to have to go with Spirited Away :-) Thanks!!