Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便) -Japan 1989
Boy, how I wish I could take playful animations more seriously.
Although I admire Hayao Miyazaki and his beautiful BEAUTIFUL animation technique and his resilience and his ability to continue spitting out these great animation and fresh stories, this one was just another alright cartoon. Kiki and Jiji are a cool duo. They can be funny, and I could sense the jokes when they were told, but they weren't funny, so I didn't laugh. They were cute and fun to watch, I enjoyed Kiki's personality more than I did that of Chihiro of "Spirited Away". Kiki develops, but there is no reason to it. She just... changes, and I don't see why. Her character makes new decisions or tries something different but I saw no reasoning behind it. Maybe (again) I am that close-minded-American and I couldn't see the cute and cuddly kiddy decision on why she was making these decision. And I would understand if she made these decision out of pure fun or "because she was a kid" but she kind of just, did.
1989, this is a great, this is a great achievement for 1989 technology in animation. But... I'm not insulting Mr. Miyazaki, I am pointing out a talent yet also a fault. But this movie has so many production similarities to "Spirited Away" and "Ponyo" that all I can see is... the same, no improvements. I didn't see improvements or progress, it's the same faces and same animation as his other films, just with a different story or plot.
I don't really know what else to say about this movie, it was alright.
SilverRating: 6/10
Boy, how I wish I could take playful animations more seriously.
Although I admire Hayao Miyazaki and his beautiful BEAUTIFUL animation technique and his resilience and his ability to continue spitting out these great animation and fresh stories, this one was just another alright cartoon. Kiki and Jiji are a cool duo. They can be funny, and I could sense the jokes when they were told, but they weren't funny, so I didn't laugh. They were cute and fun to watch, I enjoyed Kiki's personality more than I did that of Chihiro of "Spirited Away". Kiki develops, but there is no reason to it. She just... changes, and I don't see why. Her character makes new decisions or tries something different but I saw no reasoning behind it. Maybe (again) I am that close-minded-American and I couldn't see the cute and cuddly kiddy decision on why she was making these decision. And I would understand if she made these decision out of pure fun or "because she was a kid" but she kind of just, did.
1989, this is a great, this is a great achievement for 1989 technology in animation. But... I'm not insulting Mr. Miyazaki, I am pointing out a talent yet also a fault. But this movie has so many production similarities to "Spirited Away" and "Ponyo" that all I can see is... the same, no improvements. I didn't see improvements or progress, it's the same faces and same animation as his other films, just with a different story or plot.
I don't really know what else to say about this movie, it was alright.
SilverRating: 6/10