> And seen it, I did. As a matter of fact, the wife and I just got home from the movie. Princess Mononoke was rather well done. The imagery was top-notch, the music was beautiful, the story had some rather interesting concepts. There was more humor in the film than I anticipated. Some of it was due to the translation from Japanese to English -- some dialogue didn't translate well, or rather, became unintentionally humorous. Other scenes were pretty dang funny.
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> All in all, a very good movie. I'd give it three and a half stars out of four.
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> An interesting note was taped to the box office windows: "Princess Mononoke contains scenes of graphic violence to animals and humans. This is not Pokemon."
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> -Faux "see, no spoilers" Pas

After a great long wait that really wasn't so great or long, Princess Mononoke is finally coming to home video a year and a month after that last post. Originally planned for late summer without a Japanese language track, a protest and a shift in management at Buena Vista, the movie finally streets on 12/19/2000. I've just ordered it and should have it waiting for me after I get back from my Christmas vacation.

If you didn't get a chance to see this movie (thanks to the decision not to release it in general distribution), you really should rent this when it comes out on DVD -- if it's not letterboxed on VHS, you should still rent the DVD and a DVD player from your local video rental shop.

-Faux "looking forward to it" Pas