Creepy as All Get Out...

My sister has been watching a lot of Miyazaki films lately, and when I went home for Thanksgiving Break, we talked about Spirited Away because we watched that movie quite a few times in our childhood. I think it was on almost every other Saturday, and we watched it most of the times it was on because there wasn't a lot to do in the evenings at my dad's house.

And as a kid, it was horrifying and fascinating all at once. Everything about the setting in the beginning was eerie, like you knew something bad was going to happen to them. And then when her parents became pigs, I really felt for her because I thought, "Wow, it would be horrible if my parents were turned into pigs." And No Face eating people? And the giant baby? Maybe that giant baby throwing a tantrum is where my immense dislike of children comes from.

But I'm able to look back on the times I was scared with feelings of fondness because it was good movie. It didn't keep you scared, and the character development was solid. There were moments of calmness and whimsy mixed throughout the scary stuff, so it had a nice balance overall. If it had been nothing but scary, my sister and I probably wouldn't have watched it that many times.