spirited away (far away)

we're still watching more movies than is probably good for us, although we've balanced it out a bit with a few settlers games.

so last night we watched "spirited away" which is a japanese animation about which I've heard great things. we dig on animated stuff. we've even dabbled in claymation. but I submit "spirited away" for my nominee as "the strangest movie ever."

I admit I am clueless about japanese spirituality, but I dont think my ignorance can account for the completely random plotlines. and the super annoying voice of the girl. the characters did and said stuff that I kept hoping I would understand as we moved along, but alas, I was left confounded. there were some genuinely funny and clever elements, but they were few, and most contributed to the randomness of the entire experience. add to all this the fact that our hero looked like a monkey whenever they did a profile shot. at least it killed 2 hours for us.

to conclude, I borrow a phrase from one of the great film critics of our times: "japanese cartoons are weird, man."