Wed 1 Jan 2003
2002 Year in Review
Posted by Ethan under Years in Review
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The Top Ten
1) Spirited Away
If for no other reason than that glorious train ride across an endless expanse of ocean. Of course, there’s so much more to love about this remarkable movie, the beautiful character design, the richly colored backgrounds, the remarkably subtle voiceover work in the dubbed version, the encounter with the polluted river spirit, and above all the boundless imagination of master animator Hayao Miyazaki. But I always keep returning to that one sequence with the train gliding silently above the water. It’s an image that never fails to stir my heart and remind me why I willingly spend so much of my life inside a movie theater. (more…)
