My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
Movie Review: Great movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Our whole family loves this movie! The characters faces are so animated and they make my kids (ages 4 1/2 and 7) laugh! The movie talks about ghosts and magical creatures, but they don't scare my kids who are commonly scared of little things. I think they do a great job with the voices also! The family cares so much about each other and is a great model for kids. I'd definitely recommend this movie! Another great movie to check out like this one is "Kiki's Delivery Service." We love that one too!Movie Review: BEST CHILDRENS MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
A BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE STORY,FULL OF LOVE , MAGIC AND FAMILY..AND NO CHEESE!!!YOU WILL BE SING THE OPENING SONG WTH YOU'RE KIDS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS ,LIKE I HAVE .NOW I AM SINGING IT TO MY GRANDSON.BEWARE OF THE NEW VERSION WITH THE NEW VOICES,JUST NOT THE SAME AT ALL!!WE LOVE TOTORO!!!Movie Review: O.K. but not the best translation
Summary: 2 Stars
We'd rented a different version of this movie at the library and had enjoyed the translation of the movie and the voices and language used. My kids and I were disappointed by the "disney-fication" of the version we purchased. A lot of the dialogue had been substantially changed, or dumbed down, and the movie lost a lot of its original charm.Movie Review: Buyer Beware - NOT the same video as original!
Summary: 3 Stars
This is one of our all-time favorite movies. My kids grew up with the original VHS version. The three stars were given because this is NOT the same version that we remembered and although we love the movie, we hate this version. This version has different voices, some different music and even different spoken lines in some places. We were very disappointed with these changes. After doing some research, we realized our mistake. This DVD version is different because it was put out by Disney whereas the original was put out by Fox. Apparently, there are two versions of this movie and we prefer the Fox version much better. Even though the Disney version has the celebrity voices of Tim Daly and Dakota Fanning, it lacks the quirky joy of Hayao Miyazaki's original version. If you are a fan of the original english VHS version, be sure to look for the Fox version! Now we have to purchase the Fox version and find a way to sell the Disney version - Bummer.Movie Review: Strangely Compelling
Summary: 4 Stars
My Neighbor Totoro / B0001XAQ0A
*Spoilers*
This movie is very different from what I'm used to, especially for a movie marketed for children. Rather than having some over-all story arch, the movie follows several days in the life of two normal little girls, to whom magical things happen, but with "mundane" results. In other words, where one might expect flashy, exciting changes to the protagonists' lives (like so many Disney movies), instead we see quiet improvements in a happy, normal family.
While this is very nice, and certainly very different, I confess that my initial reaction was to give it 3 stars, because the movie can be rather slow and tedious is some parts if you are not in the right "frame of mind" to appreciate such a slow-paced movie. However, my overall impression of the movie is that of 4 stars, simply because I felt compelled to keep watching to the end.
The animation for this very different movie is beautiful and it is certainly quite relaxing to watch this lazy-paced, fantastical movie. The two children are realistically children, though sometimes realistic to the point of annoyance - I can't decide if the youngest sister repeats everything her older sister says verbatim out of a realistic desire to imitate her big sister, or if it was an attempt to save on translating costs, but I cheekily concede that it was likely the former, not the latter.
If you decide to watch this movie, be prepared for the cinematic equivalent of spending a sunny afternoon in a hammock - you're not doing anything much, but it feels kind of good to slow down for once.
This movie provides closed captions for the hearing impaired.