EJM
Dr. Childs
English 1301
10, October, 2012
Movie Review of My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro, has now become one of my favorite animated movie. Throughout the entire movie I felt like I was in the childhood world of Ninjo. Starting as Ninjo and ending as Giri. Life would be awesome if we could live it like a child would in the world of Ninjo, with no problems or worries only love, peace and a life filled with imagination.
This movie was filled with love, peace and a lot of imagination in the childhood world of Ninjo. It all started when Mr.Kusakabe and his two daughters Satsuki and Mei moved to their new home. Satsuki is the oldest daughter and Mei is the youngest daughter. When arriving to their new home the girls started exploring their home, yard, and huge tree. Even though the girls where adapting to their new changes, they were about to explore the childhood world of Ninjo.
Mei met a little white creature and huge purple creature named Totoro, from the forest where the huge tree was in. Sutsuki under an umbrella met Totoro with a leaf on his head, while they both waited at the bus stop in the rain. When Mei met her new friends she never was scared of how different her new friends were. She even fell asleep on him, never feeling unsafe of being in the woods with this huge new friend. When Sutsuki met Totoro with the leaf on his head she gave him the extra umbrella she had. Even though they were in the middle of the woods at night, she was not scared she was happy to meet him.
Totoro’s huge Cat Bus picks him up and takes off at a fast speed. That night the girls woke up and saw Totoro and his friends dancing outside. The girls, Totoro, and friends dance together to help a tree grow. After that Totoro and the girls hopped on a pin wheel and flew away. Landing on the top of the huge tree and playing an instrument with their new forest friends.
The huge Cat Bus opens his stomach up really wide to allow Totoro to sit inside. Even though the Cat Bus features where spooky the girls were not frighten at all. The girls were excited when they were flying on a pin wheel while hugging on to Totoro. When they landed, after flying on the top of the huge tree not once they had any worries. They all enjoyed playing a song with their instruments.
When Mei got lost when trying to go to the hospital to see her mom, Satsuki knew Totoro could be the only one that could help. Satsuki went to the forest and asked the forest spirit to allow her to ask Totoro for help. Totoro called his Cat Bus to take Satsuki to find Mei. The Cat bus took Satsuki were Mei was. After finding Mei the girls then take a ride on the Cat Bus to the hospital to see their mom who had gotten sicker.
Satsuki tried looking for Mei but couldn’t find her. She didn’t panic she knew that Totoro could help her. But first she had to ask the forest spirit to allow her to find him. Cat Bus knew exactly where Mei was at and got there so fast in fast speed. The Cat Bus then offered to take the girls to the hospital, by showing them on his screen. The girls were able to see their mom from a distance, while sitting on a tree with the Cat Bus. The girls were so happy to see their mom was ok and left a corn for their mom in the window. Even when they ride in high speed to see their mom, the ride was thrilling.
Mei and Sutsuki throughout the movie saw things as Ninjo. The girls came across many different situations that they could of seen things differently seen things as Giri. They could have been afraid of meeting a huge creature. The girls could have also been scared of being in the middle of the woods at night and meeting a huge creature. They could have been afraid of heights when flying or landing on top of a huge tree. Or they could have been frightened of traveling in high speed to find Mei and to see their mom who was sick. But they chose to see and react to situations like a Ninjo.
This movie had multiple situations involving imagination. When meeting imaginary friends. The girls chose to be Ninjo in those situations. It also has a couple situations not involving imagination. When Mei gets lost, and when their mother got sicker. The girls chose to be Giri.
We will go through different stages in our life, like the stage of Ninjo and the stage of Giri. We can also choose when we can use them and which one to use. I think we can live and see our life with no worries, no problems only love peace and a little imagination like a Ninjo. Even when we bump into worries, problems, no love and no peace choosing to see it like a Ninjo would. We can live our life like My Neighbor Totoro lived, keeping them both Ninjo and Giri at all times.
