I definitely don't understand the mass acclaim for this and Spirited Away (another recent viewing). They don't make sense to me -- I don't mean as narratives, which are deliberately surreal, but as movies: I don't understand why someone would make this and why someone would watch this. I don't understand the appeal. I mean I certainly didn't mind them, and maybe as a child in Japan I would have relished the humor and drama. But the ostensibly universal appeal and acclaim are lost on me -- at best it was a pleasant visual escape and a children's movie. I consider myself about as patient as moviegoers go, and I felt impatient for anything interesting or inspiring. I must conclude I'm just not the audience -- which is confusing as these films are thoroughly renowned in my culture, and I must be in about the 98th percentile for suitability to watch them. How did American critics and general Americans experience them different from I? What am I missing? They also may be slightly dated. I'd just expect myself to be relatively attentive to their value, in a society that loves them, but I really didn't get much.
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