Tali: Spirited Away tells the story of a young girl named Chihiro who gets transported into the spirit world when she moves into a new neighbourhood, and is kidnapped by a witch and forced to work for her freedom. It took Leo a long time to convince me to see this film. Honestly, though they say that this film is amazing ("highest grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema), I just didn't get anything amazing from it. Maybe it's a cultural misunderstanding, maybe it's something else, but I just didn't fall in love with this Alice-in-Wonderland like-tale the same way the rest of the world did. While the story and its characters made sense to me, the wonder and mysticism did not. 68/100.
Leo: I first saw this movie in English class and I was one of the few people who (fcking) hated English class but really loved this movie. As a person with a crazy imagination to the point of mostly thinking about things that aren't even real, Chihiro was actually very relateable. The story is extremely creative and fulfilling. That feeling you get after you watch this movie is hard to describe. It was further amplified when you see the hair band is still in her hair. 89/100.
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