Gillian Anderson's voice clashed with her character, the wolf god Moro, a bit.
Claire Daines was certainly a wrong choice for San (Princess Mononoke), and Billy Bob Thornton just could not hide his southern accent, which made the character of Jigo seem more comical than he was probably supposed to be. There is a little to be desired in the American voice talent. Both sides comment several times that Ashitaka must be on the other side, when he is trying desperately to convince everyone that there are no sides. His role in the film is a mediator between the forces of humans and the gods of nature. I would compare him to Freder, the main character of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Ashitaka especially, the main character of the film, is so nuanced that he has become in my mind one of the great characters in film, up there with Charles Foster Kane and Jake LaMotta.
The characters are some of the the most well rounded in all film. Aside from it being the most beautiful film I've ever seen, it also has an enormously powerful script. You'd have to see it a dozen times to appreciate this film fully. There are thousands of subtleties such as this. Watch for the magnificent and subtle flying insects throughout the film, especially in the ancient forest, where bioluminescent dragonflies glide gently around the screen. There has never been a film to pay such close attention to details. There has never been an animated film even close to this - I kept thinking after I left the theater, how can Disney even have the guts to make another film after seeing this? Even live action movies pale in comparison to Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke is, without a doubt, one of the best films I have ever witnessed.
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