I remember I watched this movie before when I was a kid. I never thought that I got a chance to rewatch it during the Film Studies tutorial class. Thanks to Mr. Joe for choosing such amazing film as our first weekly journal.
However, second time watching this movie was totally different from the first time which makes me think a lot after enjoyed the movie. When I was a kid, I'm just simply enjoyed the graphics, music but not thinking about the hidden messages.
I've learned two important values from this movie: Manners and Kindness
In the beginning, Chihiro's parents eat the foods on the street without asking any permission. As a punishment, her parents actually turn into pigs.
To avoid the punishment, Chihiro needs to request a job in this magical world. She meets Kamaji and Lin after she follows the instruction from her rescuer, Haku. Luckily, Kamaji and Lin choose to help her. Before Lin allows Chihiro to follow her, she asks Chihiro to say "please" and "thank you".
For me, Lin just like an elder sister who teaching Chihiro to become a polite girl.
Chihiro actually goes to Yubaba's room to request a job from her. Chihiro gets scolded by the magic doorknob because of she directly opens the door but not to knock it first.
From these points, I think that being a polite person is very important especially when we step into a new environment/society. Even a smile or a nod of the head to a stranger is able to give a good impression for the others. Good manners may not guarantee makes everyone likes you but it can avoid everyone dislikes you.
Besides, Chihiro's kindness makes me like her more. She got a magical medicine from the River God after she 'cleaning' him. At first, she wants to use the medicine to cure her parents to become a normal person. However, she chooses to save her friend, Haku from his death by feeding him a part of medicine. Another part of medicine is given to No-Face after he drives crazy until swallow everything. After Chihiro fed him the medicine, No-Face vomits everything out and become normal again. The medicine means a lot for Chihiro since she wants to rescue her parents but she decided to give it to someone who need it more. Chihiro is not a selfish girl but generous.
Before the class ended, my classmates voiced out a lot of opinions. The pollution problem, greedy, policy...
I'm felt quite surprise this movie is not just an animation movie but it actually reflects a lot of society's issues.
In my opinion, the most important hidden message is no matter where we are, we must not forget who we are.
Yubaba wants Chihiro to sign a contract after she offers a job for Chihiro. Then, Yubaba change Chihiro's name into Sen. Luckily Sen remember her true name when she found her farewell card with her name on it. Otherwise, Chihiro will forget her name forever.
Haku stated that Yubaba controls people in this magical world by taking their names. If Chihiro forgets her name, she will never go back from this magical place.
Just like our reality society, most of the people will forget who they are after step into this materialistic society. The workers in the bathhouse reflect the people in the society. All we know is blindly chasing the wealth and power by working non-stop and repeat it day and night.
A cruel reality is: everyone lose their pride when they face the money.
In the movie, everybody loves to dedicate all they have for the No-Face after they discovered No-Face able to provide a lot of gold for them.
I think that this hidden message very suitable for the newbie freshly graduates in this society. We must remember our dream and fulfill it while we are young. We must not sell our pride and happy in front of the materialistic desire.
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