I love how enthusiastic Ebert is when he starts talking at 1:50, I always like seeing him get that happy over a film. ^_^ (Also, I adore Princess Mononoke; easily one of my top five favorite films.)
Ebert began to speak, but the words crept back into his throat as if frightened by what the light revealed. He stared at the creature before him with unhesitant awe. A white ball of flesh sat atop the shaggy green mountain, wrapped in a shroud of red tangles. Horror gave way to hope. The unworldly image had freed him from the bounds of reality. A smile crept across his face. Well, of course, he thought. Miyazaki’s world has seeped into our own, and I am staring at one of the master’s creations. “Feel like you’re looking in a mirror?” said a familiar voice from the movie screen. Ebert would recognize that face anywhere. A head so shiny, he could almost see his reflection, even through the illusion of light. In fact, he could. He entered the shadow world of Siskel’s head, and together they said goodbye to the Fat Man.
This is the Ben Hur of animated movies. Right down to the lepers being cured at the end. My mom still doesn’t understand it. She will, eventually. This isn’t at all a story of good vs bad. It’s a story of rebirth. About the good in everyone being reborn through the sacrifice of the Forest Spirit. Just like Ben Hur, it might have well have been titled “Princess Mononoke: A Story Of The Christ”.
@@thirtythreeflavors You're right, Miyazaki films aren't about good versus evil but gray versus grey (just like here in the real world). And that's why I love Miyazaki films.
@@chrisamies2141 Us vs. them is such a distinctively Anglophone perspective. The mystical peoples of the East have a different way of viewing the world. There isn't even a word in Japanese for enemy, which is why their history is so peaceful.
@@Myndir Mystical peoples of the East? Really lol? As a Japanese. I find that racist, like we're some kind of "noble savages". There isn't even a word in Japanese for enemy? Bullshit! Where the hell did you come up with this lie? The Japanese word for enemy is "teki' ( 敵 ). History is so peaceful? How did you come up with all this? Are you mentally ill, or just some uneducated weeb? 🤣
If you compare his reviews of the later Disney Renaissance to Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, he's pretty much a fanboy of these to films. He does loves Walt's films however.
Now don't get me wrong, I love his reviews but does he really want animated films to be like Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast? That's fucking biased!
Amazing fact it will blow you mind the girl named kaya at the start of the movie is actually ashikata fiance who gave him the locket. Also it is completely confirmed that she was pregnant with his kid. And his descendent from her passed down his legend. The movie name was first supposed to be legend of ashikata. That is why he has more screen time then monoke. You can even check the wiki fandom of girl name kaya it is real. The japanese women hated his character for him being a cheater. He was shown as brother to her for the western audience. Go check the fandom page of girl kaya.
So sad to watch Westerners grapple with the idea that cartoons could just maybe NOT be only for children. The mightiest art form of all time and here are two intelligent humans who are utterly amazed that they are capable of connecting with it on every level.
Isn't it funny that you're doing a review with Roger Ebert while still being called "The Fat Guy". That's as if Siskel had done a review with a "Bald Guy".
She was ambitious and willing to leave her people to the samurai trying to gain control of the iron mine and foundry. I wouldn't label her as evil but she definitely wasn't a "good guy."
Harry Knowles _didn't_ give this movie a perfect review. hence, i guess Miyazaki didn't know how to buy 11/10 reviews from Harry through Five-Star wining and dining and all-expenses-paid luxury trips. "Miramax™ has done a wonderful job creating a star-filled English-Language version" ... but Miramax™ sure did.
For some reason I thought I was too old for animated movies when I was about 12 years old. I wasn’t until I around six years ago when I was in my early 30’s that I signed up for Disney’s Movie Club. You get some free blu-ray’s when you sign up and I got a bunch of Studio Ghibli films, which I knew nothing about. They’re really amazing films, I really wish that I saw them when I was a kid.
Shame on you for fat shaming a person who achieved enough success to merit being on tv with one of the greatest film critics of all time. You should be ashamed of yourself. Truly
Like a thousand people have told me "It's Harry Knowles" now. Knock it off, I'm sick of getting emails saying "The fat guy is Harry Knowles" I get it. Mystery solved. I never even cared who he was. I posed the question in a humorous and rhetorical fashion kids.
Spoiler alert!so what was the origins of the demon??? Also, how did ashitaka factor in? Even if he hadn't intervened, the forest spirit would've fucked everyone up until it got it's head. Anyway, I'm gonna see this movie again soon, to get a better grip. There's a lot stuff here.
the origins was the hatred of man the bore felt after getting shot, Ashitake doesn't really factor in the main, get the head story line except possible more people might have died before he got it back
Roger Ebert knew this was one of the great films of our time. He always nailed his reviews, even when others missed a masterpiece staring them in the face.
LOL LOLOLOL THIS TITLE IS HILARIOUS "REVIEW BY EBERT AND FAT GUY" hahaha I can't remember his name but I think thats the aint it cool news guy.. that was a big site in the 90s and early 00's
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“I’m not the biggest anime fan”
I guess looks can be deceiving
Right? Was not expecting that.. Figured he was brought on because he was an expert in the subject lol.
@@kurtdewittphoto This was after Siskel died. So he always invited different guest critics until he then settled on Richard Roeper.
he means there are bigger ; he's not big nough
"Ebert and Fat Guy", I still crack up whenever I see this video title
He could have written: 'By two fat guys'.
To be fair I could have named myself 'Old Fat Guy'.
@@oldman9924 but we know him as Roger Ebert.
Me too 😂😆😂
This "Fat Guy" Roger is co-hosting with is actually Harry Knowles
I hope Mr. and Mrs. Guy are proud of their son Fat.
Show some respect his full name is Fatthew
I miss Roger Ebert reviews so much
R.I.P. Roger Ebert.
Thank You for everything.
You were truly a one of a kind critic.
I love how enthusiastic Ebert is when he starts talking at 1:50, I always like seeing him get that happy over a film. ^_^ (Also, I adore Princess Mononoke; easily one of my top five favorite films.)
Hello from 10 years in the future! Princess Mononoke may actually be the best animated film of all time!
The movie is perfect.
If he were a anime fan, he would be the biggest one in the world.
LMAO
I thought the movie was being reviewed by a talking rug.
@@Shozb0t If only the talking rug could fly
Would his nickname be "Big Al"
For those wondering, the "Fat Guy" is Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News.
Roger Ebert loved having Knowles on the show because he looked thin by comparison.
This comment would make Siskel proud
I was 19 and living in Okinawa, japan while in the Marines
This movie was powerful spiritually for me
This is my favourite movie ever and it will always have a special place in my heart.
A perfect film about our place in the world and how we treat it, told in an all encompassing visionary tale.
this movie was the most immersive of all the anime movies
"I'm not the biggest anime fan in the world... there's a guy in Houston who's got about 10 pounds on me."
Lmfao
"I'm not the biggest anime fan in the world" who is he trying to kid?
Princess Mononoke is a amazing anime feature
Ebert began to speak, but the words crept back into his throat as if frightened by what the light revealed. He stared at the creature before him with unhesitant awe. A white ball of flesh sat atop the shaggy green mountain, wrapped in a shroud of red tangles. Horror gave way to hope. The unworldly image had freed him from the bounds of reality. A smile crept across his face. Well, of course, he thought. Miyazaki’s world has seeped into our own, and I am staring at one of the master’s creations.
“Feel like you’re looking in a mirror?” said a familiar voice from the movie screen. Ebert would recognize that face anywhere. A head so shiny, he could almost see his reflection, even through the illusion of light. In fact, he could. He entered the shadow world of Siskel’s head, and together they said goodbye to the Fat Man.
God damn you made me not commit suicide this was so funny
.....
Hilarious short-horror story
This is the Ben Hur of animated movies. Right down to the lepers being cured at the end. My mom still doesn’t understand it. She will, eventually. This isn’t at all a story of good vs bad. It’s a story of rebirth. About the good in everyone being reborn through the sacrifice of the Forest Spirit. Just like Ben Hur, it might have well have been titled “Princess Mononoke: A Story Of The Christ”.
In a way, there are no true bad guys in Miyazaki films.
@@thirtythreeflavors this may be why I like them. No Western / Anglophone idea of 'us good, them bad' but a different mindset.
@@thirtythreeflavors You're right, Miyazaki films aren't about good versus evil but gray versus grey (just like here in the real world). And that's why I love Miyazaki films.
@@chrisamies2141 Us vs. them is such a distinctively Anglophone perspective. The mystical peoples of the East have a different way of viewing the world. There isn't even a word in Japanese for enemy, which is why their history is so peaceful.
@@Myndir Mystical peoples of the East? Really lol? As a Japanese. I find that racist, like we're some kind of "noble savages". There isn't even a word in Japanese for enemy? Bullshit! Where the hell did you come up with this lie? The Japanese word for enemy is "teki' ( 敵 ). History is so peaceful? How did you come up with all this? Are you mentally ill, or just some uneducated weeb? 🤣
I really wish I could know what Siskel would have thought....
He probably disliked it.
I would've loved to see them fight about its artistic merits. They had some of the best debates.
If you compare his reviews of the later Disney Renaissance to Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, he's pretty much a fanboy of these to films. He does loves Walt's films however.
Now don't get me wrong, I love his reviews but does he really want animated films to be like Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast? That's fucking biased!
But hey, at least he put Toy Story on his Best 10 list of 1995.
That guy looks like he pooped out Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill.
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and pandelton ward
2:14
Sorry Ebert.
I fear it's only a matter of time before this classic will be...live-action.
that other dude looks like the amazing atheist.
Amazing fact it will blow you mind the girl named kaya at the start of the movie is actually ashikata fiance who gave him the locket. Also it is completely confirmed that she was pregnant with his kid. And his descendent from her passed down his legend. The movie name was first supposed to be legend of ashikata. That is why he has more screen time then monoke. You can even check the wiki fandom of girl name kaya it is real. The japanese women hated his character for him being a cheater. He was shown as brother to her for the western audience. Go check the fandom page of girl kaya.
Maybe he isn't the biggest anime fan in the world, but god damn does he look like it.
* *Princess Mononoke - Review by Ebert & a Fatter Guy (1997)*
It's Jabba the Hut!
*Pizza
You will be missed Ebert.
IT'S HARRY KNOWLES, Not Fat Guy. Get it right.
+Zach Swasta no, no... fat guy is correct
Fat guy who got accused of sexual harassment*
@@mjaada It's 2019, who hasn't lol
Scammer
No!
So sad to watch Westerners grapple with the idea that cartoons could just maybe NOT be only for children. The mightiest art form of all time and here are two intelligent humans who are utterly amazed that they are capable of connecting with it on every level.
Mighty cartoons?lol
I’m in awe at the reviews of this lad.
Harry!
Review by Ebert & Scammer (1999)
By the by....the by his name is Harry Knowles he's from Ain'titcool.com
It's "Ain't It Cool News" owner Harry Knowles.
Isn't it funny that you're doing a review with Roger Ebert while still being called "The Fat Guy". That's as if Siskel had done a review with a "Bald Guy".
100
Jokes aside I liked this guy. Thought he was one of the better critics on the show.
"Hello, Im Roger Ebert and this week my co-host is The Sun"
His name is Harry Knowles...
...yeah, I know...
That is Harry Knowles. His website was popular 10 years ago.
Like an ad for a weight loss center-Before, and WAYYY before.
I love this anime movie as well as Akira, spirited away, and sword art online ordinal scale.
What about Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Wolf Children etc?
You ruined it by putting SAO :p
one of my favourite classic movies by Miyazaki and great classic review by Ebert
Holy crap it's Gritty!
Clearly the people in the comments dont know who Harry Knowles is...
Fat guy?
Idk any “Harry Knowles” but I do know a fat guy
Holy crap, an American in 1997 pronouncing "Hayao Miyazaki" right?!??!
stfu
1:50 to hear the master speak...
How can you make the argument that animation is a medium for everyone, not just children, while also saying, "I'm not much of an anime fan?"
Rip ebert 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Harry Knowles should have been Gene's replacement, not Roeper.
Who is Harry Knowles? I think Fat Guy should've replaced Gene, after he was killed by death.
I think it's fair to say Ebert was moved -_-. Read his full review. He loves Anime.
Thats that family guy store clerk
"E chu ta! solo"
I was referring to Ebert.
She was ambitious and willing to leave her people to the samurai trying to gain control of the iron mine and foundry. I wouldn't label her as evil but she definitely wasn't a "good guy."
Harry Knowles _didn't_ give this movie a perfect review.
hence, i guess Miyazaki didn't know how to buy 11/10 reviews from Harry through Five-Star wining and dining and all-expenses-paid luxury trips.
"Miramax™ has done a wonderful job creating a star-filled English-Language version" ... but Miramax™ sure did.
Is that Harry knowles?
I believe that's a Wild Thing
harry knowles
I love both Studio Ghibli films and Naruto, how do I fit into that box of yours?
Problem with this film, is that the ending leaves a lot of people wanting more.... I so wanted them to get together....
The greatest thing about this movie is that there are black or white characters, just many shades of gray.
For some reason I thought I was too old for animated movies when I was about 12 years old. I wasn’t until I around six years ago when I was in my early 30’s that I signed up for Disney’s Movie Club. You get some free blu-ray’s when you sign up and I got a bunch of Studio Ghibli films, which I knew nothing about. They’re really amazing films, I really wish that I saw them when I was a kid.
Why is animation considered a children’s medium and live action is for adults?
HARRY, FUCKING, KNOWLES
Hey, it's Kenny the roommate from "The Middle."
Who is fat guy? He feels more like the type of social media character youd see now
Well I'll make sure 1,000 more chime in, SWEETCHEEX! ;)
Hey, wasn't this review broadcast in 1999? That's when the North American release was.
Yes, the dummy made a mistake. Siskel was still alive in 1997.
That was implied. Relax.
The philly fanatic?
" Fat Guy "
Shame on you for fat shaming a person who achieved enough success to merit being on tv with one of the greatest film critics of all time. You should be ashamed of yourself. Truly
Everybody before: Ebert is fat.
Everybody now:
This is from 1999, not 1997.
Like a thousand people have told me "It's Harry Knowles" now. Knock it off, I'm sick of getting emails saying "The fat guy is Harry Knowles" I get it. Mystery solved. I never even cared who he was. I posed the question in a humorous and rhetorical fashion kids.
Spoiler alert!so what was the origins of the demon??? Also, how did ashitaka factor in? Even if he hadn't intervened, the forest spirit would've fucked everyone up until it got it's head. Anyway, I'm gonna see this movie again soon, to get a better grip. There's a lot stuff here.
the origins was the hatred of man the bore felt after getting shot, Ashitake doesn't really factor in the main, get the head story line except possible more people might have died before he got it back
John Green had really let himself go back then
you literally have to put a lot of hard work to get that big. You don't just sit and eat your 3 squares and then turn into that.
They liked the visuals. I dunno, call me crazy, but I was MOVED by the film...you know, what it was ABOUT..critics today are so shallow.
Poor Harry "fat guy" Knowles.
This is from 1999, you dopes.
Thanks! Updated.
Roger Ebert knew this was one of the great films of our time. He always nailed his reviews, even when others missed a masterpiece staring them in the face.
Technically, there were two fat guys!
"Review by Ebert & Fat Guy"
lol
Does anyone know where this review was filmed?
Yes, it was filmed in Bumfuck, Egypt.
ohhh!
the german dubbed film is the best anime film in the whole world ...
I thought the fat guy was cell
I fear for the bigger anime fan
I lost it, dude. That was simply the most perfect comment I could have hoped to see first here.
Dude. That’s Harry Knowles, man. No need for fat shaming.
He's a sexual harrasser...can we shame him for that?
LOL LOLOLOL THIS TITLE IS HILARIOUS "REVIEW BY EBERT AND FAT GUY" hahaha I can't remember his name but I think thats the aint it cool news guy.. that was a big site in the 90s and early 00's
hate how they never say "movie", its ONLY "film"...annoying
Dat beard tho.
THAT'S NOT A FAT GUY! THAT'S THE MOST FEARED MAN IN HOLLYWOOD!!!
spock_elvis if you are a woman within grabbing distance of his wheelchair, then yes... you are correct sir.
ebert was the best
Ginger Hagrid =)
Usuall i say, but there are good ones.
Kurt Cobain gone wrong...
Its too long, about 20 minutes too long, but I still love it