Ponyo

A Miyazaki film now playing in theaters.



Synopsis
It's from the creators of Howl's Moving Castle. A young little goldfish lives under the sea. She is the daughter of the ocean's guardian, and she wants to be human. One day she swims away from home, gets stuck in a jar, and washes up on the shore, and a little boy named Sosuke rescues her.



He names her Ponyo. Through her magic she begins to turn into a human, but her father is against it completely.

Will Sosuke and Ponyo be able to stay friends?

My thoughts
It's definitely a Studio Ghibli creation; the animation gives it away real fast. There are some funny old ladies in it, and they reminded me think of the evil fat witch in Howl's Moving Castle.

The father was a really funny, eccentric, creepy guy. I wish we were given more background on him. The fish and water under his command (and Ponyo's) was something to see, very animated and interesting. There was a long, stormy ocean scene, and it was quite impressive.

It's meant for kids, so there's no real epic fight or anything. Just a, you know, happy ending. I wasn't really impressed with the story, but the presentation is great. There are a lot of details in the scenery.

Worst Part
Ponyo's voice is annoying. Fortunately she doesn't say much.

Disney had hand in this, so many voices are kiddies (one of the Jonas Brothers is Sosuke, but to make up for this, Betty White was one of the old ladies, which was hilarious).

Best Part
Lots and lots of fish and sea creatures (crabs, octopi, planktons, jellyfish). I loved every second of it. But I'm really into fish and the sea.

Also there was a quite sudden, unexpected song at the end that was just so childish and unfitting that I laughed out loud (a few other people around me did too).

Some fanart I found on Google:



Those fish were so cool.


All images grabbed from google. Forgot to source them... Here's a more in-depth review of its release at the Venice Film Festival.

Originally posted on 2009/08/19

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