Premise: A little
boy finds a goldfish that turns into a magical little girl.
Ponyo isn't my
favorite Miyazaki movie. It's maybe closer to being my least favorite, but that
speaks more to the reliability of his movies. I don't really know what Ponyo
was about. I missed why everything was under water, what the logic was for Ponyo
turn human, and what the deal was with her father. I'm sure the movie covers
all that. I just didn't really care. I feel like a lot of Miyazaki's movies are
like that. I don't really understand what Spirited Away is about. I only
sort of get My Neighbor Totoro. I get the feeling of them though. The same
goes for Ponyo. I know what I'm supposed to take away from it.
Ponyo the character
though annoyed the hell out of me. I'm not sure if it's the voice direction or
just that Noah Cyrus had a really annoying voice then, but I hated whenever
Ponyo had to talk. I wasn't as annoyed by Frankie Jonas doing the voice of
Sosuke. That character had a lot less yelling, I guess. I hope this isn't some
sort of unintendedly gender bias or whatever. I think I have some extra
hostility at Ponyo because that credits song got stuck in my head.
Verdict: Weakly
Recommend
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