Review

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“Ponyo” is a love story at its core and about what extent you are willing to go for the ones you love. Not just the average boy and girl love story, but also one between a mother and her son and a father and his daughter. The film is well directed with a keen eye for detail. Simple things like making noodles feel nostalgic and whimsical. The film is written well enough, but dialogue between the boy and girl feel too weird (I’ll explain later).

Characters are just as colorful as any Miyazaki production. Lisa, mom, is the most fun character in the film. She’s spontaneous and crazy, but you know she cares for everyone. She also provides some really great laughs especially when she’s driving, which is also frightening. The older women in the rest home are also funny and add some good laughs. Ponyo, princess of the sea, is interesting, she’s rebellious and stubborn, but it’s really hard to connect with her. Sosuke is more relatable. He starts off shy and timid and soon has the courage to stand up to anyone for his love.

The relationships. Let’s start off with the good ones Sosuke and his mother. They have a really good bond and you know that they care for one another. His mother is often very strong, but when she’s down Sosuke can pull her right back up and vice versa. The relationship between Ponyo and her father is significantly weaker. They have a good bond, but they don’t really play off each other very well and it’s hard to feel the love between them. Sosuke and Ponyo’s relationship is a bit of a mix bag. On one hand it is sweet, but on the other it is really unbelievable. They are only like 5yrs old and they are totally devoted to one another. It becomes hard to take serious and sort of disconnects its viewer.

Animation is gorgeous. Beautiful backgrounds with so many intricate things going on. Vibrant colors fill the screen with explosive special effects. The characters movie fluidly and there is a whimsical aura to the whole film.

Overall “Ponyo” is a good film. It is a breeze to watch, but as a viewer it’s hard to connect on an emotional level. The characters are fun, but their relationships with one another could have been handled better aside from Lisa and Sosuke. I give it 3.5/5, well animated with an easy to follow story, but is brought down with an unbelievable relationship.

“Caliente”

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