Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Mini Reviews - Ponyo

Ponyo

Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo) (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)

The story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo and her quest to become human


As far as Miyazaki's films, it is his most trippiest and experimental so far. Though the flaw of this is that with all the wild and bold animation design and style of watercolor and kiddy-color schemes comes with just a simple children story. As the imagination can range from magical to just pure freaky, it will sometimes take the audience out of the story. As always with Disney, they provided top-notch A-list stars to voice the characters such as Tina Fey, Liam Neeson and Cate Blanchett for the English translation and they do a professional job. Far from his masterpiece Spirited Away, it is considered his most experimental and I praise him for that.

3 and a half out of 5 stars

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