Ponyo

[the_archfiend]

While staggering around in the southern Wisconsin heat last Saturday at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, the last thing I was thinking of was seeing Hayao Miyazaki's latest, but the fact that it scored a 93 on Rotten Tomatoes (in comparison to, say, a film about toys, something that looked horribly reminiscent of Gray's Anatomy with timeslips in commercials, something that looks just plain bad and something that's actually worse than that) makes me want to check it out - just not this very instant.

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[netmouse.livejournal.com]

It was enjoyable, mainly for the artful images (I love the water turning into fish and back) and the depiction of a smart and caring young boy. The very short distance in time between "if this happened, it would be a disaster" being said, and then that thing happening surprised me - usually that gets drawn out a little more. I also found Liam Neeson as the voice of the wizard slightly distracting, but otherwise it was a light and enjoyable film.