And I'm back, continuing on with our Studio Ghibli theme this week we will be watching Ponyo.
Ponyo,Ponyo,Ponyo, fishy in the sea. Tiny little fishy, who could you really be?
Isn't it just catchy!
Ponyo, which was intially ment to be titles Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Is anther of Hayao Miyazaki's famous films, number eight to be exact. It follows the story of a small goldfish like creature called Ponyo who wants to become a human, its kind of like a anime version of the little
mermaid i guess.
Brunhilde (ponyo's original name) is a fish like humanoidl who lives with her father Fujimoto, a once-human who now lives underwater, with her smaller sisters. One day, on an outing with their father, she sneaks off and floats away.She ends up stuck in a glass jar, She drifts to the shore of a small fishing town and is found and rescued by a small boy.
Shattering the jar open with a nearby rock, Sōsuke cuts his finger in the process. she licks his wound and the wound heals almost instantly. After taking a great liking to her, and thinking her merely a goldfish, Sōsuke renames her Ponyo and promises to protect her forever. Meanwhile, a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his taken daughter. Because of his own bad memories of the human world, he believes that Sōsuke has kidnapped her and is in great danger.
Back underwater, Ponyo and Fujimoto have an argument, during which Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth-name and declares her name to be Ponyo and voices her desire to become human, because she has started to fall in love with Sōsuke. Suddenly, using her magic, she forces herself to grow legs and arms, a power granted to her when she licked Sōsuke's finger. Her alarmed father forces her to turn her back with some difficulty and goes to summon Ponyo's mother.
Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and in the chaos inadvertently uses his magic to make herself fully human. The huge amount of magic that she also inadvertently releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in the world, resulting in a huge tsunami. Ponyo goes back to catch up with Sōsuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her. Worried about the residents of the nursing home where she works, Lisa leaves to check up on them, promising Sōsuke that she will return as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and in the chaos inadvertently uses his magic to make herself fully human. The huge amount of magic that she also inadvertently releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in the world, resulting in a huge tsunami. Ponyo goes back to catch up with Sōsuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her. Worried about the residents of the nursing home where she works, Lisa leaves to check up on them, promising Sōsuke that she will return as soon as possible.
Granmamare arrives at Fujimoto's . Fujimoto notices the moon appears to be falling out of its orbit and satellites are falling like shooting stars, symptoms of the dangerous imbalance of nature that now exists. Granmamare declares that if Sōsuke can pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and the world order will be restored. Fujimoto reminds her that if Sōsuke fails the test, Ponyo will turn into sea foam.
Sōsuke and Ponyo wake up to find that most of the land around the house has been covered by the ocean. After landing and finding Lisa's empty car, Ponyo and Sōsuke head into a tunnel. There Ponyo loses her human form and reverts into a fish from using too much of her magical power to help Sōsuke and others along the way. Meanwhile, Lisa and the residents of the nursing home are below the surface, but have been temporarily given the power to breathe underwater. Sōsuke and Ponyo encounter Fujimoto, but Sōsuke doesn't trust him due to Toki's claims and attempts to flee.
Sōsuke is reunited with Lisa and meets Granmamare, with whom Lisa has just had a long private conversation. Granmamare asks Sōsuke if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human. Sōsuke replies that he "loves all the Ponyos." Granmamare then tells her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all, she will have to give up her magical powers. Ponyo agrees to this, so Granmamare encases her in a bubble and gives her to Sōsuke, and tells him that kissing the bubble will complete Ponyo's transformation.
Sōsuke is reunited with Lisa and meets Granmamare, with whom Lisa has just had a long private conversation. Granmamare asks Sōsuke if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human. Sōsuke replies that he "loves all the Ponyos." Granmamare then tells her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all, she will have to give up her magical powers. Ponyo agrees to this, so Granmamare encases her in a bubble and gives her to Sōsuke, and tells him that kissing the bubble will complete Ponyo's transformation.
A clear 5 bucket holding Ponyo's out of 5.
You definitely did a good job of describing the plot of the movie, but you didn't really give a spoiler warning to people who haven't seen it. There is also the fact that you don't really talk about your impressions of the movie, music, story or how it's delivered...
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that a review is incomplete per-se without such things, but... Well, it felt more like this was a synopsis, with a 5 stars tacked on. I think that most reviews generally try to give others a glimpse into the emotional journey that the movie took you on, more than offering up plot points, and giving a cliffs notes version of the story. I think you have the potential to be a great reviewer, because you obviously put a lot of energy into watching, and processing the film, but I encourage you to look up some professional reviews of recent movies.... They might be eye opening.
You definitely did a good job of describing the plot of the movie, but you didn't really give a spoiler warning to people who haven't seen it. There is also the fact that you don't really talk about your impressions of the movie, music, story or how it's delivered...
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that a review is incomplete per-se without such things, but... Well, it felt more like this was a synopsis, with a 5 stars tacked on. I think that most reviews generally try to give others a glimpse into the emotional journey that the movie took you on, more than offering up plot points, and giving a cliffs notes version of the story. I think you have the potential to be a great reviewer, because you obviously put a lot of energy into watching, and processing the film, but I encourage you to look up some professional reviews of recent movies.... They might be eye opening.
I highly suggest you use the My Anime List review guide. It will help you to focus better on your reviews. Pick two or three bullet points (mix them up if you like) from each category and then copy them in to a word document, have some space for each category in your word doc. This is where you'll be writing out your thoughts for each bullet points from the categories you've picked. I do this and believe me, it helps a lot.
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