I am a huge Anime fan. I love all of Miyazaki's works up until this film. I am qualifying the review with those statements because their are a lot of anime fans who dislike his work for various reasons and I am not one of them. As A Miyazaki fan this was movie was very disappointing to me. Normally there is a very strong story driving his amazing art that make it all fit together in a way that grasps you and pulls you in, with Ponyo this is not the case. The entire time I watched this film I found myself wondering if this was really a Miyazaki film. It looked like one and thanks again to the master Joe Hisashi but id didn't feel like one of his films. None of the characters were particularly likable or dislikable for that matter they were just simply there. The attempts at cuteness wroked for about the first 20 minutes after that it just took time away from what could have been used for a better story or more characters development. The only reason this is a two star review as opposed to one is because of the great soundtrack and amazing visuals. All in all the movie while nice to look at for a short period of time ended up being just plain boring with a weak story and even weaker characters and character development. If you must see this movie please rent it first, if you like it more power to you. I would not suggest this as a buy though for fans of Miyazakei or Anime in general without watching to see if it fits your tastes first.
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Ponyo Two Disc Blu ray DVD Combo - ISBN13: 0786936791761
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
