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Ponyo: A Review
Feb. 6th, 2010 04:09 pmLast night, Mitsuko and I watched Gake no ue no Ponyo, or Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. This was a showing on TV, preceded by about an hour of background.
( Spoilers galore... )
I think perhaps they couldn't figure out how to resolve the movie. After all, his mother left, headed for the old folks' home. And the boy and Ponyo set out to find her. But there's no obvious way for Ponyo to become a human, especially as the dose of humanity gained from licking his blood earlier wears off. Unless... Hard to tell. But I think sticking with the realism of the old folks and mother would have made it better for me, even though it would have been more difficult to reach a clear ending.
( Spoilers galore... )
I think perhaps they couldn't figure out how to resolve the movie. After all, his mother left, headed for the old folks' home. And the boy and Ponyo set out to find her. But there's no obvious way for Ponyo to become a human, especially as the dose of humanity gained from licking his blood earlier wears off. Unless... Hard to tell. But I think sticking with the realism of the old folks and mother would have made it better for me, even though it would have been more difficult to reach a clear ending.
