I recently watched Ponyo on DVD with my daughter. We are both pretty big fans of Miyazaki's work. We wanted to see this when it was in the theaters last summer, but it never seemed to work out, so we were pretty excited about seeing it on DVD.
Within 5 minutes, we were both sucked into the movie by the combination of amazing hand-drawn animation and adorable characters. The music by Joe Hisaishi is always a highlight in these films and this film has bright, happy music to go along with it.
This film is probably best suited for younger viewers and fits in nicely for fans of My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service. Very safe content, not too much scary imagery, and delightful characters.
We happen to like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle more, but that is because the plots tend to be more mature and more fully fleshed out. Where Ponyo seems to fall down is at the very end, when it seems like they ran out of time to finish the story, and it just sort of ends abruptly. The overall film is well-made and recommended despite this sort of slapped-on ending, and I know we will be watching it again pretty soon.
Other films I am watching right now: Sherlock Holmes
, The Prestige
, Fringe Season 1
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