Ponyo... Miyazaki...
So there are the obvious Miyazaki traits and messages. Big boats in the ocean pollute it and drag massive nets through it, killing so many fish by burying them in trash and mud. But most of the film is not that at all..
There is a half fish/half girl that wants so badly to be human that she uses her father's half -filled magic well that he was storing to take of the Earth with the ocean. By summoning that magic she has the ability to sprout limbs and eventually change into a little girl. But the power that she conjures puts most of the surrounding humans into great danger because it acts out half of her father's plan to cover the world in ocean. Ponyo is totally unaware that she has put so many people in danger and just wants to see Sosuke. This kind of annoyed me, just seeing how short sighted Ponyo is and that there are no repercussions of any kind.
Also, the logic of the film was a bit hard to understand at first. I didn't really get why the moon was going to crash into the Earth or why it was so urgent that Ponyo either be a fish or a girl.
That would also be hard being the mother. She just gets another child dumped on her. No questions asked. That seemed totally wrong to me. This girl has been a fish for all of her life until the last two days. Now this woman needs to figure out how to raise her and pay for years of education, housing, and food. Harsh.
For me, this is Miyazaki's weakest film. I'm not really sure what he's going for with the story. But the visuals and textures are sooo good!
The fact that there are above water sounds, like splashing etc. under the water is pretty interesting. Not quite sure what that means, maybe alluding to bridging the gap between human capacity and living in the ocean. Also the food and the steam seemed so real and tasty/hot. That was really well done.
Final note: youngest Miyazaki "romance"
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