Total kids movie…like age 6 or below.
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conedust — 16 years ago(March 14, 2010 03:35 AM)
Loved it. It IS a kids' movie, and the story is very simple, but I wasn't at all bothered by any of that. I loved the characters, the situation, the animation, the imagination, the tone and spirit I loved basically everything about the film. And I'm by no means a kid.
Honestly, on first viewing, I'd rate it up there with Studio Ghibli's best work. Maybe not
quite
at the level of Spirited Away/Castle In the Sky/My Neigbor Totoro, but awful damn close. Better, certainly, than Howl's Moving Castle, which started beautifully but wound up confused and disappointing. IMO, of course
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Quel_Fara — 16 years ago(March 14, 2010 10:14 PM)
It is a lot more like Totoro than those you like, but it isn't only for the young.
Perhaps you missed some points.
I have a feeling you haven't reach the age of adulthood yourself.
Sorry for the stilted speech, I was watching Jane Austin tonight and it does it to me every time.
"The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of." -
balehead74 — 16 years ago(March 26, 2010 04:52 AM)
I would also like to compare it more to Totoro than his other movies. Maybe Kiki's Delivery Service also comes in under the same genre. It's mostly a film for children and parents. I would have found it boring when I was 15-25, but now I love it. I can really relate to both Ponyos father, trying to prevent his children from growing up and trying to keep them away from the world he considers evil, and of course to Satsuke's mother, being furious when her husband doesn't turn up as promised. It's a good portrait of normal life and human relations, even though it is set in a fantasy world.
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KryptoBot — 16 years ago(March 14, 2010 11:53 PM)
Miyazaki did make this movie for five-year-olds, but most adults will see this story as purely as he had intended. A film completely free of adult phobia's and complications, just a simple, unfiltered love and care of Ponyo from Sosuke. But of course, as always, you can't please everyone.
The ongoing WOW is happening right NOW.
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Quel_Fara — 16 years ago(March 15, 2010 12:53 PM)
I think the unhurried and anxiety free feel of Miyazaki's films confuses a lot of modern people. It's like listening to classical music, It's to wind you down, lift you up and make you feel better. Not like the films or music most are used to.
"The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of." -
Quel_Fara — 16 years ago(March 19, 2010 09:55 PM)
Oh there is so many Great and wonderful quotes from 'The Last Unicorn"
"I know you. If I were blind I'd know what you are."
"Where were you twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you! How dare you come to me now, when I am this! " I really relate to this one.
"They passed down all the roads long ago, and the Red Bull ran close behind them and covered their footprints."
"Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name. "
"There are no happy endings because nothing ends. "
"I can never regret. I can feel sorrow, but it's not the same thing. "
You know, this one can be tied to the youth that Unicorns are historically (Mythstoiclly?) known to be attracted to. It's not til you've lived some life that you learn to regret also.
Beagle was an equal romancer of words as Poe was. One worked in sunshine and one at midnight.
"The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of." -
kill-the-boxtrolls — 15 years ago(November 16, 2010 05:08 PM)
I loved Ponyo. The only Miyazaki movie I hate is Nausciaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind), but I do agree that this has got to be Miyazaki's childish movie. All of his other movies are good for my 8 year old cousin. She watched Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away and she was hooked. They were both very unpredictable. Although, she hasn't seen the rest.
Sonic will be hearty forever.
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Mixalidis — 15 years ago(November 19, 2010 01:32 PM)
I'm not too familiar with Miyazaki (I've only seen two movies and loved them) but this one was different and also childish, with Ponyo repeating the same phrases so many times. I was really bored and also thought that it's more suited for little kids (I guess that explains a huge success in Japan), but of course many adults will enjoy it too. Personally, I found it pretty stupid and I didn't find the story logical (I know, why am I trying to find logic here? I guess the ones who didn't like it will understand what I meant) or coherent (which may also be the result of boredom
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edmondoster — 15 years ago(November 22, 2010 12:32 PM)
Brother, I'm 35 years old and "PONYO" is one of my FAVORITE Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki movies. Look, I'm not arguing that you feel different about the movie you're entitled to your opinion of course.
But, I think, when you say the movie is only for ages 6 minus, you are quite wrong, as I know at least TEN MORE FRIENDS of mine, more aged than me even, who simply LOVE "Ponyo"
It's a matter of taste. Tastes are as different as people are different.
Arguing about matters of taste is a matter of waste (hey, that rhymes!! I just created a "wise saying", ha! ha!).
You can't categorize liking this movie to ages. It simply does not fit.
Maybe I'm a CHILDISH grown-up who knows? But if me being CHILDISH allows me to LOVE "Ponyo" with all my heart then I thank God that I'm childish!
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robot_rollcall — 15 years ago(November 28, 2010 04:26 PM)
I thought Ponyo was really fun. I didn't mind the simple story because sometimes its nice to relax with a film that doesn't require a lot of brain power. The story was charming and the animation was beautiful.
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jorgito2001 — 14 years ago(May 31, 2011 08:35 AM)
I think you might be right, as beautiful as the animation is, its definitely a kids movie.
I started playing the Blu Ray around 9pmthe only one awake when the credits started rolling was my 6-year old daughter! My wife & 10-year old son fell asleep, and I was dozing off in & out til the end, she was MEZMERIZED, I was really shocked.
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TheWumberlog — 14 years ago(May 31, 2011 09:41 PM)
Maybe it's just because I'm older now, but it took me a couple of viewings to appreciate this movie to the same degree that I appreciate other Miyazaki movies; it seemed too much like a kids' movie.
But my three year-old sister absolutely
adores
this movie, even more than
Totoro
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paulerowland — 14 years ago(May 31, 2011 10:34 PM)
The story
A boy finds a fish who wants to be human and they fall in love.
or
The dredging of the sea has caused a environmental catastrophe which threatens to flood the coastal town.
or
People that can help each other can overcome nature's worse.
or
True love wins when you accept the person for all their perceived faults.
or
A father's love of a child shouldn't get in the way of them living their lives.
I just watched this for the first time tonight and I thought there was much more there to understand than a "kids movie". With Miyazaki there is always more than just the pretty pictures, which were of course stunning!
I loved it
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TheWumberlog — 14 years ago(June 01, 2011 03:27 AM)
I didn't mean that it wasn't good. It's a great movie with a a lot of subtext, which is one of the elements that makes Miyazaki movies great.
For some reason I just found it harder to relate to Sosuke and Ponyo, which I admitted that was perhaps because I am so much older. Maybe it's because I saw other Miyazaki movies at a younger age which have remained with me, but I don't have the same problem relating to, say, Mei and Satsuki.
In another way, it could be taken as a positive. I'm hard-pressed to think of any movies that present two five year-old this intelligent and sensitive while remaining true to their given age.