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KvP:
It's basically The Little Mermaid without all the awful, awful Disney shit.
ackblom12:
Yeah, I've gotta agreew ith all the "mehs" thus far. I have enough faith in the studio and Miyazaki, but I really see nothing at all in that trailer to be excited about.
Also, I do not see what this has to do with The Little Mermaid at all. Romance and he world is dying compare how?
KvP:
According to plot summaries I've read there isn't a romance in Ponyo. A baby goldfish with magical powers is brought to the surface of the ocean and bottled, then freed by a young boy who gets cut when he smashes the glass that holds her. She heals the cut, but tastes his blood and is magically transformed into a human and she goes to live with the boy as a sister. This upsets the balance of nature and her father, the King of the Sea, ventures to return her to the Ocean.
So yeah, like I said, it is in its essential plot the Little Mermaid without the Disney shit (ie villain, song-and-dance routines, fairy tale romance, etc.) the central conflict of both stories is the same - will the transformed character go back to who she was or stay in her new life?
It seems boring because it is boring. But Miyazaki shows more heart in his films than any other filmmaker of "kid flicks" ever has, short of maybe the Pixar guys (even if they are similar in their ability to evoke, I would argue that Miyazaki is more elegant in execution) I would say thou shalt not judge a film by its trailer.
Jepser:
Hmm, I dunno. I mean, Miyazaki's films are totally cool, but isn't it like he's doing the same shtick over and over?
messeduplilkid:
Because in anime 80% of it amazingly original. Hell. In most media, we still have the same tired ol' ideas ebbing to and fro.
And this isn't calling YOU out Jepser, not in the slightest because I in fact AGREE with you. I just think if people are tired of old ideas being rehashed, maybe we're the people to start making new intellectual properties?
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