something I am grateful for today
Finally got to see Ponyo! I am always such a sucker for Miyazaki's unique magic. Not his absolute best, perhaps, but still wonderful. Like all his others [that I've seen so far], I will re-watch this repeatedly and with delight.
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For instance, the heroine's main helper turns out not to be a human, but actually a dragon. Then at the end, we discover he isn't actually a dragon either. He was originally the spirit of a river.
This is sort of like eating a cake and then realizing it's not a cake, it's a steak, and then discovering you're still wrong and it's actually a bed, and you haven't been eating it.
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Not everyone can pull off this kind of “story”, and I can see that not everyone might get into it, but when Miyazaki does it it works for me.