Ender
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I was apprehensive going into Porco Rosso. It didn't look interesting, but I was doing my Miyazaki marathon so I knew I had to watch it. I figured, hey, Miyazaki's talented, maybe he can surprise me. He did not. This was bog standard. Fio and her grandfather were great but besides them nothing really captivated me. Marco's pig curse is so vaguely explained and equally vaguely resolved that it's hard for me to know or care what's going on with it. For example Fio kisses him once and nothing happens but then she kisses him again with as far as I can tell zero change in context but this time it turns him back into a human? Equally muddled is the love triangle between Marco, Fio, and Gina. I say love triangle but really it's more like two different writers wrote different love interests and stuck 'em in the same script and the result is never really addressed. We just get Porco alternating between one love interest and the other with zero resolution. Also with zero resolution is the whole fascism thing. It's introduced as something that will be important and then Gina receives word the fascists are attacking and goes to warn them and...nothing happens. They have a dogfight offscreen. The pirates also go nowhere. When they trapped Porco and Fio in the cove I expected them to team up against the fascists (which side Curtis would take remained to be seen) but as I said, they never have that big showdown with the fascists. All in all, I think the best word to describe this movie is aimless. It doesn't know what story it wants to tell and just throws everything at the wall to see what sticks, and the result is just a messy wall.
But hey, Princess Mononoke's up next and I remember that one's great. And credit where credit is due, they 2D animated plaid properly. That takes a great deal of talent and courage.
But hey, Princess Mononoke's up next and I remember that one's great. And credit where credit is due, they 2D animated plaid properly. That takes a great deal of talent and courage.
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