This is a "Miazaki film", one of the most popular movie events in Japan. Miazaki is to the Japanese as Speilberg is to Americans. Considered to be one of the most revered and celebrated cinemas, Miazaki films include Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and the recently released Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which I was told was this summer's blockbuster. Watching these movies is an unnerving experience. You better not get too comfortable with anything you see because at any time objects can morph into something else, turn into sludge, get sucked into a wormhole, or come to life and start talking to you like an old friend. Expect lots of big WTF moments with a nebulous movie message by the end. You can't take this sort of thing too seriously, besides, me and Franklinstein have had bad experiences with floating castles before and let me tell you...do not want.
Rating: 60%
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