Sunday, August 23, 2009

Ponyo Question - JJ

Today I went to see Ponyo, a movie about a goldfish who eats human blood and then becomes human and accidentally messes with the balance of the universe and the only way to restore it is by making her human but the only way to make her human is if the boy who helped her promised to love her forever and if he didn't she'd turn to sea foam. For those of you that follow Japanese movies, the English version starred Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, and Tina Fey. Yup, it was talent and a couple of children who are completely dependent on their older siblings and cuteness for fame. And to top it off, it came with an infectiously annoying song called "Ponyo" all about the movie plot. Can anyone say earplugs? It's not so much their singing, just the melody sounds like something used to drive young children insane.

Anyway, at the end of the movie, the little boy promised to love her forever. But there's many different ways to love. So my question is: Is it enough for the little boy to love her as a sister or a friend or must he go on to marry her someday? And if he doesn't marry her, will she turn to sea foam? Because there seemed to be plans in place to raise them as siblings, in the same household with the same parents. And I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly inclined to marry my siblings. And since they're only five, will she turn to sea foam if they do date, then break up and marry other people? I mean, the little boy is obligated to loving her and obligational love like that is more common in siblings than in boyfriends and such. So that's my question. If anyone has an opinion, I'd love to hear it. What's that? Oh, imaginary readers can't leave comments? Oh... darn... hmm... Basil? Help me out here.

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