Ponyo

A few days ago, I asked Dakota and Cadence to see if they could find my PSP. I had misplaced it after I came home from being fired, and I wanted to get my Madden Football on! Dakota found the PSP, so I promised her that I would allow her to choose anything (with the exception of going to Going Bonkers) she wanted to do on Saturday. After a few days of thinking about it, and perhaps some pushing from Melissa, Dakota chose seeing Ponyo.

This movie sucks! Maybe it's me, but I just don't like Japanamation! The story is good for little kids, but here in the Hannah Montana generation, it doesn't rank. Let me see if I can make some sense out of this madness! A fish with a human face breaks free from a school and is found by a little boy, stuck in a jar. The boy saves the fish and places it into a bucket. From there, the fish begins to show affection for the boy, even going so far to tell the boy that it loves him. All of sudden, the fish grows feet and arms and is offically a little girl, with powers to make objects bigger (sounds like a porno). Then Ponyo (the newly named little girl/fish) begins to fall asleep at every moment they turn around. My guess, Ponyo was bored with the story too! As the movie moves along, Ponyo and the little boy must show their love toward one another (nevermind that this kid might be in kindergarden) in order for Ponyo to remain a human. While I won't give away the story, I will tell you this: at least Ponyo got a few z's in this one, I was fighting with Dakota to cut me a break!

While I can't get the last two hours of my life back, I can say with a clear conscience that I hope I never come across this movie again! I know that Dakota liked it, and to most fathers, that's the only thing that should matter. While she gave it a four star review to me in the car, I can honestly tell her that it's between a one and a two star movie for me, and quite frankly, that's being nice to her. For me, I'd rather sit through Hannah Montana again!