HAM!

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just witnessed miyazaki's film ponyo this evening with jenna at the coolidge corner theatre. i left inspired, wide-eyed, delighted, altogether rosied with a wonderful story and old-school animation. you just need to watch it -- the humor, voicing and timing is not easily portrayed secondhand -- but instant wins in my book:

• the gorgeous, silent introductory scene exploding with detail, supporting a serene balance of an ecosystem shimmering in tandem
• jellyfish! so many jellyfish!
• the mutually neurotic tendencies of the stripey-suited father and earthbound lisa
• the extreme evocation of the ocean, the light, the color, the fluidity
• octopus sneaking its way into the house
  
• the intoxicating magic of ramen
• mass-guppy tickling of scary-eyed water demons
  
• casual appearance by enormous, scaly, prehistoric fish
• the dry, crazy humor of cranky old people
  
• the vaguely Renn-faire speak, "kiss this bubble, child, when you reach to the surface"
  

and, as an aside, the haunting resemblance between ponyo and the little pilgrims (night walking) by yoshitomo nara: