崖の上のポニョ Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (DVD)

ジブリ好き。ジブリ嫌いと言ってみたいのだが、どうにもこうにも好きなものは仕方が無い。
しかし、なんでもかんでも好きだというわけでも無く、「となりの山田くん」は観たいと思わず、「ゲド戦記」は期待して観て、ただただ哀しくなった。

「崖の上のポニョ」は周囲の評判も良く、観ようかなと思いつつも結局、映画館に足を運ばなかった。単純にそれほどもう期待もしていなかったのだろう。

そして今日、「崖の上のポニョ」のDVDを借り、小さなテレビで鑑賞する。

これは大きな映画館の大きなスクリーンで観るべき作品だった。
これがアニメーションだ。
神話的な世界を描き切った絵の力。
説明や説教の世界から解き放たれ、暗闇で聞く口述伝承のような作品。
映画館の暗闇で観るのが正しい作品だ。

要は細かいことは良い、「崖の上のポニョ」は凄い。
とんでる。

I love GHIBLI. I wish I disliked GHIBLI, though.
But I don't say I like all of GHIBLI works. There are some of them I am not very keen on. I don't want to watch [My Neighbors The Yamadas] and when I watched [Tales from Earthsea] I just felt utterly sad, because it was awful.

When [Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea] was released I would go to see it. Because it had a good reputation around me. However, I didn't head to the cinema to watch the film. As I feel now I didn't hope for GHIBLI works anymore, simply speaking.

[Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]s' DVD was released. I rented the DVD and watched it on my small telly.

I realised I should've watched this film on a big screen at the cinema. [Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea] is exactly ANIMATION can achieve the mythical world. It is free from the world of too much explanation and lecture. It is like an oral literature in the dark night. This film shoud be required watching at the dark inside the cinema.

Anyway, to sum up, [Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea] is terrific.

http://www.ghibli.jp/ponyo/