The Other Blockbuster Movie Opening Tomorrow
Lest you forget or not realize in all the Dark Knight hoohah currently going on, there is another movie of note opening tomorrow?Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on a Cliff. Yes, it’s anime, and yes, it’s only opening in Japan, but since Miyazaki is called the Spielberg of Japan and his last three movies have all become the highest-grossing movies in Japan, as a good nerd, you should know that Ponyo is happening.
Of course, if you watch the trailer, which is about a little fish/girl/creature that befriends a little boy and wants to live on the surface with him, you realize that Ponyo is made for Japanese 5-year-olds, and watching the movie is kind of like injecting Hello Kitty-brand cocaine directly into your retinas. Still, now you know.
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