It was girl's night out for me and the little voice in my head, her choice because she was being rewarded for good behavior. She chose Ponyo - I couldn't have been more delighted as I thought I'd be forced to suffer G-Force or Aliens in the Attic. (okay, maybe i'm exaggerating. i heart talking animal movies, so i would have been very likely to enjoy G-Force. the other one, with the disney tweener mafia, not so much.) And I tell you, the Ponyo song is ever so much cuter when it's my muppet singing it. Albeit incessantly.

So, we see this Ponyo, a new film by the same creator of Spirited Away which by all critical accounts was a masterpiece. I haven't seen that one yet, so I can't judge. But this new one was really good in a lot of ways, until there were some gaping, major problems with the characterization of the mother of the main little boy character. (SPOILERS AHEAD)

IS NO ONE BOTHERED BY THE FACT THAT SHE LEFT HER 5-YEAR-OLD SON AND HIS NEW MAGICAL 5-YEAR-OLD FRIEND ALONE DURING A TSUNAMI THAT HAD WATER LEVELS RISING TO ABOVE THEIR HOUSE JUST AFTER SHE ALMOST KILLED THEM TRYING TO GET HOME????

And she told him she trusted him to take care of himself and his new friend because he was really smart. No pressure. And if, you know, this killer storm doesn't subside, make sure you put on a life jacket. Here's some sandwiches, hon. I'm gonna go save some old people who ARE ALREADY BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

Then we left for a bathroom break and I think it might have been at a critical moment, because after that I was sort of confused by the last twenty minutes.

Meh. Anime. What's a white girl gonna do?

**i tried to find the theme song for your listening pleasure, but all they have on youtube is the gay-ass disneyfied remix version of what is actually a really cute little song IF DISNEY COULD JUST LEAVE SHIT ALONE! sorry. still bitter about that marvel thing.