Porco rosso review
My Rating: 5.9/10
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10 Metacritics Rating: 83/100 MyAnimeList Rating: 8.03/10 My Favorite Quotes 1. A Pig that doesn't fly is nothing but grounded pork." - Mark 2. "The honour of the Skyfighters is at stake". - Skyfighters leader Miyazaki? Apart from the gorgeous artwork and unique characters their is no way I would've guessed this is Studio Ghibli film. Granted I watched this movie Dubbed as usual and to my surprise the voice acting was absolutely atrocious. The voices did not match the mouths of a majority of the characters, especially Porco Rosso. It sounded out of place and very quirky,m it really took away from the movie and was hard to turn a blind eye to. I find it very hard to believe Michael Keaton did the voice acting for Dubbed. Apart from a pig who flies planes this movie really lacked the magic that most Miyazaki films contain. I must admit I love the suttee resemblances/ Easter eggs with his films. For example the engine said Ghibli, Porco Rosso mother looked exactly like the girl from Howls Moving Castle, and a cute little fan theory that bares no evidence is, what if Porco Rosso is Chihiros dad from Spirited Away. Highly improbable, but I thought it would be a fun "what if". My favorite scene from the whole movie was the story Porco Rosso told Theo about the war and how he saw heaven and was spontaneously transformed into a Pig. I'm not sure if it was done on purpose, but the bad guys were actually so funny, with their stupidity and annoying obnoxious voices. The final fight scene was absolutely laughable how they were spouting off remarks between every thrown fist. Admittedly I was a pretty big fan of the soundtrack and the ending was very well done. |
Positives and Negatives
+ Ending
+ Soundtrack
+ Funny
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- Voice Acting
- No real Conflict
- Plot in General
+ Soundtrack
+ Funny
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- Voice Acting
- No real Conflict
- Plot in General
Criteria/10
Acting/Characters: 5/10
Plot: 5/10
Originality: 7/10
Pacing: 6/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Dialogue: 3/10
Special Effect: 8/10
Theme: 8/10
Ending: 8/10
Plot: 5/10
Originality: 7/10
Pacing: 6/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Dialogue: 3/10
Special Effect: 8/10
Theme: 8/10
Ending: 8/10