PONYO
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:24 pm
Teacher's note: Very good summary. Please notice where sentences end and begin and use of the article "the". Thanks for posting. --mike
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Re: PONYO
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:13 pmPONYO is an animated movie,there are not [are no] real persons in the movie.It is a kind of special movie.In general, it is a great movie.It has beautiful frames and grandiose symphony.The story of the movie tells us to cherish natural environment and protect our world, also tells us that there is love between people.People should help and care about others.At the first,i saw the beautiful frames,it showed me a beautiful grand ocean.There are animals in it.Come to the second,a goldfish with a human'face went to travel other place and met a trouble,was saved by a little human boy late.The goldfish found the boy is chaste, naive and kind.All in all, he is good boy.So, they like each other and felt happy.But goldfish' father doesn't like human being. He tried to capture the goldfish.And he has done successfully.Goldfish and little boy mnissed each other.The glodfish has maga and licked blood of the little boy.Thus,it can change itself into a human,of course it's father prevented it.However,so many little sisters of the goldfish help it escape successfully.It changed itself into a little human girl and used mage to find the boy again.They are happy again.Howeve,at that moment,the mother of the goldfish appeared and gave a trial to the little boy and the girl.They used mage [magic] and foceful hearts to fight with troubles.Finally,they were success.The mother of the girl acknowlege the boy is good enough to protect the girl.And the girl chose to give up mage and being human girl.There is no doubt that it is a good story.I like it.
Teacher's note: Very good summary. Please notice where sentences end and begin and use of the article "the". Thanks for posting. --mikewww.MoviesGrowEnglish.com
Teacher's note: Very good summary. Please notice where sentences end and begin and use of the article "the". Thanks for posting. --mike
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:40 pmThis story a lot of people say a very simple story, simple animation for the children to see, in fact, I do not think so. Actually, it's hidden a lot of important meaning for us.
In the first ten minutes screen that describe of the human damaging the ocean. They catch the fish unduly lead to the large number of fish and seabed get hurt even died. Ultimately, The environment is damaged and loss of balance.
If Ponyo were the Earth. The magic power were earth's natural resources. Ponyo used mana too much will make the world became imbalance and global water rise as human over exploitation of natural resources to make the world imbalance. Ponyo's mother like a nature power. Even if human have a high technology but also can't match with natural disasters. In the movie, they only can pray. And near the moon as the end of earth is coming. But love of Ponyo and Sosuke have solved the crisis. That means we can stop the arrival of end of the world if we care the environment.
This animation is full of irony and helplessness as human ignore the environment. However, the ending of Ponyo just bring out hastily. the real ending has not yet occurred, this ending is the reality of the fate of the Earth. Maybe we have ability and hope to change our world.
Teacher's note: Some very strong ideas here! Thanks, Jay. I wonder how bad things have to get before we humans begin to pay attention to the environment. Please really focus on sentence structure. Good vocabulary.
--mikewww.MoviesGrowEnglish.com 
In the first ten minutes screen that describe of the human damaging the ocean. They catch the fish unduly lead to the large number of fish and seabed get hurt even died. Ultimately, The environment is damaged and loss of balance.
If Ponyo were the Earth. The magic power were earth's natural resources. Ponyo used mana too much will make the world became imbalance and global water rise as human over exploitation of natural resources to make the world imbalance. Ponyo's mother like a nature power. Even if human have a high technology but also can't match with natural disasters. In the movie, they only can pray. And near the moon as the end of earth is coming. But love of Ponyo and Sosuke have solved the crisis. That means we can stop the arrival of end of the world if we care the environment.
This animation is full of irony and helplessness as human ignore the environment. However, the ending of Ponyo just bring out hastily. the real ending has not yet occurred, this ending is the reality of the fate of the Earth. Maybe we have ability and hope to change our world.
Teacher's note: Some very strong ideas here! Thanks, Jay. I wonder how bad things have to get before we humans begin to pay attention to the environment. Please really focus on sentence structure. Good vocabulary.
--mike
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:50 pmThis movie's hero is Sosuke. His father is captain of the great ship. And His mother is cool personality. Sosuke lives in a house in the cliff with father and mother.
One day, he found a goldfish trapped in bottle. He was named to it 'Ponyo'. However, she was taken away by her father. Because he is the wizard of the sea that has hostile feeling in humans. His father's name is 'Fujimoto'. So they were sad goodbyes. But she had a strong commitment that will be a human. She comes to the human world to break the rules of the sea, driving a tsunami with the help of his sister fish. Of course, she was not goldfish, anymore. She is 5 years old human as Sosuke.
I think this movie is modern-day adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is a tragedy. But this movie was interpreted as a hopeful and optimistic. The film emphasized a balance between man and nature. And the film was to arouse awareness to show the sea full of garbage. For example, Ponyo are trapped by the glass bottle discarded by humans. This movie is fun. But this movie isn't just simply fun, a lot make I think.
One day, he found a goldfish trapped in bottle. He was named to it 'Ponyo'. However, she was taken away by her father. Because he is the wizard of the sea that has hostile feeling in humans. His father's name is 'Fujimoto'. So they were sad goodbyes. But she had a strong commitment that will be a human. She comes to the human world to break the rules of the sea, driving a tsunami with the help of his sister fish. Of course, she was not goldfish, anymore. She is 5 years old human as Sosuke.
I think this movie is modern-day adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is a tragedy. But this movie was interpreted as a hopeful and optimistic. The film emphasized a balance between man and nature. And the film was to arouse awareness to show the sea full of garbage. For example, Ponyo are trapped by the glass bottle discarded by humans. This movie is fun. But this movie isn't just simply fun, a lot make I think.
Re: PONYO
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:27 pmAfter I saw this film,I felt like that I may [have] found my forgotten childhood's heart.
Hayao Miyazaki's drawing style is simple and fresh.PONYO borrowed the story of the daughter of the sea shell, But that is another story.The first advantage of this film is the good-looking screen.Such as the colorful underwater world .That is really mysterious and brilliant.Also the qualities of the characters are touching me.Little touched me were referred with a navy cap , dad signal toward the deep of the sea.His sense of responsibility can be seen from his mother,his family and the PONYO,but such a little child with such a sense of responsibility is not having when he was born,that was referred by his parents ?a very good example in this regard.Therefore, starting from the character of the characters , Hayao Miyazaki drew a good new story.It is for this reason , I will be touched.Hayao Miyazaki's films' endings are always perfert good endings,this film is also like that.
Sometimes the best thing is not to be vigorous , and sometimes a little bit of nothing exciting thing is good for us.The animation does not have to have so much meanings ,what we only need animation is that to keep us smiling unconsciously .
Teacher's note: I'm happy PONYO had such a positive effect on you. I had similar reactions. Please be careful with syntax. I recommend that students do a lot of reading to develop an intuition for English syntax. Thanks for posting.
--mikewww.MoviesGrowEnglish.com 
Hayao Miyazaki's drawing style is simple and fresh.PONYO borrowed the story of the daughter of the sea shell, But that is another story.The first advantage of this film is the good-looking screen.Such as the colorful underwater world .That is really mysterious and brilliant.Also the qualities of the characters are touching me.Little touched me were referred with a navy cap , dad signal toward the deep of the sea.His sense of responsibility can be seen from his mother,his family and the PONYO,but such a little child with such a sense of responsibility is not having when he was born,that was referred by his parents ?a very good example in this regard.Therefore, starting from the character of the characters , Hayao Miyazaki drew a good new story.It is for this reason , I will be touched.Hayao Miyazaki's films' endings are always perfert good endings,this film is also like that.
Sometimes the best thing is not to be vigorous , and sometimes a little bit of nothing exciting thing is good for us.The animation does not have to have so much meanings ,what we only need animation is that to keep us smiling unconsciously .
Teacher's note: I'm happy PONYO had such a positive effect on you. I had similar reactions. Please be careful with syntax. I recommend that students do a lot of reading to develop an intuition for English syntax. Thanks for posting.
--mike
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:44 pmThe real love break down barriers between the human beings and the magic world.
P.S. Sry mike, I feel too tried that i wanna go to bed right now!
P.S. Sry mike, I feel too tried that i wanna go to bed right now!
Re: PONYO
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:31 amPonyo is adventure story which tells the process of main character, Ponyo (gold fish), becomes the human.
Beginning the scene, Ponyo leaves her house by riding jellyfish because she wants to go to land. When she arrives land, some ship tries to clean up the ocean by using big, huge net (because was very dirty). She tries to run away from there but she is stuck in jar, so she is come the land as being stuck in jar. When she is come to land, the boy, Sosuke find[s] her and what happened. So he tries to help her by breaking the jar. When he breaks it, he gets hurt on his finger and Ponyo licks his finger, his finger is cured. After he saves her, he takes her to his home but Ponyo
Beginning the scene, Ponyo leaves her house by riding jellyfish because she wants to go to land. When she arrives land, some ship tries to clean up the ocean by using big, huge net (because was very dirty). She tries to run away from there but she is stuck in jar, so she is come the land as being stuck in jar. When she is come to land, the boy, Sosuke find[s] her and what happened. So he tries to help her by breaking the jar. When he breaks it, he gets hurt on his finger and Ponyo licks his finger, his finger is cured. After he saves her, he takes her to his home but Ponyo
Re: PONYO
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:57 amPonyo in japan is a famous animation movie by Hayo Miyazaki. The story of five-year old Sosuke who meets a goldfish with magic power. when the movie started , i saw under ocean had a old man which droped special water into ocean. nearly, a fish which was biger than other ones want to went out a ship to look at around the world. But it stucked into a bottle.
On the coast, a young boy's name, Sosuke played with his toy 's boat. suddenly, he saw a bottle.He captured and broke up it.he cut himselft and flish licked blood. he put a fish into a bucket of water and came back home to prepared to go to school with his mother. he told her that it was a goldfish and he called it "PONYO". when the car started, A old man who looked like a freak show went in front of the car but Sosuke and his mother was too late, she ran fast before old man told. In road, sosuke gave all meat for her but ponyo just liked Harm. when sosuke went to school, he hided [hid] it in garden behind a school and ran to class.
Then he came back but behind him was a girl who was friends of sosuke. She wanted to saw a ponyo and ponyo made her cry. Sosuke take ponyo to went to his mother's work which took care of old people. almost old woman loved ponyo but one told that it will be tsunami if goldfish came a land. Ponyo continued to make a old woman to be angry. So sosuke took her to coast and her farther appeared. He controlled water to took Ponyo to came back a ocean.into a ocean, ponyo was hold into a balloon water. but ponyo wanted to a human, she use a power with a blood to became a man. she escaped with her sister to found sosuke. because of her, big tsunami moved fastest to sosuke's home and made anything when it move into a water. sosuke and ponyo stayed his home and they both drank and ate and slept. but becase a storm is big, his mother must wen to a town to helped people. old man who know as ponyo 's farther wanted to home a took ponyo again but her mother hinder him.when sosuke and ponyo got up, they decided to found his mother.
ponyo used her magic to make a toy boat to be biger and they went to found his mother. when they found her car, sosuke didn't see his mother. he became to cry but few minutes they continued to found. ponyo became to sleep and suddenly her farther appeared to took them to sosuke's mother.but old woman who told to had a tsunami before told that old man lied and sosuke should took ponyo into a high land. but old man controlled to took all to sosuke's mother who stayed with ponyo's mother.At last, ponyo wanted became a human and she did.
Teacher's note: Thanks for a fluent summary. Unlike the previous POST, this essay would be better if there were a consistent level of detail. Notice how there is much detail early and less at the conclusion. I notice the same thing in my own writing and try to correct it. Overall though, a very nice essay. Please check for GPS. Thanks for posting!
--mike http://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com
On the coast, a young boy's name, Sosuke played with his toy 's boat. suddenly, he saw a bottle.He captured and broke up it.he cut himselft and flish licked blood. he put a fish into a bucket of water and came back home to prepared to go to school with his mother. he told her that it was a goldfish and he called it "PONYO". when the car started, A old man who looked like a freak show went in front of the car but Sosuke and his mother was too late, she ran fast before old man told. In road, sosuke gave all meat for her but ponyo just liked Harm. when sosuke went to school, he hided [hid] it in garden behind a school and ran to class.
Then he came back but behind him was a girl who was friends of sosuke. She wanted to saw a ponyo and ponyo made her cry. Sosuke take ponyo to went to his mother's work which took care of old people. almost old woman loved ponyo but one told that it will be tsunami if goldfish came a land. Ponyo continued to make a old woman to be angry. So sosuke took her to coast and her farther appeared. He controlled water to took Ponyo to came back a ocean.into a ocean, ponyo was hold into a balloon water. but ponyo wanted to a human, she use a power with a blood to became a man. she escaped with her sister to found sosuke. because of her, big tsunami moved fastest to sosuke's home and made anything when it move into a water. sosuke and ponyo stayed his home and they both drank and ate and slept. but becase a storm is big, his mother must wen to a town to helped people. old man who know as ponyo 's farther wanted to home a took ponyo again but her mother hinder him.when sosuke and ponyo got up, they decided to found his mother.
ponyo used her magic to make a toy boat to be biger and they went to found his mother. when they found her car, sosuke didn't see his mother. he became to cry but few minutes they continued to found. ponyo became to sleep and suddenly her farther appeared to took them to sosuke's mother.but old woman who told to had a tsunami before told that old man lied and sosuke should took ponyo into a high land. but old man controlled to took all to sosuke's mother who stayed with ponyo's mother.At last, ponyo wanted became a human and she did.
Teacher's note: Thanks for a fluent summary. Unlike the previous POST, this essay would be better if there were a consistent level of detail. Notice how there is much detail early and less at the conclusion. I notice the same thing in my own writing and try to correct it. Overall though, a very nice essay. Please check for GPS. Thanks for posting!
--mike http://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.comRe: PONYO
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:11 amHere is my Summary about PONYO
At the beginning, the movie shows us the underwater environment and aquatics with their amazing life cycles.
The story is about a fish-girl named Ponyo who lives in the ocean with her father and her sisters. The father is a jerk person and also a wizard.
Once when Ponyo was floating through the magic waves which was made by her father she got stranded on the jar and was been found by a 5 years old boy called Sosuke. It looked weird for Sosuke, While the little boy was helping Ponyo to ends up the stranded he cut his finger, but Ponyo licked his finger and revert it.
Sosuke decided to protect Ponyo, he took the fish-girl into his house and shown to his mom. Ponyo's father thought his daughter was beed captured by humans, So he sent waves that had got spell on them before; to bring back his daughter.
After that magic waves brought back Ponyo to her father, Sosuke became upset and felt lonely because he promised to protect ponyo and keep her.
Ponyo decided to become a human and come back to Sosuke but her father refused his daughter's begging and kept her in a bubble.
Ponyo tried to grow her body up into a human body Even her father's elixir couldn't stop her, and her sisters helped her to get escaped from her father.
The huge amount of magic released into the ocean and made a unbalance on the earth and finally caused a Tsunami.
Ponyo went back to Sosuke while waves were blowing so hard, Finally she found Sosuke and his mom in front of their house.
She stayed with Sosuke and his mom called Lisa, and ate with them. The day after Lisa had to go to work and leave Ponyo and Sosuke alone for a while.
Ponyo's mom who was been recognized as a Goddess of merci by Sosuke's father who was also a capitan of a ship; had a deal to let Ponyo to stay as a human.
She decided if Sosuke loves Ponyo and promises to protect her forever, lets Ponyo to stays as a human otherwise Ponyo will turn into a fish. It's been long time that Lisa was at work so Sosuke decided to go and find his mom. Ponyo helped him with her magic and made his small boat to a real boat and pass it into the ocean.
After passing through ocean and looking for Lisa, they've found Lisa's car on the way to her work place. they're been found by Ponyo's father and been taken to the Lisa's work place where Ponyo's mother also was there, but suddenly Ponyo lost her human body and reverted to a fish. Ponyo's mom asked Sosuke if he can love Ponyo forever and Sosuke replied he loves all Ponyo, and then she turned back into the human body.
Thank you Mike to made us to understand the movie and learn new vocabularies easier by the Whole-Movie Lessons which contains summary of the movie, questions and the key words with their meaning.
Teacher's note: Thanks Ali for a fantastic essay. I hope we hear more from you. All the best.
--mikehttp://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com 
At the beginning, the movie shows us the underwater environment and aquatics with their amazing life cycles.
The story is about a fish-girl named Ponyo who lives in the ocean with her father and her sisters. The father is a jerk person and also a wizard.
Once when Ponyo was floating through the magic waves which was made by her father she got stranded on the jar and was been found by a 5 years old boy called Sosuke. It looked weird for Sosuke, While the little boy was helping Ponyo to ends up the stranded he cut his finger, but Ponyo licked his finger and revert it.
Sosuke decided to protect Ponyo, he took the fish-girl into his house and shown to his mom. Ponyo's father thought his daughter was beed captured by humans, So he sent waves that had got spell on them before; to bring back his daughter.
After that magic waves brought back Ponyo to her father, Sosuke became upset and felt lonely because he promised to protect ponyo and keep her.
Ponyo decided to become a human and come back to Sosuke but her father refused his daughter's begging and kept her in a bubble.
Ponyo tried to grow her body up into a human body Even her father's elixir couldn't stop her, and her sisters helped her to get escaped from her father.
The huge amount of magic released into the ocean and made a unbalance on the earth and finally caused a Tsunami.
Ponyo went back to Sosuke while waves were blowing so hard, Finally she found Sosuke and his mom in front of their house.
She stayed with Sosuke and his mom called Lisa, and ate with them. The day after Lisa had to go to work and leave Ponyo and Sosuke alone for a while.
Ponyo's mom who was been recognized as a Goddess of merci by Sosuke's father who was also a capitan of a ship; had a deal to let Ponyo to stay as a human.
She decided if Sosuke loves Ponyo and promises to protect her forever, lets Ponyo to stays as a human otherwise Ponyo will turn into a fish. It's been long time that Lisa was at work so Sosuke decided to go and find his mom. Ponyo helped him with her magic and made his small boat to a real boat and pass it into the ocean.
After passing through ocean and looking for Lisa, they've found Lisa's car on the way to her work place. they're been found by Ponyo's father and been taken to the Lisa's work place where Ponyo's mother also was there, but suddenly Ponyo lost her human body and reverted to a fish. Ponyo's mom asked Sosuke if he can love Ponyo forever and Sosuke replied he loves all Ponyo, and then she turned back into the human body.
Thank you Mike to made us to understand the movie and learn new vocabularies easier by the Whole-Movie Lessons which contains summary of the movie, questions and the key words with their meaning.
Teacher's note: Thanks Ali for a fantastic essay. I hope we hear more from you. All the best.
--mike
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:42 amI do not know hao [how] long i haven't seen a good cartoon movie since i was a kid.
PONYO is a good and interesting cartoon movie,it made me laugh several times when i watched it.Also,PONYO reminded me the problem our earth had,the environment became bad,even though PONYO is a movie about sea. And i think it is what Hayao Miyazaki want to say to us.
Sosuke is a boy who lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa.Once, he get a goldfish who is a fish with magic when he go[es] to the oceanside,and he names her Ponyo.But Ponyo's father want[s] to find Ponyo who escapes from her home and causes a dangerous imbalance in the world.then the father get Ponyo and come back home in the sea.Sosuke is sad and miss Ponyo when he loss his friend.But Ponyo escape[s] again from her home to find Sosuke who's mother may loss and the environment become bad at that time.Finally the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.
Yes,It is a happy ending and i was move with Sosuke and Ponyo.Also,It make me understand i should take care about the environment of our earth and protect it.
(Miakuu recommend a good movie to us again,thank you)
Teacher's note: So glad you liked PONYO. There are many more good movies at MoviesGrowEnglish. Please watch those "s" endings with present simple tense.
--mikehttp://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com 
PONYO is a good and interesting cartoon movie,it made me laugh several times when i watched it.Also,PONYO reminded me the problem our earth had,the environment became bad,even though PONYO is a movie about sea. And i think it is what Hayao Miyazaki want to say to us.
Sosuke is a boy who lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa.Once, he get a goldfish who is a fish with magic when he go[es] to the oceanside,and he names her Ponyo.But Ponyo's father want[s] to find Ponyo who escapes from her home and causes a dangerous imbalance in the world.then the father get Ponyo and come back home in the sea.Sosuke is sad and miss Ponyo when he loss his friend.But Ponyo escape[s] again from her home to find Sosuke who's mother may loss and the environment become bad at that time.Finally the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.
Yes,It is a happy ending and i was move with Sosuke and Ponyo.Also,It make me understand i should take care about the environment of our earth and protect it.
(Miakuu recommend a good movie to us again,thank you)
Teacher's note: So glad you liked PONYO. There are many more good movies at MoviesGrowEnglish. Please watch those "s" endings with present simple tense.
--mike
http://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com