How: Netflix {Rental}
Grade: B
Thoughts: Maybe I am just not cut out to watch Miyazaki stuff, I've found most of the movies just "okay". They are all very nice to look at of course, but some of them are just kill me now boring. Now with that in mind... I'll go on with this.
This movie has a Borrowers feel to it, for obvious reasons... he was obviously working off that idea when the movie was made. Anyways...
It's summer time and a young boy named Shou moves to the countryside to stay with his aunt while he's preparing for heart surgery. During his stay, he meets Arrietty.. It was an accident really, she was on her first outing with her father when he saw her. Then he slowly coaxes her out into the "open" to speak with him and even befriend him.
The plot is really simple actually, since Arrietty was seen by a human the family now has to move to a different house. Even though Shou is pretty harmless there's a maid like woman who I forgot the name of is a bit on the crazy side... she's bent on finding the little people and proving she's not insane.
During the movie she captures Arrietty's mother Pod and puts her in a jar to show to Shou's Aunt and whoever else is around to see. With the help of Shou, Pod is rescued and the Borrower family ends up moving out.
It's actually a lot more heart warming then I can make it sound, Shou obviously cares for Arrietty and even tells her about his heart condition and the surgery that probably won't work. Saying that the Borrowers fight for survival has motivated him to have the courage to have and live through the operation....
Which he does and Arrietty and her family also find a new house to live in, hopefully undetected.
Gotta love the cat, at least he never eats any of the Borrowers. Though I am sure he'd like to....
The guy is Spiller, he's a Borrower that shows up at the house that tells Arrietty and her family that there are still Borrowers alive out there.... Maybe a love interest for Arrietty in the future.
What are Borrowers? I never actually read the books, just heard about them in passing and all. Borrowers are tiny people that live in the walls and under the floorboards of houses. They try not to be seen by humans and only take items that won't be missed or could just be considered misplaced.
Yep, that's it....
