Some areas are pretty slow moving and might lose the attention of your average Kool-Aide guzzler, but really it’s a pretty nifty movie. Porco Rosso has elements of comedy and a bit of slapstick, but it’s also centered on adult themes like unrequited love, loss and redemption. If you want to know what happens, rent it. And of course, there’s the girl he left behind him. The Italian government, somewhat annoyed at Porco’s desertion (especially because he left with a plane that technically belongs to them) have their secret police out in force to… well, arrest is maybe the wrong word since pigs don’t have too many civil rights and Italians are known for their cuisine. Porco, in the meantime is having some mechanical issues with his plane and needs to fly to Italy to get it fixed. The air pirates, possibly miffed at constantly being left with egg on their face (egg goes great with ham, you know) hire an American ace to take down Porco. After the traumatic of seeing most of his friends killed in a massive air battle, Porco abandoned the military and (suddenly and inexplicably transformed into pork with opposable thumbs) settled on a deserted island in the Adriatic sea, where he found work as a sort of aerial bounty hunter, chasing down air pirates, protecting shipping interests and drinking a lot of wine. And there weren’t even any subtitles because it was dubbed in English fer criminy’s sake.Īt the beginning of the Great War, Porco - then known as Marco - was just an ordinary guy with a flair for flying bi-planes. How do I say this? Porco Rosso actually IS an adults-oriented Japanese Anime movie about a WWI fighter ace who is not only a pig but who served in the Italian Air Force. Would they have a wise old spider spinning out his thoughts and words? Would those words be along the lines of, “Oink you, Red Baron!” If our hero happened to be shot down, would there be a stirring death scene or just a sale on sausage? The mind boggled with possibilities. I was wondering how the heck they’d handle the subtitles.
I mean, come on, an “adults-oriented” Japanese Anime movie about a WWI fighter ace who is not only a pig (with a snout and a mustache) but who served in the Italian Air Force? Why, that’s crazier than… than a beagle in a Sopwith Camel! There might even have been maniacal cackling involved when I hit the icon at Netflix. I rented this movie with every intention of mocking it. Sue’s review: Let me get this out of the way right at the beginning.
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