Howl's Moving Castle
It took me quite some time but today was the perfect day for me to finally watch what turned out to be a wonderful movie: "Howl's Moving Castle" by Hayao Miyazaki.
Already a while ago my beloved little brother has given me the DVD of this amazing movie which to that point I didn't know, neither did I know the director nor the producing studio. That changed meanwhile as Dani is very enthusiastic about his movies and is a big fan. Naturally he wanted me to see this movie too. So today I took the time and could enjoy all by myself this wonderful and amazing movie.
To me, it's an animated movie about love and it is absolutely fantastic! It has been quite a while that a movie has fascinated me that much. There are so many surprises in it, it's a touching and moving story and it's even funny at times. In the beginning it reminded me of the tv series "Heidi" that I watched and loved as a child. But very fast I got used to the characters and the drawings and suddenly the magic of movie happened: I surrenderd and dived into this other magical world which always knows to fascinate me, to captivate, to entertain, to trigger emotions. The setting of the main character Sophie's hometown looks like Heidelberg I noticed... whereas other cities that appear in the movie seem to stem from the U.K. I liked the mix of old charme Europe, beautiful nature sceneries combined with fantasy flying machines and oldtimers, fantasy figures and "normal" characters.
Though the story itself is not by Miyazaki (but by Dianna Wynne Jones) he knew to make a really captivating movie. The characters I loved most were Calcifer, Howl's fire demon and the scarecrow which I think was cute. It was very interesting to see the story develop, to follow the girl Sophie and how - after having been cursed to be old and dull - she seems to surrender into her fate but then when love takes over she becomes young again towards the end of the movie. Of course there's lots to tell about the story, the characters and the movie. For example the music, it is wonderful and perfectly accompanies the pictures. I especially like the title song. I watched the movie in the japanese original with dutch subtitles.
I can only highly recommend to watch this movie as it is a gem of animated movies. Gladly, my lilbro has given me this DVD so I could enjoy it. It was a great introduction to Miyazaki's world and I now look forward to discover more of him. I am sure my lilbro is more than willing to introduce me to more of his brilliant work. ;-)
Already a while ago my beloved little brother has given me the DVD of this amazing movie which to that point I didn't know, neither did I know the director nor the producing studio. That changed meanwhile as Dani is very enthusiastic about his movies and is a big fan. Naturally he wanted me to see this movie too. So today I took the time and could enjoy all by myself this wonderful and amazing movie.
To me, it's an animated movie about love and it is absolutely fantastic! It has been quite a while that a movie has fascinated me that much. There are so many surprises in it, it's a touching and moving story and it's even funny at times. In the beginning it reminded me of the tv series "Heidi" that I watched and loved as a child. But very fast I got used to the characters and the drawings and suddenly the magic of movie happened: I surrenderd and dived into this other magical world which always knows to fascinate me, to captivate, to entertain, to trigger emotions. The setting of the main character Sophie's hometown looks like Heidelberg I noticed... whereas other cities that appear in the movie seem to stem from the U.K. I liked the mix of old charme Europe, beautiful nature sceneries combined with fantasy flying machines and oldtimers, fantasy figures and "normal" characters.
Though the story itself is not by Miyazaki (but by Dianna Wynne Jones) he knew to make a really captivating movie. The characters I loved most were Calcifer, Howl's fire demon and the scarecrow which I think was cute. It was very interesting to see the story develop, to follow the girl Sophie and how - after having been cursed to be old and dull - she seems to surrender into her fate but then when love takes over she becomes young again towards the end of the movie. Of course there's lots to tell about the story, the characters and the movie. For example the music, it is wonderful and perfectly accompanies the pictures. I especially like the title song. I watched the movie in the japanese original with dutch subtitles.
I can only highly recommend to watch this movie as it is a gem of animated movies. Gladly, my lilbro has given me this DVD so I could enjoy it. It was a great introduction to Miyazaki's world and I now look forward to discover more of him. I am sure my lilbro is more than willing to introduce me to more of his brilliant work. ;-)
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