Howls moving castle is an animated movie released in 2005 and is part of
the Studio Ghibli collection. Directed and scripted by Hayao
Miyazaki. It is a wonderful tale of magic, adventure, humour, and ultimately
love.
The story goes like this,
Sophie is a 18 year old
hard working hat maker on her way to see her sister, (yes I am aware this
sounds very red riddinghoodish) where she is attacked by solders and is save by
Howl (who is voiced by Christian Bale which I was surprised by because I don’t
really like him as an actor). Howl is a very powerful magician who is caught in
the middle of a war. The mysterious stranger who comes to her aid, who takes
her for a magical walk above the crowded streets of Market Chipping to deliver
her safely at the bakery where her sister works.
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| Sophie |
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| Howl |
Because of this chance encounter the Witch of the Waste (yes I know Wizard
of Oz) puts a curse on Sophie and turns
her into a 90 year old woman .We follow Sophie’s story ,along where she meets Turnip
Head voiced by Crispin Freeman, who shows her the way to Howls moving castle. It is powered and held together by a fire
named Calcirfer voiced by Billy Crystal.
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| Turnip-Head |
Through the whole movie there is a connection between Howl and Sophie which
turns to love , it’s a war time love story ,where you are just swept away by the art work
in this film , it is just simply amazing.
DVD features:
There are not many features on the DVD. just the usually play ,select
scenes and a theatrical trailer for the movie and a list of the Studio Ghibli
collection , but other than that not much else , I know thrilling right , but
what it lacks in this department it makes up for it on the art work on the
front cover , there are a few covers out there depending on where you live and
if you buy the English version (which this review is about) of the Japanese version which was
released first , but as I don’t know any Japanese I can’t review it .
This is my favorite movie in the vast Studio Ghibli collection, Because of
the spectacularly beautiful art work and well-known actors that just sweeps you
along threw the highs and lows of the whole magical love story. I recommend
this to EVERYONE !
- Sora
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