![]() When we left at 3:30 in the morning still jabbering away about all the imagery and meaning, we realized we had seen true art. Even my 40 year old partner, who had spent the day mountain biking, was dead tired and had never seen a Miyazaki film stayed awake for the entire 2 hours. There a few clunky moments in the plot line where transitions between story points weren't very strong, but overall it's another outstanding film from Studio Ghibli. He's the heart of the castle and only annoyed at his first few scenes then becomes a very likable character. ![]() Joe Hisaishi In Budokan - Studio Ghibli Of 25 Years Of Concert Part 28. The voice that surprised me was Billy Crystal as Calcifer, the little flame that could. Joe Hisaishi In Budokan - Studio Ghibli Of 25 Years Of Concert Part 26. Most of the voice work was very strong including Christian Bale (Howl) and Emily Mortimer (as the young version of the heroine, Sophie). The airships (wow, airships in a Miyazaki film? Who would have thunk?) are great variations of one's he's used before and there are some rather dark and beautiful scenes of a world at war. The magic being Howl's and the authoritative hand of Miyazaki's direction. The castle is itself is a mesh-mash of so many haphazardly arranged pieces that an engineer would have an aneurysm just sorting them all out and yet it works. It's that same attention to detail that has made Pixar so great. Sophie (Emily Mortimer) has an uneventful life at her late fathers hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends wizard Howl (Christian Bale). And the lessons learned are represented in character changes and in the character's physical appearance as well. And as with all Miyazaki stories, the story teaches without being preachy. While not as awe-inspiring as Spirited Away or action-packed as Mononoke, it does work on the level of Kiki's Delivery Service as a girl is forced to be better than she thinks she can be (well, that's not a big surprise, that's all his films). Something in Disney's advertising or the description I read gave the false impression that it was going to be sub-standard work meaning it was still going to be better than anything DreamWorks Animation was doing (Madagascar was sooo pedestrian). Howl's Moving Castle is as marvelous and magical as Miyazaki's other great work.
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