{"id":15456,"date":"2022-09-01T17:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=15456"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:14:02","slug":"howls-moving-castle-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/howls-moving-castle-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Howl’s Moving Castle: A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s \u201cHowl\u2019s Moving Castle\u201d is adapted from a British novel by Diana Wynne Jones. This castle which our movie is about can be described as a whole bunch of machines that came together, forming a huge construction. Castle also has magical powers, such as shape-shifting and there is a room that opens wherever you want it to. The castle\u2019s owner is Howl, who is a wizard with some mental and psychological issues.<\/p>\n

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The movie begins while our main character Sophie works. She goes out then she\u2019s attacked by some soldiers but Howl saves her while he was being chased down by some monster kind of things, and that\u2019s how they meet. This event catches Witch of the Waste\u2019s attention, and because of jealousy, she turns Sophie into an old lady.<\/p>\n

Sophie then leaves the town and meets a scarecrow and follows him and she finds herself at Howl\u2019s castle. Sophie calls him Turniphead. She meets Calcifer who supplies the castle\u2019s energy and meets Markl. Then she claims herself to be the castle\u2019s housekeeper.<\/p>\n

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Later on, Howl faces an issue, because he is asked to serve two battling kingdoms. Howl begs Sophie to go instead of him because he is afraid to face the king. However, on Sophie\u2019s way there a series of unfortunate events happen, where she faces the Witch of Waste. And when we think defeat is sure, Howl saves her and we have a happily-ever-after movie ending.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for the summary. For the review, we can examine our main characters more deeply, If we were to start with Sophie, we can see her struggles with staying old and missing her youth, but she also kinda accepts it does not do much to change it, and she is quick to judge herself, thinks no one in the world wants her. Then Howl wants her and shows her he loves Sophie\u2019s soul and can see it. Apart from that, we can see that Sophie never adapts to this world, so we can\u2019t feel like she is the heroine, as she always sees herself as a plus-one, a helper. Maybe that is why she ran away from everything too.<\/p>\n

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Then, of course, Studio Ghibli\u2019s animation made this movie way better. Animation and scenery, and how the characters\u2019 expressions were portrayed were terrific, and it just makes me define the movie as \u201cbeautiful\u201d and Ghibli increased this movie\u2019s enjoyability. Plus, the music was well chosen and appropriate to the theme, again leveling up the movie\u2019s overall quality.<\/p>\n

Whether you are a fan of Miyazaki\u2019s films or not this is an enjoyable movie. However, if you have watched Miyazaki\u2019s other works you\u2019ll realize that there are better ones. Even though there are better ones, this is still my favorite. If you love a movie with good music and animation, you will love this one.<\/p>\n

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Zeynep Sara\u00e7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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