The themes were expertly handled with Miyazaki flair - and always richly meaningful and perceptive. The pace is perfect - it flows nicely and is always exciting, suspenseful - I got very caught up in the characters and their struggles and hopes. The story is fantastic - I haven't read the novel, but it had all of the elements I have come to enjoy in Miyazaki's work - there is the humour, the lighthearted moments, the strong, insightful, loyal, and honourable characters, the lyrical drama and action sequences. I was completely swept away by this skillful use of animation - I have never anywhere else seen anything that begins to come close to it. He shows his audience what his characters are thinking and feeling by carefully chosen gestures and facial expressions, rather than relying always on dialog, etc. He achieves this within the medium - not by really imitating or parroting film or live action, but by artfully exploiting the medium to enhance and capture the subtle interactions that make up relationships. It is very difficult to describe, but they come to life in such a powerful way as to seem entirely real and unique. The characters are all very expertly crafted and developed, but what really enchanted me were their expressions and the subtle but powerful ways that he chose to elaborate on their connections and emotions. When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a. It has all of the classic stunning Miyazaki panoramas, rich settings, exciting and unusual machinery, and brilliantly conceived creatures that are often humorous and fanciful. Howls Moving Castle English Subtitles Hauru no ugoku shiro is a movie starring Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, and Tatsuya Gashûin. (ahem, Peter Jackson) While some object to the freewheeling nature of the storytelling structure, I found it mysterious and consistently surprising upon first viewing and now rank it among the most rewatchable of the.

I love all of Miyazaki's work, but in Howl's Moving Castle he has managed to take it to a level that to me sets the standard. Howls Moving Castle is so overflowing with original ideas, characters and visuals that a lesser film maker or studio would have tried to carve it up into three different movies. The expressions and the nuances and the emotion captured in this film are truly breathtaking. Howls Moving Castle (Japanese:, Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.The film is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones.The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. What an amazing achievement! This is by far the best example I have ever seen of animated characterization.

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