Aside from the beautiful soundtrack, the sounds in the movie are so dead on. I love every single background music in this movie, and the only song I don't like so much is the theme with the words that plays at the end. Sound: I'll just start off by saying the music in this movie is so beautiful. Overall this is the most impressive Miyazaki art I've seen and I really haven't seen much that can top it. I also have to say that I am impressed with how Sophie is animated, and how it is so easy to tell when she is aging/regressing just simply by looking at the animation (her voice also helps). Even after watching the movie so many times I cannot fully explain some scenes and still have questions about the movie.Īnimation: The animation is absolutely stunning and many of the backgrounds look realistic. There were also a lot of small things throughout that they could have done a better job at explaining.

Overall, I felt many of the war scenes were overdramatized and left a lot of questions. Though I have to admit I see more flaws with the story after reading the book (even though I find the movie much better). Only part I felt was lacking in this movie. Story: the story is about a girl named Sophie who gets turned into an old woman and ends up living with a wizard named Howl in his moving castle. And yes, it may seem like I rate highly but for some i was between 9 or 10, and I have explained things that I disliked that may not reflect in my number ratings. I have watched this movie many many times since it is one of my favorite Miyazaki films, so why not write a review? I have also read the book, which takes a much different direction than the film does. In an endeavor to return to normal, Sophie must accompany Howl and a myriad of eccentric companions-ranging from a powerful fire demon to a hopping scarecrow-in his living castle, on a dangerous adventure as a raging war tears their kingdom apart.

Unfortunately, this encounter, brief as it may be, spurs the vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste-in a fit of jealousy caused by a past discord with Howl-to put a curse on the maiden, turning her into an old woman. However, Sophie's simple life takes a turn for the exciting when she is ensnared in a disturbing situation, and the mysterious wizard appears to rescue her.

Sophie, as the plain daughter of a hatmaker, does not expect much from her future and is content with working hard in the shop. That castle is home to the magnificent wizard Howl, infamous for both his magical prowess and for being a womanizer-or so the rumor goes in Sophie Hatter's small town. That jumbled piece of architecture, that cacophony of hissing steam and creaking joints, with smoke billowing from it as it moves on its own.

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