Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

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46 thoughts on “Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING”

  6. God I love this movie. I love this movie so much I bought and read the book it's inspired from and fell in love even more.

    The thing I think the movie fails to portray is what exactly is the switch between Sophie being young and turning old. The reason is because Sophie herself is a witch; everything she says, she manifests into existence. She stays an old lady throughout the movie because she, herself , believes that it suits her.

    So this whole time, the reason Howl has been failing to break her curse isn't because the Witch of The Waste is stronger or because Howl Pendragon Jenkins is any weaker. It's because no magic or power in this world will ever be stronger than how Sophie sees herself

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  8. I love this movie, but the book is better and very different from the movie! There are two other books: Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways, they are almost a trilogy although you can read each book without having read the other. SPOIL ALERT: Howl and Sophie appear in the other books already married and with a child! Thanks for your reaction! Please react to:

    From Up on Poppy Hill (Kokuriko-zaka kara) by Gorô Miyazaki (2011);

    The Cat Returns (Neko no ongaeshi ) by Hiroyuki Morita (2002);

    Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro, also known as The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro) by Hayao Miyazaki (1979).

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  10. ジブリ作品を観てくれてありがとうございます。ジブリは素晴らしい作品が沢山あります。
    その中でも絶対にこれだけは観て欲しい映画があります。
    1 . Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
    1984年の映画
    2 . LAPUTA －Castle in the Sky －
    1986年の映画
    ジブリを観られるのであれば、最初にこの2つの作品をおすすめします。

    英語吹き替えではなく、是非 日本語でこちらの２作を観ていただきたいです。
    こちらを日本語で観ることで、大人も楽しめるジブリ作品です。
    是非 リアクションをお願いします🙏

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  13. This is a movie you gotta watch multiple times to really understand its meaning (or how you interpret its meaning)
    It’s a story about a deeply insecure young Sophie who doesn’t love herself and has no real reason to live (she’s just going through the motions of society). She gets cursed to be old because it’ll make other men not be interest in her (physically) but this makes go and find a reason to live life

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  14. Ghibli and Miyazaki movies in general tend not to get bogged down with detail and exposition, there's other details and wordlbuilding there it's just not talked about or focused on if the characters have no reason to talk about it. I think the best way to enjoy miyazaki films is to just focus on the characters and themes and accept there's gonna be some weird unexplained stuff, but I think it's an interesting story telling technique because once you're used to it you can focus on the characters and themes more and you realize explaining every single thing isn't actually always necessary to make a compelling story.

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  18. I sometimes forget the movie changed the ending entirely from the book. In the book, if I remember, they go fight the witch of the waste in her weird castle. Turnip head is still the son I think, but he's also possessed amd evil for a bit or something. It was a loaded series of events, so I don't blame them for changing it for the film. Still an amazing book.

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  22. I agree that all the studio Gibli films iv'e seen are like in the 60 to 70's range except for Grave of the Fireflies. That movie is close to perfect in my eyes, I would have never seen any of these films if you guys hadn't watched them, Thanks

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  23. The look of the "castle" being off putting is kinda funny, because especially for central and eastern Europeans aged 25-30 and older, it's a pretty familiar design, known from folklore as the "witch's hut on a chicken's leg" usually belonging to the Baba Yaga character. You could see it in the second Witcher season, which draws from it's Polish source material.

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  28. There are many mysteries in this movie. The contract between Calcifer and Howl, the true meaning of the curse cast by the witch of the wasteland and even though Sophie is unaware , she can use her magic. To be honest, I think this movie is difficult even for Japanese people .

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  33. If you haven't seen them ,I'd recomend watching "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind",
    "The castle of cagliostro"
    These are Hayao's early works. you won't be disappointed.

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  39. Howl's Moving Castle is actually based on a Children's novel by Dianne Wayne Jhones. It is a actually a trilogy and the sequel is castle ins the sky and then house of many ways. Miyazaki adapted his own versions of this: Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in th Sky not strictly following the book. I actually like both the visuals here may be better but the novel was in my humble opinion far more solid making sense wise. (also indeed the 1st to have a magic school concept the school was an imperial military wizardry academy) I would actually suggest reading it. Howl is far more one dynamic.

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  43. I love the book significantly more than the movie. Honestly, the only thing that saves the movie for me is that I saw it first, lol. The movie is good, but the story each medium tells is vastly different from the other, and I prefer the message and purpose behind the book's story.

    There's so many things that are really cool in the book too! Sophie herself is a witch, though it takes quite a while for her to figure that out, and the way her magic constantly goes awry without her intention is always so funny (like the impressive weed killer that she creates and her alterations to Howl's suits, lmao). The big bad is the Witch of the Waste, WAY more intimidating and powerful than what is seen here. We actually get MAGIC in the book, hugely awesome and impressive battles between Howl and the witch! Howl is a bitchy diva, but still we see his heart of gold (undercharging poor people, taking in both Michael and Sophie, risking his life to go to his teacher's funeral, etc.), and we see his intelligence, cleverness, and bravery (outsmarting the witch during the Porthaven battle, going toe-to-toe with the witch multiples times to protect his family and also Sophie. There's a connection to the our world, a revelation that is shocking and yet so cool! Howl and Sophie have much better chemistry, each of them dry and snarky and biting, yet still good to one another; when they reveal their love at the end of the book, it feels earned, and it feels so natural, like of course these two people are meant to be together forever. Sophie isn't nerfed in the book like she is in the movie (my biggest overall complaint): the book looks at issues like self-confidence, self-esteem, learning, struggling, and finding one's own strength, rather than primarily being a teary-eyed love interest. The curse that's after him is insanely clever, the way it comes at him from his greatest weakness, and the way each step plays out, each time forcing his own hand with each movement it makes to get closer to him.

    lol. I started rambling, and now I want to go and reread the book. It's one of my top 5 favorite novels, no contest. I strongly encourage anyone who likes reading to go and read this one.

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  45. this is one of my favourite movies in the entire universe. my dad got it for me for christmas as a kid, and i've been a tad obsessed ever since. i always wanted to be howl (he's a disaster, but he's a very pretty and cool disaster), and i can't watch this movie without crying – ESPECIALLY at the "i don't care if you're a monster" line.

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  46. It's funny because in the book Howl is from our world. He's a college dropout from Wales and no one knows he's a wizard who spends most of his time in another world. He lives in his sister's garage and everyone thinks he's a bum and he kind of is. He's the type of bum who carries around a guitar even though he can't play it just so that he can look cooler for the girls 🤣 he also makes video games based on the fantasy worlds he travels to? And he can bring people to his world with him? The book is also confusing.

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