In a world beyond of each times and each physic rule, a young girl, Sophie sees to upset her monotonous and quite life by two characters, somewhat strange an enchanting as mysterious wizard and an horrible and powerful witch.
I won’t escape nevermore, because now I have found someone to protect and that someone are you Sophie...
The first, save her from the tiresome attentions of two soldiers, involves her in the escape, to disappear as he had appeared, the second, peeved by the attention of the young wizard for the girl, decides to curse her, doing to age the girl instantly, and transforming she in a old woman of 90 years old. The girl, at first wit and incredulous, succeeds to get courage and she decides to abandon her home to go to search the witch to obligate her to dissolve the curse, ignoring the cause of so much hate in her confronts and felling herself as a victim of an absurd mistaken.
In the travel toward the moors where the witch should stay.
Sophie meets a strange scarecrow, that at her time, will conduce her in front of a bing and bizarre moving castle inside which she, although the first distrust, will decide to enter.
The real story starts from here: the our protagonist will discover that the master of the castle, isn't other that the young wizard met some days ago, and that the castle, in which she has entered, represents the her shelter from all and everyone, a place where she can rests after a continuing and exhausting escape. Going on with the event the old woman Sophie grows fond of the citizens of that strange home and, knowing better this egocentric and fascinating wizard, she discovers as they are similar, deciding so, at the finally to take her life in the hand, winning her cursed, but above all giving all herself to save the man who she falls in love.
Mainly Hayao Miyazaki presents to us a sweet and simple love story: two boys by now incapable to manage their life, who for resignation who for irresponsibility, they finds one on the other a cause to live, to give a sense to their existence and to searching to face that the life put in front of them. To all that, an absurd war adds itself, which Howl is obligated to participate, the witch of the moors, who ,to the last, will not leave the wizard's heart and the Sophie cursed, that will create many problems to the protagonist.
I must to say that the event rhythm is some slow, at the start, but little by little, the different characters are ‘revealed', and the spectator begins to wonder what is hid by the face so eccentric and vain of Howl mask that Sophie will crumble step by step showing to us the wizard as he is really.
The animation much singing, the "fairy-tale" backgrounds and the sweet music accentuate the sensation to be been ejected in a world totally different by the our world, where the "fire" can say, one of the scarecrows can transform itself in a beauty prince and a castle can walk turning all the world!
Hayao Miyazaki ,being based on the novel of Diana Wynne Jones, propose to us a sweet as extravagant fable, that will not be lacking to excite and dream to you this little frightening but wonderful world.
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Plot: the demon, the wizard and the witch
Sophie is a little girl awkward and ungainly by the appearance, who conduces a modest existence.
She lives of the fabrication made by hand of hats in a town to the confine with a realm in war.
Her life, scanned by a regular rhythms, is soon upset by a randomly meeting with a young wizard who is beauty and has a mysterious fame: Howl.
After that strange meeting unexpected but propitious, for Sophie follow another meeting, much less pleasant, with a Witch of the Moors, who, jealous of Howl, castes a cursed on the girl that, since that moment, should have taken the semblance of the old woman.Sophie, who is rendered despaired by that had happened, escapes from home and she wanders in the desert moors searching a shelter. She finds soon it in a "moving castle", that then we will discover to belong to the same Howl cause not direct of the her misfortune.
In the Howl's castle, Sophie does a knowledge of a strange demon of the fire, Calcifer, that says to her that it is linked trough a judgement to the Howl's fate and to be so imprisoned in the his residence, to his service. Then also the girl does a deal with the demon, is she should had discovered the pact that linked Howl to the demon, it should had rendered to she her original semblances.
The story at this point evolves itself in an enchanting plot of events that brings the protagonists to reflect on arguments which: war, magic, friendship, family, forgiveness, loyalty, sacrifice. The moral of this modern fable is simple and sweet, but also deep and important, the moral is that to free oneself of the own cursed necessity: to fight, to love, and above all, to avoid to fall to compromises with amoral demons and witches.
Graphic and animations: you look and you astonish yourselves!!!
Absolutely exceptional! taken care by "Ghibli Studio" (production home cinematography of the director ) so much original and perfectly graphically. But, not only the technique deserves exaggerate praises, also the style of the draw is unmistakable and much appreciate by the many fans. The animate world of Miyazaki, in fact, strikes adults and children, for the sparkling colours and for the unusual and amusing draws, is memorable because the clarity and brightness of the images carry back at the mind the magic of the childhood, it will stay remain impressed in heart and in the conscience. That we can ask much to an animation film.
Dubbing and Soundtrack:
The soundtrack of "Howl's moving castle", inspired and melancholy, fits like a glove with the plot. The classic music renders suggestive and bewitch each scenery and confers a languid poetic to this splendid modern fable. The principal theme, orchestrated by experts hands, enchants for beauty and dramatic force and I don't doubt that it can contribute to ooze you a weep.
Characterization of the characters:
The characters and their principle characteristics are outlined with manic perfection by the genius of Miyazaki. The protagonists of this animation masterpiece fascinate not only for the visual characterization but also and above all, for the representation of thoughts and feelings. In fact isn't a forcing say that with the works of Miyazaki at the public seems to have a direct contact with the mind of the characters.
Said that, is due to say that who is still superficial to believe that the physic appearance is superficial will have to change one's mind, after the visual of this anime.
The our protagonist, the our heroine is ugly, clumsy, ungainly and insecure and yet absolutely adorable. Miyazaki, having on tap the only during of the feature film, has done an excellent work with Sophie, he has succeeded to do to rip her, and at the same moment he has maintained in her a whiteness and a ingenuousness by young girl. Although Howl has an irresistible fascination and an impeccable look his behaviours result imperfect if they are compare with the courage of the young Sophie. She is, in fact, the really protagonist of this "main piece" of animation.
Sophie fights with unexpected force and determination against the curses, although the inexperience and the young age she understands the depth of the Howl's feelings and of that she is ready to do in the name of the her love. Who pursues then wins, Sophie!
Final comment:
All works of Miyazaki have adapted both to adults and to children, and they can be seen with the family or the friends, and the "Howl's Moving Castle", doesn't do exception. I advise it to everyone that leave bewitch themselves still by the magic of cinema, because it is a work that doesn't leave you indifferent but that rather procure to them a pleasant sense of satisfaction and well-being: try to believe.
Diana Wynne Jones © . All rights reserved
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