But what can you say about any movies from Hayao Miyazaki? They are all beautifully done! I was rather disappointed that this movie didn't show up on the big screen earlier... coz I know that it was already done in 2004 *sigh Oz always get the short end of the stick *sigh...
Before I go on I just want to tell the whole adventure prior to the movie... M-ina, AM (M-ina's friend) and M-ina's mum and I agreed to meet up at M-ina's house, have lunch then scram to the movies... as luck would have it the plan didn't go as smoothly as err planned... AM and I did arrive early at M-ina's house, although AM arrived HEAPS early than me and I arrived just in time for the few minutes ending to Tsubasa Chronicles... Anyways... I'm not going to talk about Tsubasa Chronicles...We had lunch (beautiful ^--^ and practical... hehehe... I guess there's no other word to describe it... coz we had to go early anyways...) and then we went (after seeing a bit of The Lord of the Yen *chuckle that was funny)
We arrived at the station rather tired because of the very VERY hot weather (31 degrees! Can you imagine?!?) and found out that if we catch the next train we will DEFINITELY be late... so the whole pandemonium started... we were a bit reluctant in getting a cab but then there is no other choice we just HAVE to go with a taxi... it was expensive but when we divided it it didn't seem too bad... and it was near anyways... ^--^So we arrived JUST in time... to get the seats that are quite good as well as get the choc tops... hehehehe...
So I guess I have to start on the story of Howl's Moving Castle then... Oh... just a reminder... I was seeing the subbed version... so it was err... Japanese language... hehehe... haven't seen the dubbed version though I do want to see it too because apparently Hayao Miyazaki reckons it's good too...
So more to the point... I was talking about the story... Sophie is an average girl living in a somewhat middle aged society (you know how Miyazaki is... the period is always an early period, you sorta get that from the dress etc but then there is the imaginative gadgets and flying vehicles...) One day Sophie met Howl at a small alley... but unfortunately that encounter attracts the Witch of the Waste to err... 'waste' Sophie... Sophie was turned into an old lady by the Witch of the Waste...Due to the Witch's curse Sophie wasn't able to say that she was being turned into an old lady by the Witch she set out on a journey to find the Witch... but halfway through she found Mr. Turnip (you get it when you see it) stuck in a bush... and due to this she was invited to Howl's castle... (there's a whole lot more story behind this so you better get your ass to the cinema and watch it... that is presuming that you are in Oz) And a whole adventure lies before her after this incident...
I am going to tell you as much because I don't want to ruin the rest of the story... it was funny, sad and mysterious at the same time and with this movie, as well as with other Miyazaki's movies you can't help but smile when the mood was happy, you can't help but be demure when Sophie was sad and you can't help but be at the edge of your seats when something terrible happened... and you can't help but almost cry at the end of the movie...
It was a beautiful, witty, melancholic as well as compassionate story telling... Hayao Miyazaki is best at his game... Although I have to say that the ending is somewhat different to the previous movies it was nonetheless a satisfactory one...
All in all I was not regretting it at all! And that was actually my first ever anime screening in a cinema... which I thought was rather fabulous for a first time anime-cinematic (or shall I say Animatic) experience...So if you like anime and you haven't seen it be sure to not miss it on the big screen if you can... though I have to say that the movie was quite long though... it's about 2 hours in total... which is the record for me... hmm... maybe not...
But that is all for Howl's Moving Castle...
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