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| Hmmm... that movie was a mess, lol. Had some good art and animation, as to be expected. |
| Rewatched after the 20th time and I finally see why people like it. Gorgeous movie, moving plot and characters. |
| Pure visual feast! I loved it!! |
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| 2nd time rewatching after 9 years this and its still a masterpiece. 10/10 |
| How did she get her cloth back? Why did she do all that? Why did her hair color change? |
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| I was laughing during the stairs scene. That neck fat! So basically nothing really happened. A pointless war. No clear bad-guy. Basically just a love story without romance. I'm not saying it was bad, but it wasn't "good" either. 5/10 (average) |
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| what a bunch of disgusting old women. |
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| A really great movie. The animation was fantastic as expected and it was visually as good as Spirited Away in places. I thought the plot was a little convoluted ( that tends to happen with novel adaptations) but the characters were excellent, especially Howl. The English dub was awesome too with Christian Bale voicing Howl. Overall 9/10. |
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| Was an enjoyable movie, I loved the animation and all the characters are charming. It's a nice way to spend some time, though I never understand how sophie was changing her age. I think the war was a Sulliman plot for Howl to get back his heart. Among the Ghibli movies I've watched this is my second favorite, the last scene was kind of cute. |
I'm learning english. |
| This was a beautiful story. 7/10, this is how I like my Ghibli movies. |
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jiajia said: How did she get her cloth back? Why did she do all that? Why did her hair color change? It's in your heart and it's called magic. How dare you question it ?!! Good as a family oriented movie but if you look at it more objectively you'll find too many loose ends. They could have done a lot more with this setting. |
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| sophie is giving out free kisses left and right. |
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| LOL i forgot to put it into my list. i have already watched this anime but it was long time ago on disney. i think it was a really great show. interesting story, art and soundtrack, i really enjoy it. i watch it with english dub so maybe i will rewatch it again with japanese dub....9/10 |
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| Fun movie with really cool art. The waltz is so freaking catchy too! I love the unique characters in Miyazaki movies like Calcifer and Turnip-head. |
| ~ The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. |
| A heart-warming film once again by Miyazaki. 8/10 |
| This is so beautiful like visually and narratively beautiful. I fell for Howl at first sight, and in the end Sophie is saving the world with kisses yay. At least the lovers kissed at the end. Do you know how frustrating is it when the lovers don't kiss at the end? People who watched Inuyasha will understand that. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| Well, that was fun. The film felt a bit messy and contrived compared to the other Miyazaki films I've seen (especially how sophie's mother randomly appears again to spy on Sophie for Suleiman, and then is never to be seen again. Also quite silly how the stakes of the war are never explained and Suleiman decides to end the war just because the few people she's been chasing after are suddenly happy), but once again the visuals were spectacular with likeable characters each with their own problems and the "feels" to boot. 7/10. My least favourite Miyazaki film so far but still an above average movie I could easily recommend. For reference of the films I've seen so far: Spirited Away>My Neighbour Totoro>Mononoke Hime>Howl's Moving Castle |
GodotCoffee said: RazielZero said: This movie was a complete mess... Every time they started a storyline they went and completely threw that away, start a new one and do it all over again. I felt like they just couldn't stay with one story, therefore it seems like it didn't have one at all. It was very confusing at times. Some of the characters were likable like Calcifer and the stupid dog. I just didn't really care about the others. The artwork was of course like with every Miyazaki film was beautiful, just like the soundtrack. With everything considered, I can only give it a 6/10. My thoughts EXACTLY! Visuals and music were fantastic...but the story was a complete shambles. I like most of the Ghibli movies, some of them are great, some decent but still enjoyable. But this movie is honestly overrated, not even the beautiful visuals and sound can make up for the messy plot and the boring characters. This is one of the weakest Ghibli movies along with Kaze Tachinu and Omoide Poroporo. |
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| I was disappointed that they used some popular actors for the dub but it was still a great fantasy movie. Might be too creepy for very young kids that can't deviate between reality and fiction. Animation was mostly good, most of the characters are pretty good. A little saccharine. But depicted love well. A beautiful and cute movie. |
| Numbuh 3, you've got to get off the couch, you cannot sit in that tree house, girl you like Rainbow Monkeys so grab your little shit and then swing! Hand tracks be tracking me to different doorways. In a maze, and I don't know what to do. Guaranteed though, Ima find the emeralds. |
| Sophie and Howl are awesome, I guess kisses and love solved everything. It does take awhile to connect the plot :) Sophie new hair color is kewl Time to read the novel I guess! |
| I just watched it for the third time. It's Miyazaki's worst movie. I can see why people regard it so highly. It's charming and beautiful to look at. But the story is messy. 6/10 |
| This was a fun watch. Sasuga Studio Ghibli! I just couldn't figure out what caused Sophie to keep changing her age? At first I thought it was while she slept, then it seemed like it was when the Witch of the Waste was asleep, then it was to do with her current emotions? Ah whatever, fun watch fun watch! 9/10! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| A beautiful movie filled with cute and charming characters! |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Sasuga Ghibli, they always have some very impressive visuals, the stories are always weak though, at least for me. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| I don't even understand what happened... 2complex4me |
| this film is 2deep4me. sasuga ghibli |
| The animation studio is legendry |
| BRAWLERS |
| The first half of the movie, up until after the escape from Madam Sulliman's garden was AMAZING. Following Sophie and her quiet, lowkey life; her time with Howl and Marco and the SoL showcasing Howl's multiple aliases, Marco running the Jenkins' shop, the magic... all of it. I loved seeing the Colmar, Strasbourg, and Rothenburg inspired towns with cable cars and flags waving the wind. The Crystal Palace turned into a garden, the beautiful countryside... it's gorgeous to look at and very inviting. I would have liked to have seen more of this world, even if it was just more wide shots of the town streets. The idea of wizards working as part of a government/military institution is an intriguing concept. I loved the bizarre flying machines with those massive wings and ejected monsters for battle. The costumes - while simple - were quite memorable. The setting was simply captivating. That said, the film began to falter after the escape from the glass garden, where the story lost sight of the end goal. The story was initially about Sophie trying to get Howl to remove her curse and Howl overcoming his vanity, but then it became a story about family. It felt like we skipped an entire second act of character bonding and development to reach this point. Sure, they had been together for a couple days, but it didn't feel like the drama had been warranted or it's payoff earned by the end. Really wish this was 26 episode series. Ancient Magus Bride is good, but just doesn't have the charm of Howl's. |
| I love Sophie. Solid development there. Howl's was good too. And the side-characters were interesting as well. I like this kinda Ghibli movies more tbh. 9/10 |
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| The art was 10/10 but story wise it had so much cracks that I'm wondering why it has so much rating. The enjoyment was great but I wished the witch had a prominent role to play unlike being a reformed. I don't understand what changed her back and also what was wrong with Howl. Anyway the message was beautiful especially when that witch held Howl's heart and telling Sophie to take care of it. I do understand the movie carried a romantic message but on story form it was overflowing with mishaps. Anyway 7/10. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Loved it 8/10 from me. |
| glad to see im not the only one who found this movie confusing AS FUCK 10/10 visuals howl, markl, calcifer were good characters 7/10 movie. Would be much higher if it wasnt as confusing and messy |
| Wow. I mean wow. The breathtaking art, the smooth animation...this was made in 2004 people..like its better animation quality than over half the stuff today 14 years later. The story is so original and unique, the characters all have individualistic traits that make them differ from any character in any other movie or show. Just pretty blown away by this. I have it as a 9/10. Easy. |
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| The movie is very mythical, very interesting. I love this movie :) I also love character Howl |
| The art and the animation of the movie were amazing, and the characters loveable, but other than that it fell short on many fronts, the story was pretty weak imho. It was pretty enjoyable though. 6/10 |
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| I'm sorry but this didn't make any sense. If the cure to everything was just putting Howl's heart back inside him, why didn't that happen from the start? Only Sophie could do it? What was the war about? Who was fighting, and why? Why can the scarecrow prince just go back to his home country and stop the fighting? Surely whatever tyrannical government is acting in his stead won't let him just barge in and call everything off. And why did he turn back, anyway? Because he got kissed? And the whole thing just reeked of "lul war is bad". Don't you think war is bad? People are dying, isn't that bad? Don't you agree that killing people is bad? War is bad, by the way. Look at these explosions. These are bad things happening. Explosions bad. War bad. Seriously, it felt like I was watching anti-war hippie propaganda. Which is probably what this is. Maybe I'm expecting too much from a kid's movie, but this thing has a 8.75 on MAL and it certainly didn't feel deserving of that. My first Ghibli film, and I hate to say but it didn't live up to the hype. 5/10. The animation was good. But this is a movie, so that is to be expected. Music was movie quality also, not the most amazing but pretty good. Story was... |
ex_necrossOct 27, 2018 2:47 AM
| This is such a great movie. The story is kind of choppy in the end, but the beginning and the middle are fabulous. In the end, Calcifer says that Howl's heart is still the heart of a child, which leads me to wonder where all of the character building of Howl really went. Absolutely lovely movie besides that. |
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| Very charming movie and absolutely beautiful to look at, can't believe this came out in 2004. Like wow. This was actually my first Ghibli movie so I didn't really know what to expect but I guess they do stay true to all the things I've heard about how fantastical they were. I personally loved the way they had Sophie transition from being an old woman to her younger self again. It's interesting and is a lovely way to portray Sophie's own insecurity about herself and it also seems to kind of point towards a 'you are what you make of yourself' kinda theme. Sophie felt like she was an old woman only because she thought of herself that way. Lot of charming scenic sequences in the film made for some really wonderful and magical shots. Loved all those. Also really liked the plotline about Howl facing his fears and courage. I guess the only real plotline that was lost on me was the whole war bit, I feel that could've been executed much better and it felt like it only served to further the story of our protagonists than serve as an organic part of the story itself. Nevertheless this was a really good movie and I'm happy with my first experience with a Ghibli film. 8/10 |
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| Some moments were ok, but boring for me. |
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| One of the best looking anime I've ever seen saddly with dissapointing mess of a story that has a clear lack of focus and start many sub-plots and then never develops on them Most overrated Ghibli movie I've seen so far 5/10 |
| This movie pales in comparison to Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. It's medicore at best. It has great visuals and an interesting world but lots of things weren't given a concrete explanation. The last 30 minutes in particular was very confusing. I'd give it a 6/10. |
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