Otherwise I'm going to skip the others and watch Grave of the Fireflies. Please tell me that Hayao Miyazaki's other films are at least somewhat better written/plotted.
Howls moving castle movie about the witch movie#
The story "meanders casually this way and that for no apparent reason".Ĭertainly one of the most visually exciting and beautiful movies I've seen, but considering the reputation the movie has, I was expecting a much more coherent plot.
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To quote a couple reviews on Rotten Tomatoes: I thought the "storytelling style resembles that of a breathless young tot" who's just spewing whatever details pop into his head about a story he knows. There is just so much going on that has no meaning to the story or has no explanation of why/how it's happening. Really? Without any frame of reference or knowledge of the limitations of magic in this universe, how is the viewer supposed to know what is possible, impossible, easy, hard, dangerous, etc?Īlso, things like Sofi finding herself in the past seeing Howl as a boy make no sense and have no explanation of how they happen. However, when confronted with a set of steps, she ALMOST DIES from walking up said steps because she's overweight. She commands an army of dark blob monsters, etc. She's able to effortlessly cast a spell to turn a young girl into an old hag. Here's an example of what bothered me: The Witch of the Wastes is obviously very powerful. Without limitations on magic and fantasy, it becomes hard to believe that the struggles of the main characters can't just be solved with the wave of a hand and the wiggle of a nose. I'm sorry, but Howl's was so over the top ridiculous that I couldn't appreciate the plot at all.
I kept hearing that if you only watch X anime films, make sure you watch Howl's, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Grave of the Fireflies.