Howl’s Moving Castle
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Could it be any better?
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I love the book very much and it is one of my favourites. But if there was one thing I would change, it would be the ending. I felt like it ended a little abruptly. Before I realised the book was over. So a better ending perhaps?


Yes good point.


Agreed. The ending felt way too rushed to me.


But I remembered that I was so excited years ago when Hayao Miyazaki wants to do an anime version of it. It wasn't covered much in my place nor the internet but when it was out, I'm not disappointed at all. I like how people deviate from the book when they make it into a movie. It gave fresh perspective in appreciating the book. (thats why Harry Potter, Twilight series disappoint me at some point)
Kimura Takuya as Howl does helps though I don't mind listening to Christian Bale.

The movie is a totally different aspect. The movie is better described as having the same character names and ideas as the book, but the plot is so different. Even still, this book is one of my favorite books and the movie is my all-time favorite.
But anyway, I didn't think I would like Jones' writing style very much, because all I've been reading before this book was urban fantasy. I have to give the author a lot of credit, because she made me really love old time fantasy, and her writing style is rustic, or at least for me. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of her books.









Yes good point."
You got something against Wales? I personally find his origin attractive. Have you ever listened to a Whelsh man talk? Stunning.

I agree with you. For me, I am in love with Hayao Miyazaki and Diana Wynne Jones. The way I see it, it was like seeing two different sides of a close friend. The obvious side that you get with first impressions (the movie), and the more in depth secretive side that you get with a growth of fondness and friendship (the book). (see, my review of "Howl's Moving Castle")

PS. - Also, Joe Hisaishi has done an AMAZING job on the movie soundtrack as well. Definitely one of the great composer of our time.



Joe Hisaishi: I agree completely. He is my favourite. I have every one of the OST's that he has composed. He works with the "New Japan Phylharmonic Orchestra". He is a genius and one of the Muses. (You should listen to his other masterpieces - they are tens times better than HMC - if I may suggest "Princess Mononoke" or "Spirited Away".) :)

Yes good point."
You got something against Wales? I personal..."
Hannah wrote: "Zephyr wrote: "Gerd wrote: "The only thing I'd change is Howl's origin, that part never really fit for me with the rest of the story."
Yes good point."
You got something against Wales? I personal..."
I like my fantasy to be fantasy with a fantasy world. So I didn't like finding a place from our world in it.

Yes good point."
You got something against Wa..."
I thought that it gave it a far more magical feel. It gave the sense that our "fantasy" may not be as unreachable as we think. Oh, Well. That's why they are called opinions, Yes?"

Much the same there.
Hannah, you've got a fair point there, but in "Howl's" that revelation came out of nowhere for me and I felt that it subtracted serious coolness points from Howl.

Much the same there.
Hannah, you've got a fair point there, but in "H..."
Like I said, opinions. *Shrugs* Thanks so sharing yours. :)



Looking forward to watching the movie tonight.
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I thought it was amusing that they hired a Welsh a..."
Quite right... I don't rightly see why they did that... but oh well... :)

In the book, the characters, being magical or not, were having more realistical personalities (I liked Sophie's temper, she reminded me myself).
The movie made me cry despite the characters were a little more flawless.
I think that it was a little BLUNT, but that's all. :)

I wouldn't change anything about it. I love that every small detail throughout the book has some kind of significance to the plot, as revealed at the end. I love how almost nothing is as it seems. Most of all I love Howl himself -- every other sentence that he uttered made me crack up.
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