Howl's Moving Castle

I shall tok about the experience 1st...

Like i said yest, the audience was so boring. They dun laugh, dun react one, no sound at all. I can hear Shuzhen and my sounds, laughter, reactions, so clearly thru out.

But i can tell they like the show, many includin myself, didnt sit laid back to the seat, coz the movie was so interesting, many leaned forward n engrossingly watched the show, never let their eyes off seconds.

But it was a terrible experience, due to the fact tat the movie was a funny movie, i wanted to laugh so many times, but i had to control. Coz if i did, i will be the only one laughin... Sad... Control control, i will suffer internal injuries one leh, but i dun wan to create noises for others as well. Terrible terrible.

Last time i usually dun laugh at movie gimmicks, coz usually they r so unoriginal. I had seen them million times over Jackie Chan n Stephen Chow movies. Even Austin Powers, i didnt even giggled a second thru out, coz i find it lame.

Haha, but eventually for the past recent yrs, i tried to laugh over jokes. I like to laugh wif the crowd even though they r lame jokes, its more enjoyable. Oh, tis reminded me of one incident, the best moment ever i had, enjoyin any movie.

It was during Secondary days, there was once during the Post-Exam period, when students will haf 1 to 2 weeks break after end of yr exam be4 the dec holidays. Then coz theres nothin to teach already, usually teachers will plan to bring the students to excursions or jus stay in sch to slack.

There was tis day, when my sch decided to try a whole sch movie watching. No not outside, but in our sch hall. Not the whole sch though, coz we had 2 sessions, morning session for upper sec, afternoon session for lower sec. I think i was in sec 2 then.

So all the classes of sec 1 n 2, were brought into the hall, the hall became so spacious wif minus 50% of population. Wif the LD overhead projection to the white screen on the stage, 2 movies were screened, Air Force 1 n Independance Day.

The so called MC, asked us which one we wan to watch coz maybe not enough time to watch 2. I wanted to watch Independance Day compared to Air Force 1. Even though i watched it be4, jus thot tat it wld be more interesting for the majority. But then, some smart alec due to no response as expected, decided to play Air Force 1.

Wif 10-15mins screening of tokin n tokin n tokin of American English, soon all the 13/14 yr olds started to be bored to death. We started to tok n make noise n make it our own noise makin session. It turned out to be a boring movie session, or so i thot.

But then, some smart teacher, decided to change the show to Independance Day instead. We all cheered. Hahaha. i was thrilled. So the movie started, i was so amazed, coz the movie turned out to be even better than watchin at the theatre at at home. Y?

Coz of the crowd we had, it was sooooooooooo enjoyable. Every scene, the students will haf reaction to it. We laugh loudly, giggle, and all the "oooo", "ahhh", "aiyah" came after one another, especially due to the normal students who were more daring to express themselves than the express students.

It was an action film, so we had lots of chances to make reactions. Even though, i assumed most had watched it, but i can see fr their faces they totally enjoyed it. The atmosphere rocks. At times of kissing scenes, the boys will go all whistling and "Waaaaa"... Haha, its so funny. And hearing them making exaggeratin reactions made me enjoy the movie even more. Haha.

At one pt, i got tired of sitting up, i jus laid on my side to watch. So comfortable, its amazing, wif such a great audience. It was awsome, i wld never forget it. But i guess it only works, wif a real big no of ppl.

Ok, back to the Howl movie.

There was tis particular scene when the witch and Sophie(female lead), both 90+ old ladies, trying to climb up like a thousand step of stairs, hahaha. Tat scene is so funny, u got to watch to really feel it. Even the seldom-laugh-at-movie Shuzhen, started to laugh uncontrollably.

It was super funny i tell u, lookin at their actions. I kept laughin, and so is Shuzhen, we kept laughin, but i started to control, coz the quiet audience started to stare at us, so sad... But i haven laugh finish u noe, even after tat scene ended, i still felt ticklish, coz i didnt laugh finish. Hahaha. Bad audience, spoilt the whole atmosphere. Hmph...

Then, wif 20mins left of the film, she left, coz she need to go tuition. Then she opended the exit door, and the bright light shining into the dark cinema, made the bad audience stared at her again... Haha.

Okie, now for the review... I may be abit more technical coz its an animation clip.

The movie is very impressive. Every scene and frame of the show is like a beautiful drawing. I love the background especially. The backgrd is hand painted every scene. Its perfect n super detailed compared to any Disney 2D animation u had ever seen. Its even more detailed compared to Spirited Away.

The animation however, failed to surprise me, compared to Spirited Away, i felt tat it was due to the fact tat, tis show is much more complicated. Spirited Away was much more simpler, and therefore, they haf more space to create more animation surprises. For eg. if u had watched SA a couple of times, u wld haf noticed Miyazaki animated other un-impt characters in the scene to do certain cute actions when the leads are toking.

The story, though adapted from the British Novel, Howl's Moving Castle, was original. He completely created his own story. The beginning of the movie was abit slow, but i was more capitivated trying to catch all the buildings, scenes they painted, so it didnt bother me. The pace picked up soon after the extremely dashing Howl and Sophie(old) met.

Then pretty much u will be so indulged in the movie, tat u wouldnt noticed tat time flew past 2 hrs. The show is 2 hrs, very long for animation, which impressed me once more. However, the ending was very rushed. Coz the contents is too much for a 2 hrs film.

I haf lots of qns in my mind, coz they didnt explain alot of things in the show. So i guess it still helps to read the novel as well. Everything will pretty much fall in place.

Tis is the 1st adult content animation clip fr Miyazaki, who always star his clips wif children as leads. The kissing scene is so unusual for his style. I like the show, coz the story is very interesting. Howl's castle is one anticipated aspect as well. The concept is unique.

The film is well dubbed as well, wif all famous Kimura Takuya as Howl. The westerners r extrememly impressed wif the jap dubbers. But i guess tats becoz they seldom watch jap anime. Coz for me, who always watch jap shows, anime, animation. I already known long time ago, about their pro dubbers and their excellent actin skills.

For Miyazaki's film, tis story is definately not his style.

Personally, i still prefer Spirited Away, but for those who had negative comments for the Best Oscar winning clip, Spirited Away, perhaps tis movie will change ur opinion about his works due to the adult content.

Still a mus watch animation movie. I give 4/5.

Miyazaki's 2 recent works definately bring Disney down to shame. Its visual evident of showing Passion to Commercialisation. Watching the last 2 clips of him, u will be enlightened of wat the spirit of 2D animation is all about.

While 3D is in the air now, nothin beats traditional animation. Hand drawing every frame, hand painting every backgrd. Now tat is classic.

Disney is the one who gave birth to traditional/2D animation, but they are also the one who stopped as well. How ironic...

From his works, i love Laputa:Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away. I watched Laputa again tis evening and i still love it. If only Laputa is created now, i can assure u, the film will be much more impressive than Spirited Away.

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