Have you ever imagined or thought about what if there existed another world; a world where magic, unknown creatures, dragons, and monsters existed? Howl’s Moving Castle is the perfect film to watch for family gatherings, especially for children or any adult who is feeling nostalgic about their childhood. What makes this film good has several factors: the plot, dialogue, music, scenery, animation, setting, story, and voice acting. Howl’s Moving Castle ,(ハウルの動く城, Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), was first released in Japan on September 5, 2004. A year later, it was released to the U.S. and Canadian by Disney in June 10, 2005. Then later it was released nationwide in September. The director of Howl’s Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki, has made other brilliant films such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, and more. An internal conflict the main characters have
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Such as when Mrs. Suliman, Howl’s magic teacher, attacked Howl and tried to show Sophie his true form-- a monster. The intensity of the music portrayed how mysterious her magic is, and at the same time the dire situation Howl was in from her magic. A second example, was when Sophie dreamt about Howl returning home from after participating in the war. He would come back home in his bird like form, slowly walk up to his room, and Sophie would wake up realizing that he returned. Upon seeing his feathers on the floor and footprints, she hurried to his room after him. The music starts out softly as she continues towards Howl and slowly intensifies as she gets near Howl. The music portrays the discovery she will make upon seeing his appearance and the hope of her accepting him as a monster. Another example would be when Howl shows Sophie to the meadow. The greenery of the grass, the swaying flowers in the wind, an untouched land by human hands. The music in this scene shows the beauty of
Such as when Mrs. Suliman, Howl’s magic teacher, attacked Howl and tried to show Sophie his true form-- a monster. The intensity of the music portrayed how mysterious her magic is, and at the same time the dire situation Howl was in from her magic. A second example, was when Sophie dreamt about Howl returning home from after participating in the war. He would come back home in his bird like form, slowly walk up to his room, and Sophie would wake up realizing that he returned. Upon seeing his feathers on the floor and footprints, she hurried to his room after him. The music starts out softly as she continues towards Howl and slowly intensifies as she gets near Howl. The music portrays the discovery she will make upon seeing his appearance and the hope of her accepting him as a monster. Another example would be when Howl shows Sophie to the meadow. The greenery of the grass, the swaying flowers in the wind, an untouched land by human hands. The music in this scene shows the beauty of