In my continuing series of incredibly untimely movie reviews, Howl’s Moving Castle, which I stayed up far too late last night watching and was almost late for church because I didn’t hear my alarm this morning. Luckily the cop had his radar pointed at Seltice and not Mullan.
I liked it. It was pretty. The animation was nice. But I couldn’t help but compare it to Spirited Away which I thought was much better. Howl’s Moving Castle lacked the bizarre, foreign-culture feel that made Spirited Away so good. And it seemed a bit rushed, everybody learned their lessons and lived happily ever in the last 10 minutes for no particular reason.
To sum up, Howl’s Moving Castle is good, but I’d recommend Spirited Away if you want to watch a Hayao Miyazaki work.
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