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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

  • Writer: Braden Hall
    Braden Hall
  • Sep 28, 2024
  • 1 min read
Rated PG for frightening images and brief mild language
 
Runtime: 2 hours and 4 minutes
 
Genre: Animation, Adventure and Drama
 
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
 
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
 
Actors: Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal and Josh Hutcherson
 
Budget: $24,000,000
 
Box Office: $238,035,537
 
Feedback: Interesting concept, themes and creativity, but the focus does get a little lost. The age change does make sense to Sophie. She is my favorite character when she is younger. I also did like most of the characters including Howl, Calcifer and Markl.

The animation is not bad, but the moving castle, the way it looks computer graphic does get a little distracting. A few backgrounds look cool when the castle teleports in different places and focuses on socioeconomic status and landscape.
 
Overall Verdict:
Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7)
Character/Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7)
Animation/Colors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6.5)
Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)
Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)
Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)
Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)
35/50                                           7.0/10

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