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Me and my sister just watched Howl's Moving Castle. Goodness! It blew me away. I am now a huge HUGE fan. It had action, humor and the characters were, for the most part, loveable....in my opinion anyway. I have to say it tops my chart of favorites right now. (Or perhaps it's only because it's new, novelty and all)
I have to say I like those Studio Ghibli films better than disney. All the disney films, the girls tend to be wimpy. Most of them anyway. Also, the 'prince' and 'princess' usually don't seem to have much of a history. Like cinderella...she met him once and suddenly they're in love, but Snow white....actually she met him only once before too. It's either that, or they've known each other for a week and they suddenly seem to know each other sooo well that they are willing to marry them. Er...yeah...right...(I guess that could happen..)
But I have to say, Disney isn't too bad, although they skewer a lot of the details so that it can be "suitable" for kids. Like Hercules. Holy crap man. The real Hercules of the Greek Myths is NOTHING like how they portray him in the movie. Heck! He actualy Kills Meg in the myths, not to mention he's basically like a supersized thug with all the things he 'had' to do for the tasks. I personally see it as he really didn't have to do them. It was only for his own gain. He didn't really care that the belt was rightfully Hippolyta's. No, still killed her because he was told to. Right. Even before he had to do the trials he still had severe anger management problems. (One of the reasons why he killed Meg. Supposedly he was enchanted or something? I think. At least that's what one of the versions says that anyway.) There's probably more to the story, (if it was anything but a legend) but I haven't found it yet. I'll keep you posted. Disney is getting better I guess. Most of the movies I'm talking about was, after all, made in the mid 1900's. Woman power was not really that big, though it was moving along.
The only thing I have to say about Howl's Moving Castle is that in order to get some of the insights, you'd have to read the book. Or change the subtitle setting to subtitle 2, but it still doesn't tell you everything, though it is much better and more accurate than the first one. (That is, if you got the english version of the dvd.) I wish it had a few more details on the background of the characters though. Like some more info on the deal between Calcipher and Howl. It made MUCH more sense once I looked up details on it but otherwise, if you didn't read the book you wouldn't really get the full guise of it. The prince's name is Justin and he had gone missing, one of the reasons for the war. I want the book.
I understand that it is hard to include everthing in a 2 hour movie. It was still well done anyway. In my opinion at least, I hear some people didn't like it very much. Calcipher rocks. He's so cute. Aaaaa, I couldn't stop gushing over him. Ling like's Howl most I think. He's okay. Calcipher has little stubs for feet when he gets taken out of the hearth. Ohohoh. So adorable. I want to hug him everytime I see that part. Calcipher, you can be my flame anyday. (ohohohoh...)
The one thing about Studio Ghibli films though is that when they're boring...they are...Boring. (the same can be said for anything, I guess). Aiya...I've watched two of them, 'My neighbors the Yamada's' and 'Pom Poko' and I wanted to drill holes in my head, it was so boring, and long....long and boring. Though Pom Poko was slightly better than the Yamada's. The only part me and Ling found amusing was with the pouches. Pom poko though did serve to remind us how humans tend to not remember that we are not the only ones that live on the earth and that just because we can make it so, does not mean we are the absolute top prority of the world. We're not the only thing that matters on the earth I mean.
Hoi. This post was started last month and I still never posted it. I'm finding that I've been doing that for the last few posts. I start it and never find the motivation to finish it. I usually finish posts during the wee hours of the morning. I've got to get out of the habit. It's starting to annoy me.
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