a rant about a movie
okay before running off for my 11 o'clock meeting...
how disappointed was i with Howl's Moving Castle? oh so very.
i've seen Hayao Miyazaki's other works, some of them - Spirited Away, which i loved, and that one about the war where there was this little girl who was brought up by her brother but they didn't have enough food to eat and he died of starvation in the end... i think... that was good too. sad, but good. so i can imagine why he'd be doing the adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' book but, as much as i liked the way he made the castle look, i was terribly disappointed with Howl. and Michael. and Sophie... is she an old lady? isn't she? who knows? and Calcifer! Billy Crystal Calcifer is not! Billy Crystal : round green one-eyed monster - good. Billy Crystal : cynical sarcastic but with a heart of gold (coal... hehe) fire demon - not!! and Howl... i really wish he didn't look so Japanese-boy-band-member-y. plus Hayao missed out some crucial bits of the book that i think would have brought a lot more colour to Howl's character.
i'd like to rant some more but i have to run!
if you've read the book (and loved it) then don't watch the film. or watch it, but ignore the flutter in your tummy when the film starts up because it'll soon turn into a cramp.
how disappointed was i with Howl's Moving Castle? oh so very.
i've seen Hayao Miyazaki's other works, some of them - Spirited Away, which i loved, and that one about the war where there was this little girl who was brought up by her brother but they didn't have enough food to eat and he died of starvation in the end... i think... that was good too. sad, but good. so i can imagine why he'd be doing the adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' book but, as much as i liked the way he made the castle look, i was terribly disappointed with Howl. and Michael. and Sophie... is she an old lady? isn't she? who knows? and Calcifer! Billy Crystal Calcifer is not! Billy Crystal : round green one-eyed monster - good. Billy Crystal : cynical sarcastic but with a heart of gold (coal... hehe) fire demon - not!! and Howl... i really wish he didn't look so Japanese-boy-band-member-y. plus Hayao missed out some crucial bits of the book that i think would have brought a lot more colour to Howl's character.
i'd like to rant some more but i have to run!
if you've read the book (and loved it) then don't watch the film. or watch it, but ignore the flutter in your tummy when the film starts up because it'll soon turn into a cramp.
posted by nu. at 10:52 am
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