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OneMoreRobot3021
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Howl's Moving Castle
#6716886 - 03/27/07 03:32 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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came in the Netflix today. Gonna watch it tonight. I Miyazaki.
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Funny, that's one anime I've missed. My fav is Evangelion.
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Thats a really good film, but Princess Mononoki is a little better IMO.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: Sinbad]
#6717082 - 03/27/07 04:24 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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spirited away is the coolest miyazaki film I've seen...visually anyway. princess mononoke has a great story and all, but those images in spirited away of the traintracks underwater in towards the end have stuck with me ever since I saw it.
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It's a beautiful movie but the plot is kind of confusing if you haven't read the book. If you do want to read the book, the author is called Diana Wynne Jones--her books are amazing but for some reason she's never been very popular or well-known in the US. She's British and her work is very much appreciated and recognized in the UK. I've been a fan since I was in elementary school and happened to pick up one of her books at the library.
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I watched that movie just last night... One of my all-time favorites.
I love all Miyazaki films, but Princess Mononoke is my favorite, followed closely by Howl's Moving Castle. His films are almost the only animes I really care for, but they're also some of my favorite films too.
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Great movie!! i love calsifer and turnup head. also all the magic is supper trippy to watch.
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Awsome movie. I normally dont like 99% of anime style animation but That, Mononoke and spirited away are my favs.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: champ]
#6717380 - 03/27/07 06:43 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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champ said: It's a beautiful movie but the plot is kind of confusing if you haven't read the book. If you do want to read the book, the author is called Diana Wynne Jones--her books are amazing but for some reason she's never been very popular or well-known in the US. She's British and her work is very much appreciated and recognized in the UK. I've been a fan since I was in elementary school and happened to pick up one of her books at the library.
DWJ is fantastic. I highly recommend the Chrestomanci series as a whole and The Homeward Bounders is one of my all time favorite books. Some of her stuff might technically be considered "children's fantasy" but it's well written and engaging for any age, similar to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials or the Harry Potter series.
Combining her genius with Miyazaki is simply sublime.
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That's a good one. I bought it last year.
Add Nausicaa of the Valle of the Winds to your netflix queue - another excellent (older) Miyazaki.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: unbeliever]
#6717720 - 03/27/07 07:53 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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The Homeward Bounders is one of my favorite books ever. The Lives of Christopher Chant was the first DWJ book I ever read (almost 20 years ago!) and I drove my parents crazy trying to find all of the books she had ever written and I would get so into them that I'd read them under my desk at school.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: champ]
#6717955 - 03/27/07 08:35 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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champ said: The Homeward Bounders is one of my favorite books ever. The Lives of Christopher Chant was the first DWJ book I ever read (almost 20 years ago!) and I drove my parents crazy trying to find all of the books she had ever written and I would get so into them that I'd read them under my desk at school.
I've long thought The Homeward Bounders would be a fantastic movie if done right. I think Miyazaki would be an excellent choice for that, or perhaps the people behind Mirrormask or Pan's Labyrinth, it'd have to be done right or I'd go on a killing rampage.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: unbeliever]
#6717962 - 03/27/07 08:36 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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Gotta say - I was a little disappointed.
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Gotta say - I was a little disappointed.
How so? It's not really the same as his other movies, it has a decidedly different feel (no surprise, coming from a welsh author). I liked it more for the odd relationships and what not, plus the fun random weirdness.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: unbeliever]
#6718342 - 03/27/07 10:01 PM (17 years, 6 days ago) |
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Isn't Mirrormask Neil Gaimans work? To add to the topic, pretty sure it was he who adapted the screenplay of princess mononoke to the english version... Also, the next Miyazaki film is due summer 2008....a bunch(I mean a shitload) of Neil Gaiman's works are being put to film in the coming couple years as well. might be good...or it might kill it.
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Gotta say - I was a little disappointed.
i hope you weren't watching it with the dubs on...
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: bobjones]
#6719092 - 03/28/07 05:40 AM (17 years, 5 days ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Gotta say - I was a little disappointed.
i hope you weren't watching it with the dubs on...
Meh I get sick of the subtitle elitists. Sometimes it's better, sure. I happen to prefer Crouching Tiger that way, simply because I love to hear the language. But Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle all have excellent english voice acting. Really, to try to convince people otherwise is disingenuous at best.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: unbeliever]
#6719238 - 03/28/07 08:05 AM (17 years, 5 days ago) |
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unbeliever said: Meh I get sick of the subtitle elitists. Sometimes it's better, sure. I happen to prefer Crouching Tiger that way, simply because I love to hear the language. But Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle all have excellent english voice acting. Really, to try to convince people otherwise is disingenuous at best.
I completely and utterly agree...
Anyway, why was I disappointed? I don't know - perhaps it wasn't what I was in the mood for. The pace was just so slow and dreamy.
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Watch Princess Mononoki, you wont be disapointed. The pace is much faster, there is more action and generally it has a better, more defined plot.
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Re: Howl's Moving Castle [Re: Sinbad]
#6719276 - 03/28/07 08:15 AM (17 years, 5 days ago) |
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I've seen Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Totoro, all among my favorites.
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