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Palaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath of Miyazaki's graphic genius.
There is giggling, belly-laughing, and gasping to be done watching Howl's Moving Castle.
Howl's Moving Castle moves -- in short, choppy, jumpy jerks that will never make anyone forget how fluid the truly great hand-drawn cartoons look by comparison.
So richly detailed and colorful that one almost aches from the beauty.
If you've yet to take the anime plunge, this is a fine place to start; if you're an old hand, you will not be disappointed.
The world it gives us to live in, for a couple of hours, is pure magic. It is one of those places we might wish never to leave.
A handsome fantasy movie with only a nod in the direction of the rich, all-encompassing humanity and emotionality of Miyazaki's greatest work.
Howl's Moving Castle is a perfect epitome of Miyazaki's work, in all its strengths and weaknesses: it's filled with heart-felt themes...but how these elements connect on a plot level is subjugated to how beautifully they are rendered on screen.
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
Another work of great imagination and beauty from Hiyao Miyazaki.
Charming Miyazaki fairy tale for tweens and up.
The film gains a sense of visual wonder almost completely freed from the strains of a narrative-driven film.
The second disc has several interviews, featurettes and trailers, although hardly enough material to warrant a whole extra disc.
few other films, or indeed filmmakers, would dare take a scene in which two elderly women struggle to climb a staircase and turn it into an extravagant and memorable set piece.
Another example of how this film maven easily holds the crown in the sadly ever-shrinking traditional animation genre.
A delightfully fanciful movie with engaging storytelling, visual wonders, and such worthwhile themes as contrasting wisdom and perspective with age.
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
Miyazaki's stunning animation and characteristically vivid colors make the film a visual feast...
Visually as good as any other Miyazaki movie, although the plot is less interesting
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