If my eyes had their own separate bodies they’d probably need to have their stomachs pumped from the amount of visual candy they just gorged.
I will never wrap my head around the production and artistry of this movie. How something like this is even started. How many artists involved. The collective talent of the animators. The unfettered creativity and expression. The collaboration and organization of something with titanic ambitions.
And being able to pull it off so spectacularly on almost…
🏰👒2nd Viewing💣🦅
I’m still pretty green when it comes to anime and my experience is limited to the treasured favorites of the genre, but I’m always left admiring how many themes it manages to successfully execute. They communicate such deep profound truths about the human experience which is probably why they resonate with so many. Howls Moving Castle is no different.
Compromising one’s soul for power. Corruption of power. Curses as vices. Materialism. Greed. Hedonism. The futility of war. Found…
1 ⭐️ for Henry Cavills Oscar-Worthy Mustache
1 ⭐️ for Tom’s dangling shattered foot
1 ⭐️ for the severe carpel tunnel I developed white-knuckling it the entire movie.
And 1 ⭐️ for each arm Cavill reloaded.
By my math, that makes 5 ⭐️s
💯%Facts
-This is an American film classic.
- This is a foreign film classic
- “Sing to me Paolo” is the greatest combination of words ever written and I find myself saying it out of nowhere to this day
- Lizzie and her trailblazing bitmoji are iconic
- Gordo is the most loyal friend in cinema history
- Kate has the greatest redemption arc since Darth Vader
- Alex Bornstein was robbed of a supporting actress Oscar for Ms. Ungermeyer.
- “What Dreams Are Made Of” was the song the Beatles spent their whole career trying and failing to write.
