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I've had an emotionally horrible and draining day, so let's talk about Howl's Moving Castle!

I have Complicated Feelings about the movie. In one hand, it's Ghibli, and it's lovely. On the other hand, they sort of missed the point of the book? Like, it is not in any way a bad film, but they sort of de-fanged the story - Howl is less of an asshole, Sophie is less of a nosy busybody, Markl is - actually, I've no idea what but certainly not Michael. They missed Howl's dramatic and offended sneezing, and most of all, the missed out on Wales. Oh god, Wales, that's one of the most intriguing parts of the book! And Howl's saucepan song XD

Uuuugh I'd love it if one day we got a live-action super close to the book movie version.

It also makes me sad to think that we will never get more adventures of Howl and Sophie. :(

In another subject I just rewatched Sunshine and it was just as good and creepy and claustrophobic as I rememebered. Just how I like my film sci-fi. And the multiple and lovingly close-ups of Chris Evans' eyelashes don't hurt.

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Yeah, I try to think of the movie as a spin-off rather than "the movie of this book" and it works better for me that way.

Yeah, that's probably best all around, but I still wish we will someday get a faithful adaptation. Because Howl's douchebaggery has to be shared with the world.

I just wandered in here via network but ha, yes, you summed up my thoughts on the movie beautifully. On the one hand, it's Ghibli, it's lovely! On the other hand, it's not just that they changed the book, it's that they changed the heart of the book and sanded off all the sharp edges. Like you said, it felt like they missed the point completely.

Apparently Ghibli has a history of doing that when they make adaptations, I guess?

But yeah, the two exist in entirely separate realms for me. It's easiest for me to think of them as not related in any way, just sort of sharing some similarities of names and plot.

Yeah, and it's not even the best Ghibli film out there, so there really was no point in adapting it so much to their own style. Ah well.

I do hope we get a faithful adaptation someday though, because Howl's douchebaggery has to be shared with the world XD