Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award- winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 1. 8- year- old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often harassed by local boys, one day Sophie is unexpectedly befriended by Howl, a strange but flamboyant wizard whose large home can travel under its own power. However, the Witch of the Waste is displeased with Sophie and Howl's budding friendship, and turns the pretty young woman into an ugly and aged hag. Sophie takes shelter in Howl's castle, and attempts to find a way to reverse the witch's spell with the help of Calcifer, a subdued but powerful demon who exists in the form of fire, and Markl, who protects the four- way door which can instantly take visitors to other lands and dimensions. Howl's Moving Castle was released in North America by Walt Disney Pictures, who distributed the film both in its original Japanese and in a dubbed English version; the English- speaking voice cast includes Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, and Billy Crystal. Mark Deming, Rovi.

Book vs. Movie: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Hayao Miyazaki’s production of Howl’s Moving Castle is the movie that I most frequently list as my favorite movie of all time.  So, I admit that I was terribly nervous to read this book.  There’s a reason our six star rating is subtitled “Inconceivable!” – how often does a movie production actually surpass the book?  No, more often than not, the book will blow any film attempt out of the water.  And I admit that I really didn’t want this movie to be ruined for me, even by a book that I would probably love.  Well, guess what?  That’s exactly what happened.  And I can’t even be sorry about it because Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is now one of my favorite books of all time.  Sorry movie; I still adore you and all but you’re just not the same.  While the movie does a great job with some aspects of the book and does, in my opinion, capture the overall flavor of the story, it really misses the mark in some key areas.  As the book opens, we are introduced to Sophie and her family.  Sophie is the eldest of three, which in this universe means that she will be doomed to poor prospects.  All of her parents’ (her father and not- so- wicked stepmother's) hopes are placed on the shoulders of the youngest sister, Martha.  The middle sister, Lettie, is a strong- willed girl who likes to get her own way.  When Sophie’s father dies unexpectedly, her stepmother realizes that she will not be able to support them all.  Sophie’s sisters are sent out to apprentice at a bakery (Lettie) and with a witch (Martha).  Sophie is left to apprentice in the hat shop.  Resigned to her fate, she works day and night designing and building hats, becoming more and more isolated and fretful.  It gets so bad that she’s afraid to even visit her sister down the street.  She also develops a rather kooky habit of speaking to the hats she’s building. The movie condenses Sophie’s sisters down to one – Lettie – who works in a bakery.  Sophie’s mother runs the hat shop and Sophie’s father is simply not present.  While I think the movie excellently portrays Sophie’s isolation and dreariness, it fails to capture the extent of her fear and she’s never, not once, shown speaking to a hat.  Which is a damn shame. In the book, Sophie finally gets up the courage to visit her sister, but ends up heading out on May Day, amidst a riot of celebration and flirting.  Halfway there, she runs into a striking looking man with a silver and blue suit, white- blond hair, and eyes like green marbles.  She’s jumpy and he teases her a bit for being afraid, calling her a mouse and saying that the only wished to take her out for a drink.  Ultimately, he wishes her well and leaves her be.  The movie follows this same basic path, except that instead, Sophie is set upon in an alley by two smarmy officers who are very much into rape- flirting.  Howl (the striking looking man, of course!) comes along to rescue her from them.  Then they escape some giant black blob- men by flying through the sky.  Which is a tad…different. Watch Disengagement Online Facebook'>Watch Disengagement Online Facebook. When Sophie reaches the bakery, she finds out that her sisters Martha and Lettie have used a magic spell (learned from Martha’s apprenticeship) to switch places.  Martha is now quite a hit at the bakery, where she has already received dozens of proposals and Lettie is finally being challenged as a magician’s apprentice.  Martha tells Sophie plainly that she believes her stepmother is taking advantage of her.  Sophie seems to have some sort of talent for fashion, and her stepmother is constantly away “gadding” while Sophie is left in the shop.  She doesn’t even earn a wage.  Stunned by this revelation, Sophie leaves, intending to confront her stepmother. Nikita Season 1 Free Download. All of this is really played down in the film.  “Lettie” – Sophie’s one sister simply says “do something for yourself once in a while, okay?” as she’s leaving.  The mom is never mentioned.

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Back at the shop, Sophie feels more and more discontent.  She snarks hilariously at customers and grumbles when her stepmother promises her a wage but then forgets all about it.  Just when she’s about had enough, a “carefully beautiful,” glamorous patron enters and demands to see her hats.  This elegant lady is, of course, The Witch of The Waste.  (Dun dun dun!!!) In the movie TWo. TW does look rather…imposing…I guess, but it must be said that she also looks like a complete freak show.  Observe: In either case, the result is the same.  Sophie gets cursed by TWo. TW and suddenly she’s been aged by about seventy years.  She’s ancient.  But, instead of getting upset about it, Sophie decides to locate her heretofore hidden giant cojones and set out into the world immediately to seek her fortune and give that witch what’s coming to her.  The movie basically captures this, but Sophie is shown fretting about her decision to leave quite a bit more and putting it off until the morning.  Sophie’s journey toward her destiny is also a bit different, which brings me to the first MAJOR CHANGE. MAJOR CHANGE #1: Sophie's Character. Sophie as a character has a completely different feel between the book and the movie.  Sophie of the book is a complete badass who tells it like it is but also has a tendency to avoid her problems by indulging in a little angry- cleaning.  She’s stubborn to a fault, nosy, and she tends to hide her vulnerability behind a wall of irritation.  In the movie, she feels more emotional, more considerate, and more child- like almost.

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In the book she also (it is later revealed) has a very strong magical ability.  When she speaks to everyday objects, like her hats, she influences them magically with her words.  In the book, Sophie pulls a scarecrow out of a hedge and helps free a trapped dog on her way to seek her fortune.  She accidentally speaks the scarecrow to life and it follows her.  Sophie is completely repulsed/scared of the scarecrow and repeatedly does everything she can to get away from it in the book.  In the movie, the scarecrow is already alive.  It brings her a walking stick and leads her to Howl’s castle.  She gives it a nickname (“turnip- head”) and seems quite content in its presence. Once Sophie finds the castle, she has to run after it, force her way in, and then engage in a little trickery to convince Howl’s fifteen year old apprentice, Michael, to let her stay the night.  In the movie, the castle stops, lets her in right away, and Michael is nowhere to be seen.  The next day he appears, although in the movie he’s a nine year old boy named Markl (seriously..).  In both cases, Sophie speaks with Calcifer, Howl’s fire demon and agrees to a deal: she’ll help him break his contract with Howl if he helps remove her curse. Sophie pretends to be Howl’s new housekeeper and cleans the heck out of that pigsty, including Howl's much- used bathroom, which leads to the most hilarious scene in both the book and the movie. I don't see the point in living.. Oh yes, I think that lovers of this story in either of its forms will know exactly what I am talking about: THE TANTRUM.

In both the book and the movie, Sophie mixes up Howl's beautification potions somehow and he ends up dyeing his hair a different color than usual. Emotional breakdown ensues. They actually do a very good job of showing this in the movie, complete with howling ghouls, screaming, and green slime. However, in the book it's even funnier because Howl's hair doesn't get turned black (as in the film) - it merely has a few added reddish/gold strands. And yet, green slime. Sophie of the book is a lot less emotional about it.

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She doesn't cry; she merely leaves until he settles down and then stomps back in to shunt him into the bathtub and call him a big baby. In the book she sheds a few tears for her hurt feelings and then essentially does the same thing. Which brings me to MAJOR CHANGE #2: Howl Loves War, Not Girls. First, let's just get this whole "war" business out of the way: never happened.