In this country of the magical world, Hayao Miyazaki has created three magicians with boundless powers and different personalities.
Hal is a gentle and personable great magician. He can hold Sophie's hand and walk lightly in the air. He can drive the castle over the mountains and run to freedom. His castle leads to the blossoming flowers. The heaven is also connected to the hell of war.
The Wasteland Witch is a cruel, terrifying bad wizard. She can turn a girl into an old woman, and can manipulate the rubber man to search for her prey-a young and healthy heart.
Mrs. Salliman is a great wizard who serves political purposes. She holds the power of life and death of wizards and can control their abilities and lives at will.
But no matter how powerful magic is, there are still problems that cannot be solved. Hal can use magic to fight for freedom, but he cannot fight emptiness and obtain real happiness. The wasteland witch can use magic to find a heart, but cannot find a young body and a full soul. Mrs. Salliman’s magic gave wizards all over the world nowhere to escape, but she could not get the approval of her most proud student.
So, what is the answer to all this? What is the most powerful magic?
Sophie's "magic" that worked three times-self-acceptance, tolerance, and trust
Sophie is a gentle, kind-hearted, but plain-looking girl. As the eldest daughter, she has been running her father's hat shop with peace of mind. Her life is like hats piled up on the workbench waiting to be decorated, repetitive and boring. Sophie was disappointed in herself, and she would be downcast even looking at herself in her glasses. One day, this peaceful life trajectory was broken by a revenge by the Wasteland Witch, who turned Sophie into a 90-year-old woman. However, this unexpected turnaround was destined to connect her with another person. After becoming an old woman, Sophie was able to get rid of the immutable boring life. She moved away from the town, came to the wilderness, and lived in Howl's mobile castle. From then on, her depressed heart began to be released, because "the advantage of the elderly is that there is nothing to be afraid of." In this way, she is more calm to be herself in front of Hal. She turned her grief and anger into motivation and cleaned the castle. All were clean, his mentality became younger, and his appearance was secretly changing. This is the first success of Sophie Magic, and this time, she first changed herself.
Later, during a bathroom cleaning, Sophie accidentally destroyed Hal's carefully crafted hair coloring magic, which almost killed Hal! He completely ignored the gorgeous image of the past, and stumbled out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist, tantrums accusing Sophie, and abused his magic while saying the frustrating words "what's the point of not being beautiful to live?" Use the slime attack to make a mess of Cassifah's fireplace. Sophie was angry and sad, ran into the rain and cried, after all, she "never been pretty". However, out of a kind heart, Sophie returned to this wayward and vain idiot. Under Sophie's care, Hal finally calmed down and took the initiative to confide in his troubles. At this time, Sophie's magic worked for the second time, and her tolerance began to melt Hal's frozen heart.
The third time Sophie's magic worked, not only catalyzed Hal's courage, but also made their love truly take root. When Sophie understood the mystery of the four-chassis door lock and the movement of the castle, she really approached Hal's inner world. It turned out that Hal changed his name and surnamed and drove the castle to wander around in order to avoid the royal palace's enlistment. He became an incarnation. Feiyan, into the battlefield, is to destroy the meaningless war, hoping to return to a life of freedom and tranquility. All this made Sophie admire and yearn so much that in the dialogue with Mrs. Salliman, she unabashedly expressed her trust and support for Hal. It was this trust that made Hal finally clear his mind and mustered the courage to protect the one he loved.
Sophie's three kisses-forgiveness, gratitude, and blessing
A few small details at the end of the film make people feel particularly warm, that is, Sophie's three kisses. (Actually there are four, the last kiss is the kiss of true love with Hal)
Sophie's first kiss comforted the barren soul of the Wasteland Witch and exchanged Hal's precious heart.
Hal exhausted the last bit of strength to bring Sophie back from the collapsed castle, and then dying to fall on the wooden plank. The lack of a heart and the excessive use of magic make Hal's life extremely dangerous. But the Wasteland Witch, who had become an old woman, held Cassifa tightly in her hand and refused to give it to Sophie. This wasteland witch, perhaps the soul has been empty for too long, her pleasure used to be to take away the youth of the girl and to hunt the young and healthy heart, and now it threatens Hal's life. Sophie has ten thousand reasons not to forgive her. However, her evil deeds have been properly punished, and now she is just a poor person who has lost everything. Sophie chose to forgive her without judgment, warmed the vicissitudes of life with her embrace and a kind kiss, and won back the heart of her lover.
Sophie's second kiss released the scarecrow's sealing spell and restored peace and tranquility to the two countries.
Throughout the journey, the Scarecrow has been silently guarding Sophie. The first time was to help the fallen girl find the castle where she was staying. The second time was to hold up an umbrella for the sad her in the rain. The third time, to help the dilapidated. , The "castle" with only one wooden plank landed safely. Sophie has nothing to return, she can only express her gratitude with a kiss. It was precisely because of this kiss that the Scarecrow unlocked the seal and the reason for the war between the two countries was lifted.
Sophie’s third kiss was a blessed kiss to Cassifah who had regained her freedom. Perhaps compared to the lonely life of a demon, Cassifah hopes to continue to be with everyone happily. So he also chose to stay, and built a more beautiful flying castle for How, and everyone set off again, flying to the distance of happiness and freedom.
Love is the answer to everything
In the whole film, Sophie is the least mana, defenseless, and weakest. She can't go up to the earth, nor can she turn stones into gold. If she still has the only magic power, it is love. It is love that makes all miracles happen—Hal retrieves his heart, Cassifah and the prince are free, the wasteland witch is reborn, the war is stopped, and peace and tranquility are restored. people's lives. So, who can say that her magic is not the most miraculous?
Each work of Hayao Miyazaki has a different theme-growth and change, resistance and protection, harmony between man and nature, opposition to war and the pursuit of peace, but each work can make our eyes stare at love forever. Tears will always be in our eyes for the beauty and innocence of the world. If there is a magician in the world, his name must be Hayao Miyazaki.
PS. Love is the magic of the heart. May each of us be the greatest magician and use love to achieve miracles.
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