The unbeautiful girl saves the world

Timmy 2022-03-22 09:01:15

Suddenly I wanted to see the secret garden in the film, so I played it again. About half a year ago, I discovered that I was no longer an ideal audience for cartoons anymore, and I became more convinced after watching this again.

I am always concerned about Sophie, who was originally ordinary and unpopular in the world, why in Hal's circle, everyone loves her, from Hal to Xiaohuo to children to scarecrow, Sophie can do everything: Clean up, take care of the baby and grandma, comfort Hal, or even go to the palace to confront the highest authority? ! Save the world in the end, just because she is Sophie, even Alcifah and Hal's devil trading setting can easily collapse, just because this group of people are happy, the two countries will happily cease the war? ! Is this for fun? Isn’t it important that other people’s lives have been ruined before?

It's really a secondary school. The whole world only wants my justice! Love! courage! It can be operated, and all other productive relations can be ignored.

Then why would Hal love Sophie? Well, Hal is the kind of cute blue kid who is not grown up. The standard for marrying a wife is to find a mother. Sophie is only a little man, and has a neutral beauty that ordinary people can't get at the time (the body is also very good. Yes, there is fairy silver hair), Hal is like a fashion circle who likes strange models, can you pick out Sophie's unique beauty. So Sophie is not bad-looking, don't be fooled, she is high-level beauty, high-level!

In addition, I think this story is an ordinary girl’s daydream. No wonder I don’t have any impression after watching it several times, but I still prefer Hayao Miyazaki’s original girl characters.

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Extended Reading

Howl's Moving Castle quotes

  • Howl: So what do you have in your pocket, Sophie?

    Old Sophie: Huh?

    [Finds a folded piece of paper]

    Old Sophie: What is this?

    Howl: Give it to me.

    [paper burns leaving marks on the table]

    Markl: Scorch marks! Howl, can you read them?

    Howl: That is ancient sorcery, and quite powerful too.

    Markl: Is it from the Witch of the Waste?

    Howl: "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man, your heart shall soon be mine." That can't be good for the table.

    [covers the marks with his hand]

    Markl: Wow! It's gone!

    Howl: The mark may be gone, but the spell is still there.

  • [Two soldiers are bothering Sophie]

    Howl: There you are, sweetheart, sorry I'm late. I was looking everywhere for you.

    Soldier: Hey, hey! We're busy here!

    Howl: Are you really? To me, it looked like the two of you were just leaving.

    [gestures with his hand, the soldiers are forced to march away]