Happy Waltz

Dante 2022-04-19 09:01:21

At the beginning, the moving city gradually became clear in the mist. The exposed chimneys, masts, steel, and ferocious mouths led to the terrible legend about the magician Howl who lived inside. Although it is an adaptation of the children's novel of the same name by British author Diana Wayne Jones, it has been deeply imprinted on Miyazaki from the beginning. After enduring the background and the characters' explanations for a while at the beginning, the story became so smooth that it got out of hand. Our princess Sophie (Miyazaki's girls are always princesses, no matter how old they look) is the eldest daughter of a quiet and reserved hat shop owner. She even feels a little inferior to her ordinary appearance and puts down the For the gorgeous and flamboyant hat, I only picked the simplest straw hat and put it on, and buried myself deep in the hat. In fact, our princess is not so unsightly, so on the road, two desperately approached to strike up a conversation. At this time, our prince gracefully appeared (Miyazaki's male protagonist usually served as a knight) And Howl's appearance was as gorgeous as a prince, once, twice, his beautiful fingers swiped in the air, and Deng Tuzi was sent away. Then he took Sophie up into the air, and there was a jubilant and dancing crowd under his feet, and they were dancing in the sky again. After sending Sophie to safety, Hal's hand gave a beautiful salute before disappearing from Sophie's sight. Sophie's younger sister Betty is clearly not much genetically related to her - blond, cheerful and popular. After a few simple greetings, Betty was dissatisfied with Sophie's conformist life, and frequently persuaded her sister to follow her own path. Sophie didn't answer but simply replied, "It's good to see you are healthy." This is obviously a family with little affection. Sophie's beautiful and cheerful stepmother is exactly like her sister. Her mother's early death and her father's wishes made Sophie accept this life silently, without any thought of trying to change anything. She became more and more taciturn, and even her throbbing heart was forced to cool down when she met Hal. This kind of life will go on forever, Sophie looks into the distance on the train, but can't see her future. The water surface of such a peaceful life was stirred by the curse of the Wilderness Witch. In the face of the Wilderness Witch's irony towards her beloved shop, Sophie asked her to go out without being arrogant. The princess has the integrity of the princess, although the price that follows is so heavy. Our princess did not break down because of her ninety-year-old appearance, but it became an opportunity for her to break the trajectory of her original life. She chose to leave, Hayao Miyazaki's princess has always been lucky enough to save a scarecrow in the wasteland who was also trapped by a spell. The scarecrow kindly guides Howl's moving castle as a shelter for Sophie. The story developed here, the princess entered the prince's world, it turned out that she thought that she would never have the opportunity to have an intersection with the prince in her life. From then on, she didn't need to bear the responsibility of that family. She began to break away from her own bloodline with her appearance, began to reveal some of her original personality bit by bit, and began to actively deal with the world, and the princess became more and more like a princess. , she made the seemingly man-devouring castle into a lovely big drying room in the sunshine and breeze, and she made the mysterious and gloomy room bright and clean. She lives anew here. According to her own wishes, the new direction of life is as leisurely as moving a chair in the afternoon, drinking afternoon tea, and staring at the lake. "I've never been so peaceful... "Life can't always be as colorful and colorful as you want, just like the color of the random door is still black, there is the breath of death, the heat of war This country is going through war with its neighbors, and the witches of the wilderness are also looking for Howl. The whereabouts of the king also frequently sent an invitation letter to Hal, whose pseudonym was Jiankins and the red dragon, to assist in the war. What Hal wanted to escape, the moving castle where he settled everywhere was to escape; he turned his black hair into blonde, Also to escape; that dazzling, filled room is also to escape, to hide his weak and timid heart. "Okay, I'm going to see the king. "Perhaps Sophie did not see the white-haired ninety-year-old in Hal's eyes, but the 18-year-old who was always full of energy and determination, and Sophie always hoped that she would be attracted by the first meeting in front of her. The magician does something. Although she has no idea what she will face. Mrs. Shaliman, the most senior royal magician in the country, is also Howl's teacher. She is gentle and smiling, but it does not hinder She aggressively threatened Howl if she didn't come, and ended up like a witch of the wild deprived of magic. Seeing her return to her original age, our princess was angry, she fought loudly, and the curse on her seemed to follow. With courage and bluntness, he quickly retracted his tentacles. The princess has finished her fight, and the prince should face it, speak his mind to his awe-inspiring teacher, and protect what he chooses to protect and his oath to the princess.” I found what I wanted to protect, you Sophie. "This kind of oath has been seen and heard tens of thousands of times, but at this time, I still have to rejoice. Here is a paradise, eachother, but not outside... The princess will not be reconciled and just curl up in the castle Here, she and Karusifa exchanged contracts, with her silver hair draped over her shoulders, and our princess immediately became Nausicaa, the most proud girl under Miyazaki, beautiful, strong, kind, and fearless. Sophie wants to rush to Hal's side to save his lost heart, and she even probes into Hal's childhood, that night when he couldn't dispatch a lonely night, swallowing the devil of fire and losing his heart in exchange. Calushfa is Howl's heart, so Sophie carefully snatched the weak Calushfa from the Wild Witch and put it on Hal's chest, so Miyazaki Jun's girl once again saved happiness, and also Saved the world by the way. So our princess and prince danced and danced, with noise under their feet and joy over their heads, dancing in circles of happiness in the sky. PS: This time, Miyazaki Jun gave up his environmental protection ideas, and put on another heavy coat anyway - war, how did that war start? Did the war start because the prince disappeared in the country, after the scarecrow's magic was lifted, he said After returning home, the war stopped, and Mrs. Shaliman said to herself that the war was almost over when she saw the scene. XD Summed up, Carusifa is extremely cute, the story is rushed but can still justify it, the whole story is pleasant to read, Hal is pleasing to the eye

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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]