So far, no animation can shake the status of Howl's Moving Castle in my heart, and it must be played every year.
Although My Neighbor Totoro and Faceless Man are Ghibli's own sons, they win by the number of peripherals, but Hal is richer and more three-dimensional than them in terms of character creation.
Howl's hypocrisy makes him unique, he has many masks, social images, public images, social images, private images... Before meeting Sophie, he had been transformed physically and mentally, but he didn't dare to show it. The door to different places in the castle represents a different him.
At the beginning of the movie, he has not yet appeared on the stage. "If you haven't seen him, first hear his voice." It is said that this man is a powerful magician who specializes in seducing women. They were both afraid of him and curious about him.
But as soon as he appeared, he overthrew the rumors with the image of a gentle gentleman, helped Sophie out of the siege, took her on a walk in the air, and called Sophie a "good boy".
[You have seen a magician who is rumored by word of mouth but few people have actually seen] [He showed tenderness to you]
Who wouldn't be tempted?
Later, in the process of getting along with Sophie, he gradually exposed his vanity, cowardice, fragility, loneliness, and childish private side. Behind the perfect character is a peacock covered with bruises.
Who doesn't love it.
Why do I like the pair Howl and Sophie.
In the past, Sophie messed up Hal's hair dye. Hal wore black and blue hair and said, "You can't be beautiful without blond hair, and there's no point in living without beauty." Sophie said: I have never been beautiful! At the end of the story, Sophie's hair color is still granny gray, but Hal said: Your hair is dyed with starlight.
And Hal never dyed his blonde hair again.
People are obsessed with how Hal is on the outside but fear what is on the inside. And Sophie is just the opposite, people stop her outside and ignore her inside. Howl has a diamond shell and a heart turned to ashes; Sophie, though the shell is withered, the heart shines like gold.
Hayao Miyazaki far surpasses Makoto Shinkai in terms of exporting love.
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