howl's moving castle
One of the good things about staying up late is that you aren't bothered when you want to use the computer freely. One of the things that I have been following for quite some time is the animated movie, Howl's Moving Castle. It is one of Hayao Miyazaki's films, and I wouldn't expect very many of my readers to know who that is (except maybe for Michael). He directed such films as Porco Rosso (Mr. Jordan's favorite), My Neighbor Totoro (one of my favorites), Princess Mononoke, and as of late, Spirited Away, which won an Academy award. The plot of Howl's Moving Castle is loosely based on a book of the same name by an author named Diana Wynne Jones.Here is a plot overview that I snagged from another site:
Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-yet-mysterious wizard named Howl, and is subsequently turned into a 90-year old woman by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste.
Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's flying mechanical castle where she becomes acquainted with Markl, Howl's apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer. Sophie's love and support comes to have a major impact on Howl, who flies in the face of orders from the palace to become a pawn of war and instead risks his life to bring peace back to the kingdom.
Although this post may forever brand me as the geek I really am (or is it nerd?), I really don't care. It looks like an enjoyable movie, and one that I will probably enjoy myself (or with Mr. Jordan).
-brodie
posted by brodie @ 1:09 AM
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