Half think Bale's voice fits wonderfully for Howl's mysterious and powerful nature, while the other half think his voice is too deep and invokes Vocal Dissonance.
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About half think of it as a brilliant piece of art just like every other movie Miyazaki made, while the other half sees it as a convoluted, messy, dramatically cryptic failure. Counts as this for Miyazaki/Ghibli fans in general.Some fans have found a compromise between the two, combining elements of the original book (such as the John Donne poem that serves as a focal point in the book) with the movie's designs in their fan-works. Some enjoy the movie as well as the book, while others are not a fan of its admittedly extreme liberties with the source material. The fans of the original book, in regards to the movie.Special note though goes to the movie's main theme, " Merry-Go-Round of Life ", a beautiful waltz that feels incredibly dreamy and near otherworldly in its essence. Awesome Music: Given it's a Miyazaki film composed by Joe Hisaishi, of course the entire soundtrack qualifies as this.Award Snub: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit beat it to the Best Animated Feature Oscar.Anvilicious: The anti-war message is hammered in from the first scene of warfare showcasing how horrible it is, and continues from there.Is she a Well-Intentioned Extremist who honestly wants to save Howl and end the war? Or is she a manipulative Chess Master who uses the puppet king and the war to get her pupil Howl back for her own ends? Alternate Character Interpretation: Madame Suliman.
Adaptation Displacement: Some fans of the movie have never heard of Diana Wynne Jones, or think she wrote a book adaptation.Even if he turns out to be a Soul Jar for Wizard Suliman. It's not a book that drips with it, but that very determined scarecrow stalking Sophie, absorbing a skull into its turnip-head so it can talk, "in a mushy voice", and taking apart Percival, makes for a surprisingly potent example.It's not until she thinks about all the random spells she cast that she starts to worry. Same for when she finds out she's a witch and has been using magic throughout the book.Though it's hinted that her initial lack of reaction is due to shock.