Howl's Moving Castle

I actually got to see an Hayao Miyazaki film in a theatre. Ok, it was kind of a dinky theatre and half the folks didn't seem to know why they were there, but I had fun.

Strangely, I got subs, not dubs. That is to say, this was a subtitled version I could have ripped off the internet six months ago. I'm not subtitle junky when it comes to anime; I actually prefer the voice over so I can just watch and not miss anything. Oh well, still nice to see on a biggish screen.

Christian Bale was supposed to do Howl in the real Disney release and Lauren Bacall as a witch would has also been fun to hear. However, when it comes to anime, "Disney release" seems an oxymoron. They spend all their cash on expensive actors to do voice overs, then bury the thing in small venues and hope it dies.

( Short Review, no real spoiler, though. )