Movie Review: Howl's Moving Castle

This is my favourite animation movie. This film is about a girl, Sophie, who falls in love with Howl.

Howl is a very powerful and mysterious wizard who lives in a bewitched castle.

The Witch of Waste is chasing Howl and when she sees him with Sophie, she attacks her, transforming her into an old woman.

Sophie travels to the Wastes and encounters a living scarecrow whom she names "Turnip Head," who leads her to Howl's castle. Sophie's country is in war with a neighbour country. The King summons Howl (Pendragon and Jenkins) to fight in the war. Sophie learns that Howl has transformed into a bird, like creature in order to interfere in the war, but each transformation makes it more difficult for him to return to human. She fears that Howl is preparing to leave them.

Voice cast:

Character	Japanese	English
Sophie (young)	Chieko Baisho	Emily Mortimer
Sophie (old)		Jean Simmons
Howl (Hauru)	Takuya Kimura	Christian Bale
Witch of the Waste	Akihiro Miwa	Lauren Bacall
Calcifer	Tatsuya Gashūin	Billy Crystal
Markl	Ryūnosuke Kamiki	Josh Hutcherson
Madame Suliman	Haruko Kato	Blythe Danner
Lettie	Yayoi Kazuki	Jena Malone
Honey	Mayuno Yasokawa	Mari Devon
Prince Justin/Turnip Head	Yō Ōizumi	Crispin Freeman
Madge	Rio Kanno	Liliana Mumy
King of Ingary	Akio Ōtsuka	Mark Silverman
Heen	Daijirō Harada

The soundtrack CD was first released on 19 November 2004 by Tokuma.

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu0B8vpTKtKd_Dp3lMGxL9f7BZwgxRdyu )

I don't recommend this film to anyone who doesn't like cartoons or animes.

I just like the film because it was part of my childhood.

Movie Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

I like to watch movies, but my preference goes to movies with lots of action and suspense till the end.
However, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was one of those films which by its emotional and dramatic charge I have never forgotten.
I think all of you have seen this film released in 2009 by Mark Herman and whose main characters are Asa Butterfield (Bruno), Jack Scanlon (Shmuel), Vera Farmiga (Mother), David Thewlis (Father); its soundtrack was James Horner's.
 I will not tell you the whole story of the movie that happened during the Holocaust period, at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany. I just want to remember the empathy created between those two innocent children, who lived in different realities. Bruno, nine years old, the son of a German military officer and Shmuel is the same age, but is a Jew and is in a Nazi concentration camp, where there are many Jewish people persecuted by Nazi Germany, all sentenced to death.
Oblivious of the political issues, racism and cruelties that were happening in the world, these two children struck an unlikely friendship.
Because of this friendship between them, hiding the differences that existed, they became inseparable every passing day. At the end, Bruno entered the camp and accompanied Shmuel on an innocent walk to the gas chamber, where all died.
It was a tragic end and I did not expect it... I was disappointed and sad.
Unfortunately there were some other similar stories in a very dark period in the history of mankind - hopefully never again!!!

Movie Review: Deadpool

My favourite film is Deadpool.

It is an action film. The film tells the story of an anti-hero, Wade Wilson, who had cancer. Because he little chance of survival, he accepted undergoing an experimental treatment and as a consequence, his skin got scarred buut never lost his huge sense of humor. His goals become then to reverse the situation and then seek revenge on the man who destroyed his life.

The cast is excellent: Ryan Reynolds (the main character), Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein, T.J Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stan Lee and Taylor Hickson.

The plot is thrilling and has an unexpected twist.

In the beginning, people expect it to be an action film, but then it is about the story of his life.

The special effects are amazing. For example bullets coming out of the gun, a glass of a capsule that never breaks, among others.

The costumes are magnificent except the Negasonic’s one. It’s totally black and she only wears a yellow belt. It looks like she is a villain and not a good character.

I would definitely recommend watching it because it has an unexpected ending and lots of action.

Movie Recommendation: Hansel & Gretel

Hi!

Today I´m going to talk to you guys about a movie, Hansel and Greta: Witch Hunters.

I had first thought about writing a movie recommendation on Rocky IV but this movie is more, much more, recent.

This movie is rated as action and fantasy and was directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Jeremy Renner  and Gemma Arterton as the main characters.
This movie is the continuation of the children´s book "Hansel and Gretel" by the Grimm brothers and, as such, it basically tells us the story of the siblings as adults....and obviously they are hunting and killing witches.
Why? Well because they hate them since they were almost killed by one as kids.
The soundtrack of this movie is pretty cool and fits in really well on the movie in general but the music that I love the most of all is gotta be Animal Alpha - Bundy. It is pretty cool in my opinion.

Well, and this is it. Thank you for reading this. =)

(Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner)