Howl's Moving Castle

Doug (vo): If you've seen my Nostalgia Critic review of Ponyo, you might remember a very particular ending...

[The last bit of NC's Ponyo review plays, where the Critic is talking to the audience.]

NC: It's Miyazaki. It has it's own charm... and it's just a lot of fun. (chuckles a bit and waves a hand in dismissal) Not like that movie "Howl's Moving Castle."

(Everyone in the crowd gasps)

Audience Member's Voice: What?!

(Everybody gets up to run towards the camera; NC looks on in shock again. This followed up by clips from "Howl's Moving Castle".)

Doug (vo): Since then, so many people have asked me why do I hate Howl's Moving Castle. And the first clarification is, I don't hate it. I just don't think it's very good. And even by that, I kinda mean by Miyazaki standards. It is still visually interesting and there's a lot of imagination, and it even has a fair amount of good character. What it doesn't have, is focus. This movie is all over the place. And sure, I'm not gonna act like story's the biggest part of a Miyazaki film; it was much more about environment and characters and so on, but there was still enough of a simplicity to his work that made it really come out as charming. This one just throws so much at you, that it's hard to remember even what happened.

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