Love + courage=magic

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2020)

Love at first sight and love slowly
It was clear that Sophie had fallen in love with Hal at first sight: from the time he put his arm around her to rescue her, to the time he took her for a walk in the air, to the time she talked absentmindedly to her sister, to the time she drove home and stared into the distance, it was a sign that she was secretly in love with Hal. In fact, for the life of the ordinary Sophie, how to refuse the magnificent as a prince Hal? (smile)
On the other hand, Hal's good looks are definitely not lacking for girls, but it is Sophie who can finally understand Hal's weakness and give him courage and support. So Sophie gradually wins Hal's love in her relationship with him.
2. Sophie's transformation
For Sophie, who had been dressing in grey and blue for years and making hats in front of the window, duty and obedience were the themes of her life, a life that hid her inner glory and made her live like a grey mouse, looking in the mirror and desponding even herself.
The situation is broken when Sophie is turned into a 90-year-old woman by the badlands witch. Because Sophie could no longer stay in the hat shop, she finally had a reason to escape from the arrangement of life. Sophie said: the good thing about being old is that you have nothing to fear and nothing to worry about losing.
I prefer Sophie as she grows older, because Sophie's mother-in-law is lovely, has a personality, aggressive, and compassionate.
In one scene, Hal throws a tantrum over dyeing his hair. 'what's the point of being alive if you're not pretty,' he says. Sophie was angry: I've never been pretty! Then he went out the door and cried. It's an amazing transformation: as soon as Sophie becomes a mother-in-law, her previously repressed inner feelings begin to release and her bright spots come out.
The opposite lover
Sophie represents the person who has no outward appearance but an inner abundance. (a mother-in-law's appearance is bad enough, but the clean crazy witch is actually pretty cute.) Hal, on the other hand, represents a man who looks gorgeous but feels empty and timid. It was dramatic that the two men fell in love.
Love is growing up together
Sophie and Hal turned out to be evasive people. Hal avoids facing his inner weakness, while Sophie avoids fighting for her right to live. The witch's persecution of the wasteland brought them together and gave them courage and hope for love. Finally, Sophie no longer felt inferior, and Hal no longer covered his heart with vanity.
5, magic,
Miyazaki hayao like magic, as big friends keyang like machinery. The person who loves magic represents a state of being: a strong desire to achieve the dream of the heart. Because magic means strong faith. And love is the catalyst to activate this belief.
6. The world is one
In the original, the conflict between people is obvious, and the wasteland witch finally gets the destruction. And in the movie, there are no really hateful characters. Saliman, the wasteland witch, as the villain, also has a kind and lovely place. This shows that miyazaki hayao's world view is getting wider and wider. There is no absolute good or bad in the world.
Hal's moving castle is easy in general. And plain truth is always in simplicity. I think miyazaki has returned to his roots. Life, itself is used to romance.