Director and Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Voice Talent: James van der beek, anna paquin, Chloris Leachman
Genre: Anime, Fantasy, Adventure, Treasure hunt
Two words to describe this movie -simply awesome. According to IMDb, the plot synopsis is - A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.That's the core of the movie but let me just throw some random words to give you a wider context- Floating castle, Pirates, Indestructible robots, Secret agents, Mystery crystal called Aetherium, etc. The movie has a very well thought out plot and a screenplay which holds the viewer from start to finish.
After watching this movie my first reaction was, How can this movie get everything right? I mean it's characters, storyline, music, dialogues, action pieces, suspense,comedy timing and every single frame of this movie are flawless. Even while watching I was reminded of a long litany of movies which were a pale imitations of its characters and plot elements like The Mummy, Titan A.E, Treasure Island and various others.
Another beautiful thing in this movie is its music which i'm downloading right now. I can safely declare that this is like a animated Indiana Jones but with younger protagonist.
Final Word: This is a definite source of entertainment for any age, any time, any place. Please don't have any qualms about this being an anime or old movie.
P.S: I watched the English dubbed version and feel that its better to opt this version than the subtitled one.
There ARE parts about the Japanese version that I found interesting, but otherwise I agree that the dub of CASTLE IN THE SKY is pretty terrific and very underrated. Purists have blasted this dub as nothing but a horrible unlistenable travesty that butchers a masterpiece, but I just don't see it. In many ways, I felt it improved on the movie, particularly in the music and the performances and the cast.
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