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Post by Alex on May 13, 2005 22:18:22 GMT -1
anyone read Howl's Moving Castle or The Merlin COnspiracy by her?? I read the merlin conspiracy and archer's goon.im not a huge fan of her books but they're ok i guess..interesting but i dont like her style i guess...but i wanted to start this thread cus howl's moving castle is coming out in theaters here in June ;D ...it's in france already so maybe's it's in england to..anyone read or see it?
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Post by TruBellezzan on May 14, 2005 8:37:11 GMT -1
yay! i love her books! i've read practically all of them when i was younger, but i cant really remember Merlin Conspiracy at all.....but Howl's Moving Castle, yes! and the chrestomanci series!
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Post by Alex on May 14, 2005 19:44:08 GMT -1
ok...what happens in howl's moving castle..i mean...y does howl start lookin all hawk-like and dark and weird  ? |
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Post by TruBellezzan on May 15, 2005 19:09:01 GMT -1
what do you mean? haven't you read it? I'm confused! (as usual) In the book at least, Howl is Howl all the way through! It's Sophie who changes!
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Post by Alex on May 15, 2005 23:39:55 GMT -1
yea i know..but i was watchin the movie trailer and in one part he's blond and normal looking and then he gets all feathery like a hawk and he's got black hair....my friend won't tell me why  |
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Post by TruBellezzan on May 30, 2005 11:58:01 GMT -1
oh right... well, what he does is, well, he's very vain and he has lots of hair spells and lotions so he can go and "woo" all the lovely young ladies out there... including Sophie's sister, Lettie...
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Post by Alex on May 30, 2005 19:11:07 GMT -1
lol..oki cool. I saw it in the movie trailer..but then my friend told me they changed lotsa stuff in the movie and that birdy thing isn't in the book..so yea  |
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Post by TruBellezzan on Jun 3, 2005 16:10:06 GMT -1
Oh well, most movies suck compared with books.... they're so much better if they're nice and original without being taken from books and twisted out of recognition.... like Ella Enchanted
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Post by Lily on Sept 27, 2005 0:23:32 GMT -1
i resad the book then saw the movie!! The mvoie to me hand an unreal likeness to the book
~Lils
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Post by Alex on Sept 27, 2005 22:22:00 GMT -1
Oh...i still haven't read it..maybe your right...
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Post by neptune on Oct 7, 2005 12:09:17 GMT -1
i've fully read Charmed Life, Dogsbody, Eight Days of Luke and The Magicians of Caprona and have partly read The Lives of Christopher Chant and Power of Three....
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Post by [giulietta-off dreaming] on Jan 26, 2006 1:00:49 GMT -1
I read the first volume of the Chrestomanci thing. I wasn't really impressed, though.
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Post by TruBellezzan on Feb 7, 2006 18:21:48 GMT -1
I've read (ahem):
Power Of three
chrestomanic series
fire and hemlock
tale of time city
hexwood
merlin conspiracy
howl's moving castle
the time of the ghost (freaky!)
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Post by [giulietta-off dreaming] on Feb 12, 2006 16:00:24 GMT -1
Wasn't Howl's moving Castle made into a movie or something?
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Post by Princess of Fishes on Apr 1, 2006 10:23:44 GMT -1
dunno bt I've read tale of time city and power of three
power of three was a bit weird though and slightly weak in places
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Post by [giulietta-off dreaming] on Apr 5, 2006 0:00:25 GMT -1
Yes, Howl's Moving Castle was made into an anime by Hayao Miyazaki. I saw it while I was on vacation. Miyazaki is AMAZING! I don't know how it compares to the book, but the movie WAS amazing.
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Post by TruBellezzan on Apr 11, 2006 17:20:40 GMT -1
So I guess it's worth watching then?  Is it available on DVD? |
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Post by [giulietta-off dreaming] on Apr 14, 2006 0:26:52 GMT -1
Should be. It's in an anime style, done by Hayao Miyazaki. Maybe I won't think the movie is so amazing after I read the book but really, the movie's very good. And some of the things are so cute!
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Post by on Apr 14, 2006 18:19:31 GMT -1
I adore the book to pieces, but I also love the movie. The animation is incredibly pretty and well done. (and I'm an anime geek anyway, so...) As a film, it works. You jsut have to keep them seperate in your mind. A film and a book with similar plots, interpreted differently by 2 different people.
Actually, if anyone wants to see it, and doesn't mind the fact that it's dubbed in english* or it's sort of illegal, I can upload it to sendspace for people to download and watch. If you promise to delete it within 24 hours and go out and buy it yourself if you really like it. Basic sampling rules.
Anyone interested? (It does take hours to download though - not for dial up users. I normally set things to download before I go to school, and then come home to find them freshly downloaded and pretty. or set them going as soon as I get in, and then have them done by the end of the evening)
*I consider dubbing the 11th sin. Particuarly for anime, as that's where I see it most, and the difference tends to be most obvious, but anywhere at all is awful. It changes the way the movie was meant to be seen. Dubbing = hellfires and brimstone and daytime televison. Subbing = fluffy angels and clouds and good books.
I've made an exception for this film because I can't get hold of the original japanese, although
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Post by [giulietta-off dreaming] on Apr 17, 2006 23:36:28 GMT -1
XDXDXD Well, I've seen it. I did love it. And I love anime, too. Anyway.
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