I love you so much for this. You have perfectly articulated all my problems with Movie!Howl that I never felt strongly enough to examine yet knew deep in my marrow.
I've usually watch Miyazaki's movies in Japanese, so the lack of Welshness didn't bother me so much, but it's still a really good point you make. Especially this:
"AND HERE'S THE IRONIC THING, which I only just found out the other month: he's played (in the English overdub, which is all I've seen) by Christian Bale, who as it turns out IS WELSH. WHY couldn't he have used his REAL voice? Instead he turned him into BATMAN!HOWL. "
YESYEYSYESYES!!! Exactly so much YES! (I hated Batman!Howl—it was SO WRONG.)
For the record, I read HMC before the movie rights were even optioned, and though Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro are some of my favorite movies EVER I think Movie!HMC is my least favorite Ghibli film.
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THEM NOT GIVING DIANA ENOUGH CREDIT. I hate, hate HATEHATEHATESOMUCHDALEK!VOICEHATE it when people who've only seen the movie and they think Miyazaki made it up HIMSELF. I'm like, um… NO? In fact, all the BEST BITS were made up by Diana Wynne Jones and they're like "Who?" and I just want to bury them under a pile of all her books. Hardback editions.
Anyway. Um. Thanks for ranting. Love it.
I think I would like Howl as a crazy friend I could go visit (maybe babysit for them?), but then leave before he got too annoying.
Marry, now, I'd marry Christopher Chant in a heartbeat… if Millie hadn't got him already. Which I don't blame her. XD
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Date: 2013-05-25 05:22 am (UTC)From:I've usually watch Miyazaki's movies in Japanese, so the lack of Welshness didn't bother me so much, but it's still a really good point you make. Especially this:
"AND HERE'S THE IRONIC THING, which I only just found out the other month: he's played (in the English overdub, which is all I've seen) by Christian Bale, who as it turns out IS WELSH. WHY couldn't he have used his REAL voice? Instead he turned him into BATMAN!HOWL. "
YESYEYSYESYES!!! Exactly so much YES! (I hated Batman!Howl—it was SO WRONG.)
For the record, I read HMC before the movie rights were even optioned, and though Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro are some of my favorite movies EVER I think Movie!HMC is my least favorite Ghibli film.
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THEM NOT GIVING DIANA ENOUGH CREDIT. I hate, hate HATEHATEHATESOMUCHDALEK!VOICEHATE it when people who've only seen the movie and they think Miyazaki made it up HIMSELF. I'm like, um… NO? In fact, all the BEST BITS were made up by Diana Wynne Jones and they're like "Who?" and I just want to bury them under a pile of all her books. Hardback editions.
Anyway. Um. Thanks for ranting. Love it.
I think I would like Howl as a crazy friend I could go visit (maybe babysit for them?), but then leave before he got too annoying.
Marry, now, I'd marry Christopher Chant in a heartbeat… if Millie hadn't got him already. Which I don't blame her. XD