Let me start by saying that this is the final Miyazaki film that I needed to finish my daughter's english dub collection. While the animation was obviously some of his earlier work this does not take away from the story at all. I would liken it more to Kiki's delivery service more than Spirited Away. I was a bit surprised by the show of firearms actually being fired at someone early on in the movie. There is no blood or gore involved though, I was just surprised to see it in a film with the Disney name on it. Some reviews of the movie will rail on about how terrible the voice talent in the Disney dub were, however I found them to be fair to good. There are only a few of times during the story where the sound does not keep up with the facial movement onscreen but these instances are hardly noticable. Overall I would rate this movie a solid 8. Story is awesome, I'm just a bit more fond of some his later work due to the richness and activity shown onscreen.Read full review
'Castle in the Sky' is not 'Spirited Away' nor 'Howl's Moving Castle' but its still a fine way to spend a few hours in a new world. The same themes run throught them all; enviroment and antiwar. Especially didn't like it in 'Howl's Moving Castle'. if you read the book, it had neither these themes placed in the movie. If I had been the author I would have been upset to say the very least! This movie doesn't have the quality of drawing as the other two movies either but its still very good. Better quality than what is on television as 'cartoons for kids'. I would recommend it to anyone liking Japanese cartoons.
Fun action, beautiful cel animation, and a decent English dub. This was my first time watching Castle in the Sky. It was good to find a decent-quality English Ghibli dub. I was told that the 2003 dub was better than the 2010 one, so I bought this copy to give the movie a watch with the best light possible. The last and only other time I watched a Ghibli movie was a poor-quality dub of Ariety that made its way to the local library. The dialog was slow and awkward and really off-put me to the Ghibli collection at an early age. I'm glad older me gave these classics a second chance though. Watched it with the family and they all thought it was cool. My little sister is into drawing fan art of anime characters and at the end, she asked, "So this was all hand-drawn without any computers?" She hadn't seen a lot of the pre-digital anime and thought that this looked gorgeous but couldn't imagine how long it took the animators to craft each frame of the two-hour movie.Read full review
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I found no problems with the disc or the case, everything came in good condition. The film itself is beautiful and elegantly made, I highly recommend it. In case you were wondering, this is the better version of the movie, as the newer one contains less dialogue and soundtrack.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
If you're thinking of buying this movie, I hope you know about the debate between this version and the newer version, just to make sure you get the one you want most. Basically this one has a newer orchestrated soundtrack and some lines of dialog added in when the characters aren't on screen to make things a little more entertaining. The newer version has the original digital score and cut out a lot of the added dialog. I like this one best because the score is so much more moving and some of our favorite lines to quote are the one liners that Disney added in. So, make sure to get the one you'd like best.
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