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Lol I agree it was confusing as hell Lol but what kept me glued to it was the flow of character personailites, and the animation. Mainly Howl's transformations, where were fantastic.

But these fantasy movies I think are supposed to be confusing in general. Much like Ghiblis are too

I'm not sure I really cared for Howl's Moving Castle either. The only reason I watched it to begin with was because my friend's a huge Christian Bale fan, and he played Howl. :/

Well I myself don't understand why people in general find Howls moving castle that good.

It is the only Miyazaki anime that had me almost fall asleep.

But to be honest there are several animes in top 50 which I simply cannot understand is so high up there.

For an instance Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen was good but 7th?

To me nothing really happens in Howl, its just a strange love story with a touch of magic. Sure the animation is great, but the story itself is quite average. If it didn't had Miyazakis signature on it I doubt it would be in top 200.

Because people are alowed to have seperate opinions. :/

I mean, I understand what you're getting at. I really have no idea why Spirited Away is so highly acclaimed, and yet people seem appalled when I say I didn't really care for it. It's all a matter of opinion.

Each to his own.
Why you dislike something might be the very reason why someone else likes it~

I honestly thought the movie was pretty good overall but as a Miyazaki film, standing on the shoulder of giants like Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, etc., it just doesn't hold. I haven't seen Princess Mononoke in years and I still remember some random scenes and most of the plot points. I can barely remember what happened in Howl's Moving Castle.

But that's just me~

imo howl is the best of his films because it mixes both his dtong points (dramatic flims and whymsicals fils) and............ I love happy endings....... yeah...even if was a little 2 disney-seque but I REALLY NEEDED TO SEE A HAPPY MOVIE

it is definitely not even close to the best.

I loved the novel myself. Diana Wynne Jones - while maybe not quite in the field of Shakespeare or Bronte, still writes very well as someone aiming it at the teen/young adult generation. Much better than the horrible increase of Vampire books flooding in their exceedingly average dozens.

While Howl's Moving Castle is by no means his best work, I still think it's brilliantly done. Yes its confusing, but go on, tell me EXACTLY what's the reasoning and the explanation behind every plot line in Spirited Away, or Castle in the Sky.
I feel the ending was a bit rushed, and the characters barely explained, but it's still a beautiful movie which, at least, has the plot moving on.
Whisper of the Heart was a movie I was slightly disappointed in. I thought something was to happen with the Cat Baron (then again, The Cat Returns was there for that respect) and I felt the plot didn't really move anywhere. Still a beautiful movie, but not my favourite.

Howl's Moving Castle however, is a brilliant adaptation of a good book.

He thinks it's the best, you don't.
Like someone earlier said, what you hate about the movie may be the reason why another person loves it.

I agree with OP on saying that probably is Miyazaki's worst work. At least among those I've seen. It's a good movie but helplessly comparing it to Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Whispers of the Heart and especially Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds... it is, to put it simply, mediocre.

Well, that's just me...

Some people love it.

Some people don't.

I respect their opinion no matter what.

I love it. It may have its flaws but I don't care. :)

Well... I watched it based on a friend's reccomendation... I was super excited but within the first few minutes I found myself cursing the animation... not that it wasn't good... but it was far from what I was expecting... and not near my type... I hadn't seen any of Miyazaki's work and to quote Captian-Z... it did strike me as a movie Disney would put out -.-

Hum. I loved it. But that's just me.

I too didn't see its glory, so i decided to give it a passable number with 6. I really liked Spirited Away and thought it was an amazing anime -film. This anime had it's moments there and there, but in the end i wasn't amazed like i thought i would be.

This anime is definitely overrated. Maybe it was the finnish dubbing that affected that much? Well, i'll probably never find out, because i'm not that keen to watch this anime again.

Well i think they wanted the movie to be that way, because they wanted you to use you imagination a lot more then you would in other movies so that you would be more into it and apart of it<3 I found this film to be one of the best of its genre out there, so if you watched the movie once and didn't get it you should watch it again and this time think about it a little more. Cuz anything is possible when magic is involved<3 ^.^

You're opinion is strictly personal.

Complete mess and no flow? I don't know what your definition of flow is, but the I never felt like "Come on, make something happan!" while watching the movie.
I was totally grabbed by the movie and trapped in It's magical world. And a mess? Maybe you where sceptical about how many have said this movie is awesome, a masterpiece or similar opinions. That when you looked at the cover and read about it, you thought it was a complete lie and didn't even let yourself think it was good regardless if it is.

The movie is great. As are many by Miyazaki. Miyazakis movies are without a doubt, among the best anime movies in the world if not the best.
But ofcourse you wouldn't like the movie if you don't like this type of movie, these genres or this settings.

Because I said so!~
Joking.
I loved it. It gave me that relaxing feeling. ~_~

Why is it held in such high regard? It was a beautifully imagined and animated film with some very nice characterizations and symbolism, great music (as expected of Joe), a very well paced plot and quite a spectacular ending. It's fun and entertaining enough to capture the attention of kids, and most definitely has enough depth to appeal to older audiences as well. Honestly, I don't see where most of your criticisms come from. While not quite on the same level as Spirited Away, this was nonetheless a very well put-together film. IMO of course.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film and loved the English voice acting. Howl and Calcifer were great, but I also really liked young sophie played by Emily Mortimer. I got really caught up in the whole thing and initially gave it a 10, but I'm rethinking it due to the massive plot holes so I'll give a 9 out of 10. Maybe a week from now I'll change it back because I enjoyed it as much as Castle in the Sky and I also gave that a 10. Well, now I'm getting tied up in knots so I'll end this post