Review of Howl's Moving Castle

I so wanted to like this - Studio Ghibli, a bit steampunk...but I didn't much. The narrative was confusing and muddled, a bit dreamlike but not in an interesting way. The characters developed relationships with each other, but there didn't actually seem to be any development. One minute they were scared of each other, and then they were best friends and lovers.

It looked great, of course, but that wasn't enough.

Watched on Netflix.