What a great ending to a long and wonderful story of three young wizards trying to break a formidable evil adversary. Well played out by all, especially liked Alan Rickman's role as Severes Snipe and I loved Nevel's take charge change. It was heart breaking and emotional to see what was read come to life. I loved it and I will watch it many more times on video and maybe again in the theater.
In my recent midnight viewing of New Moon, the excitement was palpable from all the other female viewers which helped further my own excitement. I thought the movie was well thought out and the effects were a grand improvement over Twilight's vastly cheesy attempt at speed in the character's running. The stunts and characterizations were improved. So much more enjoyable. The one problem I do have is the choice of music in the sound track. What were they thinking? It totally ruined the feel of the movie. In one word it "SUCKED". The movie overall was a wonderful return. I can't wait until the DVD release comes out. Can they change the soundtrack in the interim?
As a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki I was not surprised by the excellent colors and visual effects of the Japanese animation that is legendary. It was also a fantastic adaption of the Hans Christian Anderson tale of "The Little Mermaid" but now told of a fish. It was endearing and funny. The mother's driving was hilarious. The father of Ponyo or Hildagarde was wonderful, her mother was beautiful, huge and awesome. The movie was spectacular and great for the whole family. My children loved it as they did "Howl's Moving Castle", "Spirited Away ", "My Neighbor Totoro". It is a must see.