9/24/2023 0 Comments The cat returns![]() ![]() Muta: (stands up with a huff) I'M OUTTA HERE! Baron: That's too bad, because I was just going to get out some Angel Food cake I have in the cupboard. Toto: I like this girl more every minute. (gasps upon realizing what was just said aloud) Muta: What?! MOO?! Are you saying that I'm a fat cow?! Haru: No, it's just you're fat. Haru: Don't you cats know anything? I hate mice, I don't eat them! I'm allergic to cat-tails, and catnip does nothing for me! Natoru(Cat messenger): What?! But how can that be? The whole kingdom is working to make you happy! And we all agreed that the gifts were just fabulous. Haru: Hey, mom? Do you think cats can talk? Haru's mother: Sure, why not? Muta: And this time, I'll eat the entire CASTLE! Cat Guard #4: What a monster! Baron: Did you really do that, Muta? That's disgusting. ![]() Cat Guard #4: Years back?! Cat Guard #5: I don't believe it. Cat Guard #1: Renaldo?! Cat Guard #2: Renaldo Moon? Cat Guard #3: The Renaldo Moon? Natori(Vizier): So, THAT'S who he is! The King: Who? Natori(Vizier): Your Majesty, how could you have forgotten?! He's such a notorious criminal his story is written on our walls! Years back, an enormous white cat appeared out of nowhere, devoured all the fish in the lake, and then ran off. Even if she does like to stick her nose in other people's business. I am Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, and I have come for Haru.ĭialogue Muta: I respect a woman who stands up for herself.If you find yourself troubled by something mysterious or a problem that's hard to solve, there's a place you can go where you always find help.Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear. Just for the record, I admire a woman who speaks from the heart.Your majesty, I promise that I will make the young lady smile.(After seeing Haru kidnapped by the cats) Better skip the tea.Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.What? MOO?!? Are you saying that I'm a fat cow?. ![]() I respect a woman who stands up for herself.No one's impressed with your cheesy light show, okay? It’s a short, fun ride through a modern fairytale that will make you wish you too could squeeze through the door to the Cat Kingdom and have some adventures too. It doesn’t have as much emotional maturity as, say, My Neighbour Totoro or When Marnie Was There, but that doesn’t seem to have been the intention. But the American voice cast also very much deserves a mention, especially Tim Curry’s Cat King with his “Ciao Babe” together with Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Elliott Gould and Peter Boyle amongst others, that makes it so very entertaining. It’s always worth watching in the original Japanese if you can, to experience the performance of the voice actors the way the director intended it to be. ![]() The story itself is really well paced, and the characters are all really likeable, especially grumpy Muta. I often find that the more bizarre the action gets, the more it seems to make sense – you have to leave your logic at the door, throw caution to the wind and just enjoy the ride. But it simply wouldn’t be Studio Ghibli without the weird, the strange and the dreamlike. It can take pretty bizarre turns at times with the changing sizes of characters and sets that reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, the mingling of magical creatures and normal animals, and the mixing up of time and space that’s somehow Enid Blyton-like. The Cat Returns stays pretty light-hearted and playful. So when she rescues a strange cat from being run over, it follows that this is no ordinary cat but the Prince of Cats, and in attempting to reward her for her good deed, the King of the Cats and his court causes even more chaos. From her clumsiness to her lack of organisation, everything she touches goes wrong. This story is much tamer than other Ghibli films such as Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke – it tells the story of a young girl, Haru, who seems cursed with bad luck. Maybe because of this, The Cat Returns feels different enough to question whether or not you’re actually watching a Ghibli film while at the same time convincing you that it must be one. In a departure from the regular creative direction of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, it’s a Ghibli directorial debut for Hiroyuki Morita. It’s been 18 years since Studio Ghibli released its 13 th film, The Cat Returns, and 15 years since its arrival in the UK. Starring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Tetsu Watanabe ![]()
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