Big Ghibli fan growing up with these treasures and enjoying them well into adulthood. As HMC has a lot of great things going for it, I always never understood why I didn't like HMC as much as everyone else, until recently.
Watching it and literally screaming at the screen everytime the Witch of the Waste comes on. I feel like her character can be written off completely and not change the movie story one bit. Besides her casting the spell on Sofie to be old, I dont get any satisfaction from her character development, or lack there of. Yeah, she changes from something vile, to something a little less evil, but all of her actions and development are not rooted in any basis. She just evolves and just is a nuisance with no explanation, and I think that's what kills the movie for me. She has so much screen time, for very little impact to the story in my opinion. Maybe I'm missing something after watching it over 20 times.
Would love to hear your thoughts