Movie Review: Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Hepburn: Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) - a wonderful fantasy drama with the blend of amazing score and unfeigned romance
Rating: 4.7 stars out of 5 (Still one of the best Studio Ghibli movies)
Honourable Mentions: Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack album for Castle in the Sky won't cease to amaze you !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTuXYwU-unQ&list=PLF2BCEDE281E229E2

Review:
Castle in the Sky is a classical fantasy romance drama by Studio Ghibli which is ranked #43 Highest rated anime all time and #40 most popular anime all time in the anilist.co site
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The music of this anime is composed by Joe Hisaishi who also composed the score for other Studio Ghibli movies "Spiritted Away", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Princess Mononoke" to name a few.
This anime movie is a wonderful treat to watch and surpasses the likes of animated movies like The Lion King, Aladdin and the little mermaid.
Castle in the Sky is beautiful and wise in it's story-telling aspect. It's suitable for cinephiles of all ages and categories. This movie is beautifully drawn and the character development we get to see in this movie is an absolute delight to watch.

Story (Spoilers Alert):
The movie has two main characters Sheeta and Pazu.
Other characters i liked in this movie are Dola and Uncle Pom. Captain dola's character is absolute delight to watch.
The movie starts when a crew of pirates headed by Captain Dola attacks the plane in which Sheeta was kidnaped. Sheeta manages to escape from that plane but she falls of the plane and thus Captain Dola couldn't get the crystal. The crystal of Laputa has special powers and these can only be used by Sheeta - the true heir of Laputa.
Pazu who is the main protagonist in this movie and is my favourite character sees Sheeta - a girl coming from the sky above. He holds her and thus the union takes place. The score played in that sequence makes the scene epic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8MEO_2AYo
What comes next is an excellent fantasy adventure which Sheeta and Pazu undertakes to find LAPUTA - the castle in the sky. Meanwhile, the cute romance blossoms between Sheeta and Pazu and it becomes the important constituent of this epic 2 hours long movie.

Favourite soundtracks from the movie:

1. The girl who fell from the sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8MEO_2AYo 2. The levitation crystal OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl5xTQOtP-I 3. The Legend of Laputa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLd8bH3mAn8 4. Floating with the Crystal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JER5MM5jcsY 5. Memories of Gondoa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQG8qC2oFYA 6. Confessions in the Moonlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt0Ek5LZPBA 7. The Lost Paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2EDABZX_Ow 8. The forgotton robot soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACYksTUcE3U 9. The destruction of Laputa (Choral Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEDVsUDRuRY 10. The eternal tree of life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRfklQNZkqw

Favourite quotes:

1. Uncle Pomme: The earth speaks to all of us, and if we listen, we can understand.
2. Sheeta: [after falling on Pazu from roof] Oh, I'm sorry. Are you all right? Does it hurt much?

Pazu: Hey, if my head was any harder, you could use it as a cannonball.