Your Name
A country girl, Mitsuha and city boy,
Taki (a little bit like the song) wake up in each other's bodies. They
get to know each through notes and messages and make changes in each
other's lives. When Taki tries to find Mitsuha and her town but it is
revealed that the comet that passed over the sky split in two. The
smaller part crashing to Earth and destroying Mitsuha's town, 3 years
previously. A sci-fi romance spin with body swapping. It is also the 4th
highest grossing Japanese film of all time. With a fantastic soundtrack
and amazing animation, this story stuck with me long after I saw it.
Girls Lost
Three teenage girls plant a special flower whose nectar
turns them temporarily into boys. They enjoy the freedom that comes
with being a boy, but when one of them becomes too attached to their
male persona, their friendship is tested. In all honesty, I haven't seen
all of the film, but now its waiting patiently on my shelf to be
watched, no escape. The story was intriguing and it also reminded me of
that episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch where she turns into a boy to
get to know Harvey better. Yes, I love Sabrina, such a great show....
Day Watch
Following on from Night Watch, an epically amazing film, taken from the pages of The Night Watch saga by
Sergei Lukyanenko, the sequel, Day Watch was not based on the second
book of the series, but actually the latter part of The Night Watch
book. Confused? No matter. The body switching in the film occurs when
Light Other Anton needs to be hidden from the Dark Others as he has been
covering up his son's (Dark Other) crimes against humans. He is body
swapped with his old partner, Olga, who was punished to be an owl for
decades, but that was in the first film. Anyway they are swapped for
sometime in the film. An amusing sequence where it cuts between them as
Light Other Svetlana can see the real Anton through his disguise.
