Thursday 2 August 2018

Thursday Movie Picks: Body Switch



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.

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Wandering Through the Shelves