The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

[alcesverdes]

Ok, ok, tantrum's over. I'm feeling quite better now, so I think I'll use this still to mirror fics and when I feel like talking about fandom stuff in English.

For example: I've watched the first five episodes of the Hetalia anime. Not my thing. Besides I can't stand Italia (the character, of course orz), and I just can't watch/read anything with a character I find that annoying in the main cast.
At least I tried?

Now, about The Girl Who Leapt Through Time movie.

I really liked the beginning and the middle. The ending, on the other hand, left lots of loose threads that, if solved or perhaps even just mentioned, could've made the movie more rounded.

I think they got too happy about Chiaki's time stop, showing off the camera movements. That part was just. Long. Too long. They could've use some of that screen time to talk a little more about the aunt who, I'd say, was involved with a boy from the future as well. There were a few hints about it and, if that was indeed the case, I'd say it'd been better if they'd at least implied she saw the guy again, to give more hope to the viewer about Makoto's situation.

Also, what about the painting? Why was it so important Chiaki had to see it defying the laws of time and his era? The aunt said they didn't know who painted it nor if it even had artistic value. Was that discovered in the future? Did a Chiaki's ancestor paint it? We can only especulate because there were no hints at all about it, it was only about three seconds on screen, and yet it was what set the whole plot in motion. It drives me nuts the same way Ghibli's Earthsea drives me nuts. Ok, maybe not that much since I have other reasons to not like that Earthsea (except the soundtrack, I love the soundtrack), but STILL. Why did the prince killed his father in Earthsea? Why did Chiaki want to see that precise paiting in TGWLTT? We'll never know and yet, those things are, like, pivotal, because it was for them that it all hit the fan.

Saying the painting was a Mac Guffin doesn't cut it out for me because they could've solved it with just a few words when Chiaki was explaining his backstory.

There was also the thing with Makoto's future career. She said she hadn't decided to go with either Humanities or Science, and at the end she said she'd make sure the famous painting would arrive safely to Chiaki's era. Thus, they should've showed her choosing something that'd allow her to work in the museum and keep her word.

Yep, it really annoys me because it all could've been solved with a few lines here and there, but no, they had to waste time showing off the scenes in the time stop. *bites something*

BTW, I can't stop thinking about a crossover with the Whoverse. *is shot*

Comments

[beyourwings]

→ I thought you had a tantrum-- today. And then I remembered your last post :'D

→ You're so fast watching stuff o:

[alcesverdes]

Well, it was just a movie, one hour and a half. I watched it yesterday in the afternoon. \o/ I'm still in quarantine, remember? XD

[beyourwings]

..............oh, right. MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH ALL THE STUFF I HAVE TO WATCH >>

[alcesverdes]

And then give you the Cliff-notes version?

[beyourwings]

And screencaps \o/

[alcesverdes]

I don't do screencaps. :| Not that much, anyway.

[beyourwings]

But they would emphasize your points :D?

[alcesverdes]

I pass, ty. I've my own pile of stuff to watch :Db

[beyourwings]

;;

What else you have to watch? :o

[alcesverdes]

The first two: Transformes Animated, Innocent Venus.

[beyourwings]

You're FINALLY going to watch IV? XD

[solesakuma]

I WANT A QUARANTINE TOO

[alcesverdes]

You'll get one when you're in a country with an epidemic that scares the gringos

[solesakuma]

If your president is right, we've got two right now.

[alcesverdes]

You do?

[solesakuma]

Dengue -which, according to Calderón ¬¬, IS KILLING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE- and the most famous Mexican export ever, according to Calderón again. The dengue one is, however, true, but in a mild way.

[alcesverdes]

I didn't know about that.

Uh. Sorry? >.>

[solesakuma]

I just saw it on the news and amazingly so, the comments were not filled with anti-Mexican sentiment. They were filled with just run-of-the-mill Presidents-are-stupid sentiment.
He said that Mexico was AWESOME dealing with the epidemic, not that like Argentina: "Por ejemplo, se dio el año pasado en Argentina un virus, una presencia, un brote de dengue muy fuerte. Se habla de miles de personas muertas. Y evidentemente que las medidas preventivas, en fin, probablemente ciertas medidas de medición y de prevención, pudieron haber aportado mucho a la humanidad"
No sé porqué me molesta tanto, actually. El Gobierno argentino realmente lidió muy mal con el dengue, así que algo de razón tiene pero...

[alcesverdes]

Well, presidents tend to be stupid and he just proved it. Worse phrasing ever, dude.

[solesakuma]

It's just so arrogant and I doubt it does much for anything, except making Mexicans and ARgentinians alike facepalm por solidaridad.

[comfortingsounds]

GOD, THIS.

I can't stand the fact they never gave the viewer some real hope by the end. The fact they spent so much screentime with the time stop was annoyed me a lot, especially because I feel the same way about the issues you had.

Yet I loved the movie and it made me cry a lot? Maybe I'm really, really easy.

[alcesverdes]

Well, the movie was good, that's why those details annoyed me as much. XD

[comfortingsounds]

I wasn't sure if you liked it or not, but yeah. I can understand that. XD

[alcesverdes]

I liked it. It's just that there wasn't a resolution about practically anything. :|

[comfortingsounds]

True. :|