The Girl Who Leapt Through Time + Spirited Away

I've long since stopped watching anime and it was also an "it-all-got-too-much-for-me-i-had-to-step-away-from-it-all case since everyday when I switch the TV on, it would all be a mind-numbing series of anime after anime shows. However, it just so happened that as I was surfing the net for a movie to watch, i stumbled into this amazing website that has a great collection of HD quality movies that you can either stream or download. Another great thing about it is they actually provide viewers an option to watch the movies either dubbed or sub-titled. The only catch is, they're all anime films. By this time, I had already watched a trailer for Spirited Away so I decided ok, might as well watch it, it's been a long time anyway. I enjoyed it. So much so that right after that movie, I watched another anime, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. 

credit: lokasenni


Synopsis: 

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.  -stagevu.com

movie link (subbed) : http://stagevu.com/video/hbxnrfsarocj

My Take:

I like time travel themed movies/books, except when it's badly made, that it wasn't much of a surprise when I ended up enjoying this movie despite it being an anime film. Somehow it reminds me of Butterfly Effect and Dean Koont'z Lightning, but only because it shows how every action, every alteration done in the past, always, always, affects the future. This movie begs the question "if you have the power to go back in time and change something, would you do it? If so, which time? and which event?" I asked myself that and I couldn't really think of any. ah, maybe go back for a day during that time when I saw my crush for the first time in high school, lol, not to change anything but simply to relive the feelings, and maybe freeze time for a bit so i could stare at him unhindered lmao. *.^

credit:  cosmo111687

Synopsis:

Tale of the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent her from returning to the human world. - http://movies.yahoo.com

movie link (in Japanese, English subbed) http://stagevu.com/video/ejxbtfppaqvd

My take:

I would have enjoyed this movie more if I was a kid. It's not that I didn't, i did. But had i been a child, this movie will be in an altogether different level, intense. Some scenes would be so much horrifying, so much exciting. It'll be much more thrilling at every turn, and I'd be cheering the heroine on as if I'm her friend. But since I'm a grown woman watching this movie about magical creatures, it toned down things a bit, but I still enjoyed it very much. 

P.S. I can't find a longer english subbed Japanese trailer so I had to use Disney's version (yes, Disney bought the right to show this film but they it had it dubbed in English). However the movie link I posted here is the Japanese one cos personally i don't like watching dubbed movies since I think the movie loses much of it's spirit, spunk, and flavour. :)