April 16, 2025 • 35 mins
Mamoru Hosoda's "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" follows 17-year-old Makoto Konno who discovers she can literally leap backward through time, using her newfound ability to reshape her experiences and relationships with mixed results.
• Exploring Hosoda's distinct animation style that differs from Ghibli films while maintaining beautiful visuals
• Examining the relatable teenage friend group dynamic among Makoto, Chiaki, and Kosuke
• Appreciating the unique visual representation of time travel through physical leaping
• Discussing how the film balances comedy with deeper themes of choice and consequence
• Analyzing the third-act revelations and somewhat ambiguous ending
• Comparing this early Hosoda work to his later films like Wolf Children and Belle
• Noting how the film holds up remarkably well visually since its 2006 release
Letterbox'd 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.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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This is the Wait For it Podcast.
Hey, everyone, welcome back tothe Wait For it Podcast.
(00:37):
I'm your co-host, phil Barrera,aka Phil the Filipino.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And I'm your other co-host, mr Eric Almighty and we
are following the footsteps ofour fellow podcasters, retro AV
Rewind, as they are in theirmagical girl season and they
recommended, as patrons of theshow, the movie that we are
going to talk about on thisedition of International Feature
, and that is the Girl who LeaptThrough Time is the Girl who
(01:07):
Leapt Through Time, yeah,revisiting the Mamoru Hosoda.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well, as this will be our third film in his
filmography and I wouldn't besurprised if we knock out a few
more here over the next fewmonths, years, whatever it may
be.
Eric, the Girl who LeaptThrough Time came out 2006.
And yeah, very excited todiscuss this one.
This is fresh on both of ourminds as we watched it here
within the last day or two, andexcited to get into it.
(01:30):
The last one we covered, Ibelieve, was Wolf Children, and
then Belle before that, so let'sget right into it.
If you're new to the podcast,welcome.
Stick around to the very end.
We'll let you know where youcan find all the rest of our
content, but let's go ahead andget into the letterboxd synopsis
.
When 17-year-old Makoto Konogains the ability to quite
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literally leap backwards throughtime, she immediately sets
about improving her grades andpreventing personal mishaps.
However, she soon realizes thatchanging the past isn't as
simple as it seems andeventually will have to rely on
her new powers to shape thefuture of herself and her
friends.
First and foremost, eric, didyou watch this in sub or dub?
(02:12):
I watched it in dub okay, I didas well and we'll uh, we'll talk
about how, how well that wasexecuted.
You know now that I've uh, well, both of us have spent a lot of
time speaking with voice actorsand lining up the the lip flaps
.
It's, it's difficult,especially when you're talking
about a film that is incrediblydialogue heavy and dialogue
(02:33):
dependent.
When it comes to the girl wholeapt through time and one of
the big conversations about thewatching these films, eric is,
is Phil just a Hosada guy andnot a Ghibli guy?
And I think the Girl who LeaptThrough Time is really leaning
even more so in that directionthat these are my films.
(02:54):
These are the types of filmswhere I find my comfort zone,
where I am very easily attachedto what's going on in the
storyline and, as I alluded toin the very beginning, like I am
anxious and excited to exploremore of these films.
So I'm just happy, eric, that Ithink I've at least found my
groove.
So now when people ask youdon't like Ghibli films, I'm
(03:16):
like, yeah, well, I'm a, I'm aHasada guy.
You know, I feel good aboutthat.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, no.
I mean that's that's totallyfine.
I don't know that that's goingto help you very much when it
comes to those arguments Not forthe ones that you know don't
ever listen to reason, but fornormal people, yeah, for normal
people, yeah, no.
And I mean you can always sayyou're a Makoto Shinkai type of
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guy as well.
So I mean there's other worksof art within anime films that
you have enjoyed.
For me, I definitely I'm goingto save the comment I have about
Hosada because it's going tocome off as insulting, but it's
not.
It really is a compliment.
What I'll say right now is thatthere is not a film that I've
watched of his that I've yet toenjoy, and that's the theme here
(04:06):
, I think, for the both of us.
I know Belle was a little bitof a miss for you and I like it
a little bit more for reasonswe've discussed, but Wolf
Children really kind of showedus what this director could
bring as far as a vibe, and thatvibe is very much present here
with this movie film.
Watching it I went dub becausewe had a good experience with
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wolf children in dub, but I doknow at this time, you know, dub
wasn't what it is now keepingthat in mind.
It didn't distract too muchbecause this movie is beautiful
to look at, it is very animatedand I think for what this movie
came out in 2006,.
It absolutely stood up to thetest of time.
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Did you feel that way lookingat it?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I did, and we're talking about other than like
one set piece that pops up,that's a repeating set piece.
There's nothing in here that'slike really grandiose, such as
in Wolf Children, such as inBelle.
It's a city, it's a school,it's a house and all of that
looks really solid.
It's a really, really prettybackdrop and all of that
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animated very, very well.
The characters are animatedvery well.
There is a lot of really goodstorytelling told through that
animation, in terms of not justdialogue but like facial
expressions and tones andeverything like that.
So, yes, I definitely agree.
And the Girl who Leapt ThroughTime, you know, and Wolf
Children, I think animation wiseare well.
(05:38):
There's definitely a step up.
I mean, we're talking about asix year difference between Wolf
Children and the Girl who LeaptThrough Time, but I like that
between those three films thatwe've watched, stylistically all
totally different.
So, and I think that issomething that is that really
sets these films apart and Ireally enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yeah, I think the thing that stood out to me the
most was that they are different, but they also have a lot of
underlying similarities.
This movie very much gave meboth Wolf Children and Belle
vibes, and those are the filmswe've seen.
So to continue to watch hisfilmography would be interesting
, because I know there's goingto be elements in each of these
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films that are used multipletimes.
But that doesn't make it feelrehashed or cheap.
It just feels like his style,which I think worked really well
.
Ultimately, this movie doesn'twork unless you're invested in
the characters and specificallyour main character and the trio
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of characters we spend the mosttime with.
I'm very curious, philil, whatyou thought of this semi love
triangle relationship andobviously all of this taking
place, uh, with time travelingso to, so to say, in high school
.
What is that kind of vibe done?
And feel free to talk freelybecause, guys, this movie came
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out in 2006.
It's 20 years old.
This is a feature of ours, sowe probably won't give away any
major plot points.
We'll probably keep spoilersand we'll call that out at the
end in case you haven't seen it.
But, phil, what did you think?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I really enjoyed it.
I think as far as a friendgroup, they are believable in
terms of the actualconversations and struggles.
It was very relatable.
I think, too, when you putyourself back into the shoes of
a teenager like Eric we, indifferent points of our lives we
have been this friend groupthat we have had a combination
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of friends like this.
So I think it was veryrelatable and it could be very
relatable to a lot of people andeven dating to today.
I think people was veryrelatable and it could be very
relatable to a lot of people andeven dating to today.
I think people could findthemselves in that.
Even though it came out in 2006, you really could set this at
any time period.
So I very much enjoyed that.
Where it did kind of it it didget convoluted is who is Makoto
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really into?
Because you really getdifferent responses and stories
from other characters in themovie.
So at a certain point you'relike which one of these guys is
for Makoto, because they bothhave really good qualities.
It's not like one of them, Ithink, is inherently better than
the other, other than one has areally cool power, obviously,
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but between the two of them,them in terms of their
personalities, both solidchoices.
So it's not as like a like theonly other thing, for some
reason that's popping in my head.
It's not like a twilight thingwhere you like draw a line in
the sand.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I feel like you can be like yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I like both of these characters.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
You can you can choose either one.
I would agree with that.
It was kind of like a cat andmouse game as far as the
relationships, and I did likethat.
I think for me one of thethings that I really tried to
let happen was to allow thestory to cook and to allow them
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to navigate through theserelationships, through these
feelings, which at some points,especially for Makoto, very
frustrating reactions or actionsto these feelings.
So there was a lot of thatgoing on.
I think most of it worked upuntil about the third act.
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But I think for me, phil, themost appealing thing was the
time traveling aspect, whichwe've talked about before.
Is it overused, trope?
I don't know that this isoriginal, but the way they kind
of explained how it worked inthis movie worked pretty well
for me.
Did you feel the same?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I agree, I also I mean, even just visually, the
idea of this girl having toliterally leap to get through
time.
I was like I thought maybethat'd be a little bit on the
nose, but it was.
It made for some pretty comedicmoments and also just a really
it's a different type of timetravel, mode of transportation,
(10:04):
whatever the word is I'm lookingfor.
Like I haven't really seenanything like that before.
So, yeah, I thought that workedvery well.
I'm still a little confused onhow.
Why am I blinking on thecharacter?
Oh, chiaki, I'm still a littleconfused on the how and the why,
and we'll talk about that herein just a moment, like what you
(10:25):
just alluded to, the third act.
But yeah, no, and when it comesto time travel, this is
definitely one of the ones where, like I enjoyed it, more so
than other instances where we'reseeing it unfortunately pop up
a lot more here recently, and tovarying levels of success yeah,
I, I think the time travelingworked a lot for me until again,
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that third act, and that'swhere the story can kind of get
a little convoluted.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
We'll probably save some of that for the spoilers,
but yeah, the relationshipbetween all three of them is
definitely the standout.
Chiaki Kosuke I liked a lot ofthe supporting characters that
kind of came in and in and aboutthe story from the school, but
other than that, there were acouple of confusing characters
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that we'll talk about at lengthas far as what their purpose was
or maybe some of theirbackground, specifically Aunt
Witch.
I think that threw me off alittle bit, and maybe that was
on purpose, so there's a coupleof those things that we can't
quite get to yet.
I think the biggest thing tohighlight, though, is those
characters, is thecinematography, which are
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probably the two biggeststandouts.
Are there any other particularhighlights, phil, before maybe
we talk about some of thoselowlights a little bit further?
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Well, you know, we, just we you mentioned this right
before we started recording.
It's an.
It's an hour and a half, soit's a really easy brisk watch.
But no, those are the primarythings.
I mean, it's fairly simple forus at this point when it comes
to international features andlate to the parties Give us
likable characters, give us acoherent story and you're going
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to get a solid response out ofus.
It's crazy how it seems sodifficult sometimes for that to
happen with some of these filmsthat we've covered.
But no, between all of that,we'll shout out the English cast
Emily Hurst played Makoto,andrew Francis was Chiaki and
Alex Zahara played Kosuke.
Like you said for the time,very, very good in 2006.
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I would actually maybe not likeopenly, like right now, but
down the line would probablywatch this again in sub just to
see if my experience is a littlebit different.
But those are the primarythings.
Do you got anything before wetransition?
Because there is.
I do want to run something byyou and see if you feel the same
.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
No, I think, I think we hit it on the head.
I think if you want to get alittle bit more of a different
or unique perspective on thisfilm from maybe a spoiler free
perspective I don't know howthey're going to run the episode
, so maybe I shouldn't say that,but we're going to be on Retro
AV Rewinds episode, which willdrop the day after this, so make
sure to check that out for someadditional perspectives.
(13:09):
And I think, phil, when we getinto opportunities, this may be
the spoiler warning, because Ifeel like a lot of the
opportunities have to do withthe plot and some of the ways
that the events of this movieunfold.
So this may be that officialspoiler warning coming up here
in just a bit.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yeah, so I very much enjoyed this and just like I've
enjoyed basically all of hisother films, you know, even even
Bell, like I didn't, I gave atwo and a half but really,
really loved Wolf Children, thegirl who left through time, it's
like on, it's like teetering on.
Greatness, right it is.
There's just something missingand I think it's likely the
(13:55):
ending.
Right, and you talk about thethird act in general, but I
think the ending for sure theyneeded to nail and it kind of
just becomes like a speed run ofstuff throughout the end.
Again, 90 minutes.
You probably could have addedanother 15 and really flesh this
out a little bit more, but likethat's definitely what's
preventing it from, I think,ending up higher, probably on
(14:16):
both of our lists is there'sjust something missing and I'm
hoping that maybe you can giveme something outside of what I'm
thinking of.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Is it just the final act?
Yeah, it is.
When we talk about our scores,I think our scores would have
been a little bit higher hadthey nailed the ending, and I'm
glad I gave that spoiler warningbecause it's the Chiaki reveal
and the reveal itself istelegraphed and it's done well,
like when time stops and he'sthere, like the tension is there
.
It's just like the explanation.
(14:52):
Maybe I'm missing somethingfrom the watch through.
I have not deep dived intovideos to understand why this
painting was so important.
Maybe you caught that messagingor maybe I missed it.
I don't really know that thatwas ever really explained.
And then, as we kind of speedrun through this reveal and the
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consequences of all of that, themovie kind of like ends on an
anticlimactic note, like thereis no real answer or conclusion
to everything we just wentthrough.
Did you feel that way?
Because I don't know, maybe Imissed something, what?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I gathered, is where he's from.
In the future, these thingsdon't exist anymore.
And he came back specificallyto see this painting, which also
and then at the time had notbeen reassembled yet by Aunt
Witch, who I also I agree withyou I thought was going to be a
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much bigger player in all this.
I thought, maybe, did you maybethink that Aunt Witch was
Makoto from like anothertimeline?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I don't know.
That's the thing I was like.
Maybe she is, maybe she's oneof the other girls from the high
school, I don't know.
Apparently, there was like anoriginal novel and I think she
might be a character from that.
They were highlighting thatcharacter in a way that made it
seem like she was tied to thestory.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Like how the your Name characters are in
Weathering with you.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yeah, but other than providing her opinion on
Makito's time leaping and herrelationships, like there was
nothing else that was developedfor that character.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
She led on, and how did she know what time leaping
was?
Speaker 1 (16:42):
They didn't explain that.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
That's the thing.
So, unless she herself is atime.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Well, she said she did.
She said she did do it Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
But she made it sound like oh, this just happens to
girls your age which or maybethat it was like a family thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
That's what I also assumed too.
Is this her actual aunt?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I don't know why is she called Aunt Witch?
Yeah, is it because she couldtime leap?
I don't know, like that's athing?
Yeah, it was confusing.
There was also a picture, Iremember, with her and like two
guys, but they weren't the sametwo guys in the film, so it's
kind of alluded.
She went through like almostthe same exact thing.
It's kind of alluded.
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She went through like almostthe same exact thing Again.
Those breadcrumbs are nice, butif you don't give any answers,
you have to nail that endingwith what you're trying to do
and still leave me wanting more.
This movie left me wanting moreand I felt like it didn't give
a good ending to the plot it wasproviding.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Because you tell me if I'm wrong, wrong, I'll be
waiting for you all come runninglines.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
If, like, they nail the 15 minutes prior to that,
it's an all-time line, yeah, butbecause I'm a little confused,
it falls a little short I waslike how are you gonna, yeah,
but you guys are never going tothe, you guys are never gonna
see each other you guys arenever gonna see each other again
, because it was also like howfar into the future is he?
(18:05):
Yeah, man, doesn't he?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
also make an allusion to that.
There is no baseball in hisfuture, Like it seemed like
things were pretty bad where hecame from Right.
So Also, is he an adult?
Is he a teenager?
Is it creepy Did?
He come back as a teenager, Idon't know.
(18:29):
Yeah, again, sometimes wecomplained about films being too
long and then this just neededan extra 15 or 20, or maybe we
needed some additional contextand retro av rewind is gonna
like bart simpson us to be like.
This is what the movie is about.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
I hope so and I'm going to definitely look into it
a little bit more before wejump on that episode because I'd
like to understand.
But this, what we're giving youguys right now that are
listening and watching, is ourimmediate reaction to seeing it,
so you know our grades willreflect that, but that's
ultimately where it stands.
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Phil is like I don't need to behandheld through the film and
honestly, for three quarters ofit I was fine and then, like
most movies that deal withmultiverses or time travels, it
just didn't all come together ina clean cut way that I thought
was natural or made sense.
Clean cut way that I thoughtwas natural or made sense.
Something seemed off about thedirection they were taking and
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there wasn't enough subtleimagery or hints that were given
to me that I picked up on forme to make it feel like it was
part of the flow of the plot.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And that's my maybe biggest gripe with this film and
my biggest negative, becauseeverything else again was good,
if not great yeah, and I I willtell you, I was stressed when I
thought kosuke and that girlwere gonna die for the uh in
front of that train.
I was stressed out and and thenagain we get the cheeky reveal
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and then everything that happensafter that.
So, yeah, just on the cusp oflike being, I think, one of
those all-timer repeat watches.
So the way we're talking aboutit, I'm I'm sure our scores are
pretty solid.
It's just we, we were likeright there I think that's
probably the most frustratingpart is like you were so close,
(20:19):
yeah, you were so close, and,man, if we were girls, something
it'd be at least another halfto one star up.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Like you know what I'm just saying.
We'll see what their scores are, respectfully it's not.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It's not a guy girl thing, actually it is.
You're making it a guy girl Ithink actually uh, I could.
I could, to that point, though,see back in 2006 how like this
would have had a really strongimpression on like a young girl
watching this film.
I do think she is.
She's both emotional andsensitive, but also, at times,
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can really be like headstrong,and I like that about her.
So, like as a femaleprotagonist, I really like this
character, and if I'm going toremember anything about this
movie, it's going to be aboutthe actual girl who leapt
through time.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
For sure, For sure.
How do we rank them betweenBelle Hana from Wolf Children
and Makoto?
Speaker 1 (21:19):
So I preferred Wolf Children a little bit more, but
I did like this a little bitmore than Belle.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Yeah, that's an easy conversation for me.
As far as Belle and the othertwo, hana gosh, she's so great,
she has a, you know, just a kindof a wondrous charm about her
and also just a trying yourabsolute best, whereas, you know
, makoto is a teenager and justtrying to figure everything out
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as well.
I will give like a slight edgeto Hana, but it's close for me.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
It's definitely close , it's much closer between Hana
and Makoto than Belle.
And for Belle and I may havementioned this on the episode I
can't quite remember.
Belle is towards the bottompart of my list as well for
international features, but thereason I have it ranked a little
bit higher is because I reallyenjoy the music and I think I
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gave that an extra edge.
Plus, that was also my first.
That was both of our, I think,first films, potentially for his
filmography, but I don't know.
I just thought it was reallyunique.
And, Phil, I guess I'll make thecomment now that I was going to
make earlier, which again isgoing to seem insulting, and I
don't mean it that way way, butHosada's films and if we
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continue down this road are themost like above average films
you're gonna see like they're.
That's not meant to be aninsult, it's that he makes
really good films.
I just don't know if I'm evergonna see one one of these and
think they're great, and I couldbe wrong.
(23:03):
So if you have a Hosada filmthat you think is an all-timer,
let me know.
But, Phil, I think in thataspect it's similar to Ghibli
films, where everyone has aGhibli film.
I think everyone probably has aHosada film.
Maybe we just haven't foundthat one that is like an
all-timer for us.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Well, I want to watch all three of these in theaters.
They're coming out this year.
I want to rewatch Wolf Children, I want to rewatch this, and
then Summer Wars comes out intheaters as well, so maybe when
that comes around, that'll be agood opportunity to add that to
the rotation for internationalfeature.
You guys, let us know.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I believe I believe I've been May.
Yeah, I believe Ivan's alsomentioned the Boy and the Beast,
which is a 2015 film.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And then Mirai, which is one that I've seen pop up.
Those are kind of the last onesother than like a bunch of
Digimon or other, like kind ofone-off.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, these were the first movies he did.
I think the Girl who LivedThrough Time was like his first
non-Digimon or One Piecefranchise film that he had done.
But yeah, wolf Children will beout in theaters May 11th
through the 13th, summer Wars isJuly 27th through 29th, and
then the Girl who Leapt ThroughTime will be in September.
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So that'll give us a few monthsto settle on this and then
revisit it again and see how wefeel, and you know, maybe we
feel differently.
Like you said, I would be openagain to watching it in either
sub or dub for the ones we havealready seen.
For Summer Wars, I probablywant to watch that in dub.
That one came out in 2009.
And all these have similargrades too, when we talk about
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Letterboxd, so we'll transitionto that here.
Eric, as far as reviews andreception, belle does have the
lowest Letterboxd, so we'lltransition to that here.
Eric, as far as reviews andreception, bell does have the
lowest Letterboxd score of theones we have watched.
So I do feel a littlevindicated in my opinion on that
one.
But yeah, let's, let's head tothe numbers and see how this one
was received.
On Rotten Tomatoes it has an 84%tomato meter score that is only
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19 reviews but still prettysolid 90% popcorn meter score
and then over on letterbox.
It currently holds a averagerating of 3.9, which again
validates us as something thatis just barely missing the cut
of something truly, trulyspecial and iconic and that'll
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probably reflect I in both ofour grades.
Eric, I gave this a three and ahalf and you know, who knows,
maybe seeing it on that biggerscreen, getting more time to
reflect and look into themeaning of the movie and the
backstory, I will feeldifferently, but something that
I would certainly watch again.
It wouldn't be at the very topof my queue to show other people
, but I really enjoyed this,enjoyed the characters and, yeah
(25:46):
, I'm happy that we got to it.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Same.
I'm definitely glad that we'renot going to be guest on an
episode where we have to shit onthe movie they asked us to
watch.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Also two for two for Patreon month so far, man.
I'll just let you guys know theother one is trending
positively, so we're we'refeeling good.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Oh great.
I was so nervous you hadn'tasked me to pull it, pull up in
a discord and I was like heeither got it or he stopped
playing.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I'm just trying to figure it out on my on my side I
got my dick kicked in earliertonight, but I thought we're
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Speaker 1 (26:36):
For my score, the Girl who Leapt Through Time, I
gave a three and a half.
And if I could say anythingabout this film that hasn't
already been said, it's a moviethat is so close to proactively
telling people to watchproactively telling people to
watch, but in the rightcircumstances.
I think this movie is for somany people and people that have
(26:57):
missed out on it.
I could easily recommend thisto them in those casual
conversations.
But this is not a movie that Iwould ever proactively like jump
at the bit and say thateveryone has to watch or that I
do a watch party for.
It's a movie that if it was on,I would absolutely sit down and
probably get sucked into alittle bit of it.
(27:18):
It's just held back by thethird act and specifically the
way that the conclusion of thefilm occurs, and that's
ultimately what it is at the endof the day.
Upon a rewatch, maybe I willfeel differently upon learning
new information about how theending can be interpreted.
Maybe I feel differently, butabout 24 hours removed from
(27:42):
actually watching this, that ismy feeling and my score, and on
our list of internationalfeatures, this is actually right
behind it's right at 22 on mylist out of 31, right behind
tokyo, godfathers and rightabove perfect days.
So, phil, where did this landfor you?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
basically the same.
It's number 21.
It is right behind, 28 dayslater and before the raid that's
a crazy sandwich that is tworeally intense films.
Speaking of the raid, didn'tthe director just release a new
film, gareth evans?
Didn't he come out?
This is we're totally off trackhere, but didn't he do
(28:23):
something?
Somebody like released a movierecently that had to do with the
raid yeah, um, he released amovie with tom hard in it.
That's right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Havoc, yeah, or I don't think it's come out yet.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Okay, it's coming out this year, I believe.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yeah, apparently this movie the only thing I know
about this movie and we're goingoff on a tangent.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Is this a Netflix movie?
I believe so, but I also heardyears like it's been done for
years, so yeah, no, you like theraid way more than I did, so
maybe you'll have to check itout yeah, and honestly, yeah, no
, I, I definitely.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
I think there's also the raid too, which I hear is
great.
Yeah, I haven't seen it, butyeah, uh, netflix is releasing
the film in, uh, april and, yeah, this movie began, uh, I guess
beginning for um, like a filmfilmography in 2021.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Oh yeah, october 22nd 2021.
Filming officially wrapped Oof.
That was four years ago.
That's a good sign Almost fouryears.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Anyway, enough about this random Tom Hardy movie.
Are we doing more like these orsimilar films?
Speaker 1 (29:30):
No, not really Not for international compared.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
to like some other, some other like time travel
films.
Did you prefer this over eitherweathering you with you or
susan may?
Yeah, I know you hate susan may, so that doesn't count uh, I
hate it yeah no, what about someother time?
Have I scored that?
Speaker 1 (29:50):
on Letterboxd Hold on a second.
I did, yeah, I gave it a twoand a half.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
So did you.
Yeah, susan Mays, it's fine.
So we both hate it equally,okay, so you admit?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
that a two and a half is a hate for you.
I'm going to drop it down to atwo.
I got him.
I'm going to drop it down to atwo.
I got him.
I got him still Okay.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
No, I'm going to drop it down to a two.
What about othertime-travelling style films?
What about you Haven't Seen myOld Ass?
What about Eternal Sunshine?
It's not necessarilytime-travelling, but I've never
seen that.
No, oh, we might have to.
That might be one of those Okay.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I Ray Weathering with you.
Yeah, no, I definitely likethis.
Yeah, I'm going to giveWeathering with you a three,
because I like Weathering withyou a little bit more than
Suzume.
Well, I haven't given.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Ray Weathering with you, I'll give it that.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
How about Across the?
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Spider-Verse Okay, well, that's okay, never mind,
we don't have to do this.
No, if you want to do this,let's do this.
A hot tub time machine.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I'd probably pick this.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
A lot of these I haven't seen now that I'm
scrolling through this list.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
It's probably not one of those things you want to
just do on the fly.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What about this movie called I Want to Eat your
Pancreas?
I've heard that's really good,it's got a 3.9.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Yeah, no, I've heard that movie's good Like no joke.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
We gotta do something about these names, anime.
We don't.
We've got to do something.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
We don't.
But, guys, that was our episodehere for the Girl who Left
Through Time.
Thank you again to Bridget andVintage from Retro AV Rewind.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Brintage.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Brintage, as one person calls them, and thank you
guys for recommending thisbecause it was, despite our
complaints, especially towardsthe ending, most of this movie
absolutely fantastic and onethat we'll definitely talk
positively about overall.
But, phil, anything else youwant to add before we start to
(31:45):
kind of close this episode?
Speaker 2 (31:48):
No, I don't think so.
I guess, if you guys want tomaybe make a movie night out of
one of these when we go to thetheater in either May, july or
September, let us know.
We loved meeting up with peoplefor RRR, so maybe we can do it
again.
You know, another, another waitfor it film outing.
I think that'd be a fun time.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
OK, well, you can close the episode.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
I just think I didn't know if you were going to have
any comments on that, so I justwanted to see if you thought it
was a good idea.
Okay, I thought you were goingto be like no, that's stupid,
let's just close out the episode, okay.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
The last maybe five minutes of this episode
completely just derailed.
So I'm sorry about that, guys.
So Twilight.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
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And I'm your other co-host, mr Eric Almighty and we
are following the footsteps ofour fellow podcasters, retro AV
Rewind, as they are in theirmagical girl season and they
recommended, as patrons of theshow, the movie that we are
going to talk about on thisedition of International Feature
, and that is the Girl who LeaptThrough Time is the Girl who
(01:07):
Leapt Through Time, yeah,revisiting the Mamoru Hosoda.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well, as this will be our third film in his
filmography and I wouldn't besurprised if we knock out a few
more here over the next fewmonths, years, whatever it may
be.
Eric, the Girl who LeaptThrough Time came out 2006.
And yeah, very excited todiscuss this one.
This is fresh on both of ourminds as we watched it here
within the last day or two, andexcited to get into it.
(01:30):
The last one we covered, Ibelieve, was Wolf Children, and
then Belle before that, so let'sget right into it.
If you're new to the podcast,welcome.
Stick around to the very end.
We'll let you know where youcan find all the rest of our
content, but let's go ahead andget into the letterboxd synopsis
.
When 17-year-old Makoto Konogains the ability to quite
(01:50):
literally leap backwards throughtime, she immediately sets
about improving her grades andpreventing personal mishaps.
However, she soon realizes thatchanging the past isn't as
simple as it seems andeventually will have to rely on
her new powers to shape thefuture of herself and her
friends.
First and foremost, eric, didyou watch this in sub or dub?
(02:12):
I watched it in dub okay, I didas well and we'll uh, we'll talk
about how, how well that wasexecuted.
You know now that I've uh, well, both of us have spent a lot of
time speaking with voice actorsand lining up the the lip flaps
.
It's, it's difficult,especially when you're talking
about a film that is incrediblydialogue heavy and dialogue
(02:33):
dependent.
When it comes to the girl wholeapt through time and one of
the big conversations about thewatching these films, eric is,
is Phil just a Hosada guy andnot a Ghibli guy?
And I think the Girl who LeaptThrough Time is really leaning
even more so in that directionthat these are my films.
(02:54):
These are the types of filmswhere I find my comfort zone,
where I am very easily attachedto what's going on in the
storyline and, as I alluded toin the very beginning, like I am
anxious and excited to exploremore of these films.
So I'm just happy, eric, that Ithink I've at least found my
groove.
So now when people ask youdon't like Ghibli films, I'm
(03:16):
like, yeah, well, I'm a, I'm aHasada guy.
You know, I feel good aboutthat.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Yeah, no.
I mean that's that's totallyfine.
I don't know that that's goingto help you very much when it
comes to those arguments Not forthe ones that you know don't
ever listen to reason, but fornormal people, yeah, for normal
people, yeah, no.
And I mean you can always sayyou're a Makoto Shinkai type of
(03:42):
guy as well.
So I mean there's other worksof art within anime films that
you have enjoyed.
For me, I definitely I'm goingto save the comment I have about
Hosada because it's going tocome off as insulting, but it's
not.
It really is a compliment.
What I'll say right now is thatthere is not a film that I've
watched of his that I've yet toenjoy, and that's the theme here
(04:06):
, I think, for the both of us.
I know Belle was a little bitof a miss for you and I like it
a little bit more for reasonswe've discussed, but Wolf
Children really kind of showedus what this director could
bring as far as a vibe, and thatvibe is very much present here
with this movie film.
Watching it I went dub becausewe had a good experience with
(04:31):
wolf children in dub, but I doknow at this time, you know, dub
wasn't what it is now keepingthat in mind.
It didn't distract too muchbecause this movie is beautiful
to look at, it is very animatedand I think for what this movie
came out in 2006,.
It absolutely stood up to thetest of time.
(04:51):
Did you feel that way lookingat it?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I did, and we're talking about other than like
one set piece that pops up,that's a repeating set piece.
There's nothing in here that'slike really grandiose, such as
in Wolf Children, such as inBelle.
It's a city, it's a school,it's a house and all of that
looks really solid.
It's a really, really prettybackdrop and all of that
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animated very, very well.
The characters are animatedvery well.
There is a lot of really goodstorytelling told through that
animation, in terms of not justdialogue but like facial
expressions and tones andeverything like that.
So, yes, I definitely agree.
And the Girl who Leapt ThroughTime, you know, and Wolf
Children, I think animation wiseare well.
(05:38):
There's definitely a step up.
I mean, we're talking about asix year difference between Wolf
Children and the Girl who LeaptThrough Time, but I like that
between those three films thatwe've watched, stylistically all
totally different.
So, and I think that issomething that is that really
sets these films apart and Ireally enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Yeah, I think the thing that stood out to me the
most was that they are different, but they also have a lot of
underlying similarities.
This movie very much gave meboth Wolf Children and Belle
vibes, and those are the filmswe've seen.
So to continue to watch hisfilmography would be interesting
, because I know there's goingto be elements in each of these
(06:17):
films that are used multipletimes.
But that doesn't make it feelrehashed or cheap.
It just feels like his style,which I think worked really well
.
Ultimately, this movie doesn'twork unless you're invested in
the characters and specificallyour main character and the trio
(06:40):
of characters we spend the mosttime with.
I'm very curious, philil, whatyou thought of this semi love
triangle relationship andobviously all of this taking
place, uh, with time travelingso to, so to say, in high school
.
What is that kind of vibe done?
And feel free to talk freelybecause, guys, this movie came
(07:02):
out in 2006.
It's 20 years old.
This is a feature of ours, sowe probably won't give away any
major plot points.
We'll probably keep spoilersand we'll call that out at the
end in case you haven't seen it.
But, phil, what did you think?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I really enjoyed it.
I think as far as a friendgroup, they are believable in
terms of the actualconversations and struggles.
It was very relatable.
I think, too, when you putyourself back into the shoes of
a teenager like Eric we, indifferent points of our lives we
have been this friend groupthat we have had a combination
(07:39):
of friends like this.
So I think it was veryrelatable and it could be very
relatable to a lot of people andeven dating to today.
I think people was veryrelatable and it could be very
relatable to a lot of people andeven dating to today.
I think people could findthemselves in that.
Even though it came out in 2006, you really could set this at
any time period.
So I very much enjoyed that.
Where it did kind of it it didget convoluted is who is Makoto
(08:02):
really into?
Because you really getdifferent responses and stories
from other characters in themovie.
So at a certain point you'relike which one of these guys is
for Makoto, because they bothhave really good qualities.
It's not like one of them, Ithink, is inherently better than
the other, other than one has areally cool power, obviously,
(08:25):
but between the two of them,them in terms of their
personalities, both solidchoices.
So it's not as like a like theonly other thing, for some
reason that's popping in my head.
It's not like a twilight thingwhere you like draw a line in
the sand.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
I feel like you can be like yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I like both of these characters.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
You can you can choose either one.
I would agree with that.
It was kind of like a cat andmouse game as far as the
relationships, and I did likethat.
I think for me one of thethings that I really tried to
let happen was to allow thestory to cook and to allow them
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to navigate through theserelationships, through these
feelings, which at some points,especially for Makoto, very
frustrating reactions or actionsto these feelings.
So there was a lot of thatgoing on.
I think most of it worked upuntil about the third act.
(09:25):
But I think for me, phil, themost appealing thing was the
time traveling aspect, whichwe've talked about before.
Is it overused, trope?
I don't know that this isoriginal, but the way they kind
of explained how it worked inthis movie worked pretty well
for me.
Did you feel the same?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
I agree, I also I mean, even just visually, the
idea of this girl having toliterally leap to get through
time.
I was like I thought maybethat'd be a little bit on the
nose, but it was.
It made for some pretty comedicmoments and also just a really
it's a different type of timetravel, mode of transportation,
(10:04):
whatever the word is I'm lookingfor.
Like I haven't really seenanything like that before.
So, yeah, I thought that workedvery well.
I'm still a little confused onhow.
Why am I blinking on thecharacter?
Oh, chiaki, I'm still a littleconfused on the how and the why,
and we'll talk about that herein just a moment, like what you
(10:25):
just alluded to, the third act.
But yeah, no, and when it comesto time travel, this is
definitely one of the ones where, like I enjoyed it, more so
than other instances where we'reseeing it unfortunately pop up
a lot more here recently, and tovarying levels of success yeah,
I, I think the time travelingworked a lot for me until again,
(10:46):
that third act, and that'swhere the story can kind of get
a little convoluted.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
We'll probably save some of that for the spoilers,
but yeah, the relationshipbetween all three of them is
definitely the standout.
Chiaki Kosuke I liked a lot ofthe supporting characters that
kind of came in and in and aboutthe story from the school, but
other than that, there were acouple of confusing characters
(11:11):
that we'll talk about at lengthas far as what their purpose was
or maybe some of theirbackground, specifically Aunt
Witch.
I think that threw me off alittle bit, and maybe that was
on purpose, so there's a coupleof those things that we can't
quite get to yet.
I think the biggest thing tohighlight, though, is those
characters, is thecinematography, which are
(11:32):
probably the two biggeststandouts.
Are there any other particularhighlights, phil, before maybe
we talk about some of thoselowlights a little bit further?
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Well, you know, we, just we you mentioned this right
before we started recording.
It's an.
It's an hour and a half, soit's a really easy brisk watch.
But no, those are the primarythings.
I mean, it's fairly simple forus at this point when it comes
to international features andlate to the parties Give us
likable characters, give us acoherent story and you're going
(12:06):
to get a solid response out ofus.
It's crazy how it seems sodifficult sometimes for that to
happen with some of these filmsthat we've covered.
But no, between all of that,we'll shout out the English cast
Emily Hurst played Makoto,andrew Francis was Chiaki and
Alex Zahara played Kosuke.
Like you said for the time,very, very good in 2006.
(12:28):
I would actually maybe not likeopenly, like right now, but
down the line would probablywatch this again in sub just to
see if my experience is a littlebit different.
But those are the primarythings.
Do you got anything before wetransition?
Because there is.
I do want to run something byyou and see if you feel the same
.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
No, I think, I think we hit it on the head.
I think if you want to get alittle bit more of a different
or unique perspective on thisfilm from maybe a spoiler free
perspective I don't know howthey're going to run the episode
, so maybe I shouldn't say that,but we're going to be on Retro
AV Rewinds episode, which willdrop the day after this, so make
sure to check that out for someadditional perspectives.
(13:09):
And I think, phil, when we getinto opportunities, this may be
the spoiler warning, because Ifeel like a lot of the
opportunities have to do withthe plot and some of the ways
that the events of this movieunfold.
So this may be that officialspoiler warning coming up here
in just a bit.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Yeah, so I very much enjoyed this and just like I've
enjoyed basically all of hisother films, you know, even even
Bell, like I didn't, I gave atwo and a half but really,
really loved Wolf Children, thegirl who left through time, it's
like on, it's like teetering on.
Greatness, right it is.
There's just something missingand I think it's likely the
(13:55):
ending.
Right, and you talk about thethird act in general, but I
think the ending for sure theyneeded to nail and it kind of
just becomes like a speed run ofstuff throughout the end.
Again, 90 minutes.
You probably could have addedanother 15 and really flesh this
out a little bit more, but likethat's definitely what's
preventing it from, I think,ending up higher, probably on
(14:16):
both of our lists is there'sjust something missing and I'm
hoping that maybe you can giveme something outside of what I'm
thinking of.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Is it just the final act?
Yeah, it is.
When we talk about our scores,I think our scores would have
been a little bit higher hadthey nailed the ending, and I'm
glad I gave that spoiler warningbecause it's the Chiaki reveal
and the reveal itself istelegraphed and it's done well,
like when time stops and he'sthere, like the tension is there
.
It's just like the explanation.
(14:52):
Maybe I'm missing somethingfrom the watch through.
I have not deep dived intovideos to understand why this
painting was so important.
Maybe you caught that messagingor maybe I missed it.
I don't really know that thatwas ever really explained.
And then, as we kind of speedrun through this reveal and the
(15:13):
consequences of all of that, themovie kind of like ends on an
anticlimactic note, like thereis no real answer or conclusion
to everything we just wentthrough.
Did you feel that way?
Because I don't know, maybe Imissed something, what?
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I gathered, is where he's from.
In the future, these thingsdon't exist anymore.
And he came back specificallyto see this painting, which also
and then at the time had notbeen reassembled yet by Aunt
Witch, who I also I agree withyou I thought was going to be a
(15:52):
much bigger player in all this.
I thought, maybe, did you maybethink that Aunt Witch was
Makoto from like anothertimeline?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I don't know.
That's the thing I was like.
Maybe she is, maybe she's oneof the other girls from the high
school, I don't know.
Apparently, there was like anoriginal novel and I think she
might be a character from that.
They were highlighting thatcharacter in a way that made it
seem like she was tied to thestory.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Like how the your Name characters are in
Weathering with you.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yeah, but other than providing her opinion on
Makito's time leaping and herrelationships, like there was
nothing else that was developedfor that character.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
She led on, and how did she know what time leaping
was?
Speaker 1 (16:42):
They didn't explain that.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
That's the thing.
So, unless she herself is atime.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Well, she said she did.
She said she did do it Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
But she made it sound like oh, this just happens to
girls your age which or maybethat it was like a family thing.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
That's what I also assumed too.
Is this her actual aunt?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I don't know why is she called Aunt Witch?
Yeah, is it because she couldtime leap?
I don't know, like that's athing?
Yeah, it was confusing.
There was also a picture, Iremember, with her and like two
guys, but they weren't the sametwo guys in the film, so it's
kind of alluded.
She went through like almostthe same exact thing.
It's kind of alluded.
(17:22):
She went through like almostthe same exact thing Again.
Those breadcrumbs are nice, butif you don't give any answers,
you have to nail that endingwith what you're trying to do
and still leave me wanting more.
This movie left me wanting moreand I felt like it didn't give
a good ending to the plot it wasproviding.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Because you tell me if I'm wrong, wrong, I'll be
waiting for you all come runninglines.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
If, like, they nail the 15 minutes prior to that,
it's an all-time line, yeah, butbecause I'm a little confused,
it falls a little short I waslike how are you gonna, yeah,
but you guys are never going tothe, you guys are never gonna
see each other you guys arenever gonna see each other again
, because it was also like howfar into the future is he?
(18:05):
Yeah, man, doesn't he?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
also make an allusion to that.
There is no baseball in hisfuture, Like it seemed like
things were pretty bad where hecame from Right.
So Also, is he an adult?
Is he a teenager?
Is it creepy Did?
He come back as a teenager, Idon't know.
(18:29):
Yeah, again, sometimes wecomplained about films being too
long and then this just neededan extra 15 or 20, or maybe we
needed some additional contextand retro av rewind is gonna
like bart simpson us to be like.
This is what the movie is about.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
I hope so and I'm going to definitely look into it
a little bit more before wejump on that episode because I'd
like to understand.
But this, what we're giving youguys right now that are
listening and watching, is ourimmediate reaction to seeing it,
so you know our grades willreflect that, but that's
ultimately where it stands.
(19:01):
Phil is like I don't need to behandheld through the film and
honestly, for three quarters ofit I was fine and then, like
most movies that deal withmultiverses or time travels, it
just didn't all come together ina clean cut way that I thought
was natural or made sense.
Clean cut way that I thoughtwas natural or made sense.
Something seemed off about thedirection they were taking and
(19:31):
there wasn't enough subtleimagery or hints that were given
to me that I picked up on forme to make it feel like it was
part of the flow of the plot.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
And that's my maybe biggest gripe with this film and
my biggest negative, becauseeverything else again was good,
if not great yeah, and I I willtell you, I was stressed when I
thought kosuke and that girlwere gonna die for the uh in
front of that train.
I was stressed out and and thenagain we get the cheeky reveal
(19:58):
and then everything that happensafter that.
So, yeah, just on the cusp oflike being, I think, one of
those all-timer repeat watches.
So the way we're talking aboutit, I'm I'm sure our scores are
pretty solid.
It's just we, we were likeright there I think that's
probably the most frustratingpart is like you were so close,
(20:19):
yeah, you were so close, and,man, if we were girls, something
it'd be at least another halfto one star up.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Like you know what I'm just saying.
We'll see what their scores are, respectfully it's not.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It's not a guy girl thing, actually it is.
You're making it a guy girl Ithink actually uh, I could.
I could, to that point, though,see back in 2006 how like this
would have had a really strongimpression on like a young girl
watching this film.
I do think she is.
She's both emotional andsensitive, but also, at times,
(20:54):
can really be like headstrong,and I like that about her.
So, like as a femaleprotagonist, I really like this
character, and if I'm going toremember anything about this
movie, it's going to be aboutthe actual girl who leapt
through time.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
For sure, For sure.
How do we rank them betweenBelle Hana from Wolf Children
and Makoto?
Speaker 1 (21:19):
So I preferred Wolf Children a little bit more, but
I did like this a little bitmore than Belle.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Yeah, that's an easy conversation for me.
As far as Belle and the othertwo, hana gosh, she's so great,
she has a, you know, just a kindof a wondrous charm about her
and also just a trying yourabsolute best, whereas, you know
, makoto is a teenager and justtrying to figure everything out
(21:49):
as well.
I will give like a slight edgeto Hana, but it's close for me.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
It's definitely close , it's much closer between Hana
and Makoto than Belle.
And for Belle and I may havementioned this on the episode I
can't quite remember.
Belle is towards the bottompart of my list as well for
international features, but thereason I have it ranked a little
bit higher is because I reallyenjoy the music and I think I
(22:17):
gave that an extra edge.
Plus, that was also my first.
That was both of our, I think,first films, potentially for his
filmography, but I don't know.
I just thought it was reallyunique.
And, Phil, I guess I'll make thecomment now that I was going to
make earlier, which again isgoing to seem insulting, and I
don't mean it that way way, butHosada's films and if we
(22:41):
continue down this road are themost like above average films
you're gonna see like they're.
That's not meant to be aninsult, it's that he makes
really good films.
I just don't know if I'm evergonna see one one of these and
think they're great, and I couldbe wrong.
(23:03):
So if you have a Hosada filmthat you think is an all-timer,
let me know.
But, Phil, I think in thataspect it's similar to Ghibli
films, where everyone has aGhibli film.
I think everyone probably has aHosada film.
Maybe we just haven't foundthat one that is like an
all-timer for us.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Well, I want to watch all three of these in theaters.
They're coming out this year.
I want to rewatch Wolf Children, I want to rewatch this, and
then Summer Wars comes out intheaters as well, so maybe when
that comes around, that'll be agood opportunity to add that to
the rotation for internationalfeature.
You guys, let us know.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I believe I believe I've been May.
Yeah, I believe Ivan's alsomentioned the Boy and the Beast,
which is a 2015 film.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
And then Mirai, which is one that I've seen pop up.
Those are kind of the last onesother than like a bunch of
Digimon or other, like kind ofone-off.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, these were the first movies he did.
I think the Girl who LivedThrough Time was like his first
non-Digimon or One Piecefranchise film that he had done.
But yeah, wolf Children will beout in theaters May 11th
through the 13th, summer Wars isJuly 27th through 29th, and
then the Girl who Leapt ThroughTime will be in September.
(24:15):
So that'll give us a few monthsto settle on this and then
revisit it again and see how wefeel, and you know, maybe we
feel differently.
Like you said, I would be openagain to watching it in either
sub or dub for the ones we havealready seen.
For Summer Wars, I probablywant to watch that in dub.
That one came out in 2009.
And all these have similargrades too, when we talk about
(24:37):
Letterboxd, so we'll transitionto that here.
Eric, as far as reviews andreception, belle does have the
lowest Letterboxd, so we'lltransition to that here.
Eric, as far as reviews andreception, bell does have the
lowest Letterboxd score of theones we have watched.
So I do feel a littlevindicated in my opinion on that
one.
But yeah, let's, let's head tothe numbers and see how this one
was received.
On Rotten Tomatoes it has an 84%tomato meter score that is only
(25:00):
19 reviews but still prettysolid 90% popcorn meter score
and then over on letterbox.
It currently holds a averagerating of 3.9, which again
validates us as something thatis just barely missing the cut
of something truly, trulyspecial and iconic and that'll
(25:22):
probably reflect I in both ofour grades.
Eric, I gave this a three and ahalf and you know, who knows,
maybe seeing it on that biggerscreen, getting more time to
reflect and look into themeaning of the movie and the
backstory, I will feeldifferently, but something that
I would certainly watch again.
It wouldn't be at the very topof my queue to show other people
, but I really enjoyed this,enjoyed the characters and, yeah
(25:46):
, I'm happy that we got to it.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Same.
I'm definitely glad that we'renot going to be guest on an
episode where we have to shit onthe movie they asked us to
watch.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
Also two for two for Patreon month so far, man.
I'll just let you guys know theother one is trending
positively, so we're we'refeeling good.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Oh great.
I was so nervous you hadn'tasked me to pull it, pull up in
a discord and I was like heeither got it or he stopped
playing.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I'm just trying to figure it out on my on my side I
got my dick kicked in earliertonight, but I thought we're
feeling good, so welcome page.
Weight watchers are are killingit, so yeah welcome to that
world.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
For my score, the Girl who Leapt Through Time, I
gave a three and a half.
And if I could say anythingabout this film that hasn't
already been said, it's a moviethat is so close to proactively
telling people to watchproactively telling people to
watch, but in the rightcircumstances.
I think this movie is for somany people and people that have
(26:57):
missed out on it.
I could easily recommend thisto them in those casual
conversations.
But this is not a movie that Iwould ever proactively like jump
at the bit and say thateveryone has to watch or that I
do a watch party for.
It's a movie that if it was on,I would absolutely sit down and
probably get sucked into alittle bit of it.
(27:18):
It's just held back by thethird act and specifically the
way that the conclusion of thefilm occurs, and that's
ultimately what it is at the endof the day.
Upon a rewatch, maybe I willfeel differently upon learning
new information about how theending can be interpreted.
Maybe I feel differently, butabout 24 hours removed from
(27:42):
actually watching this, that ismy feeling and my score, and on
our list of internationalfeatures, this is actually right
behind it's right at 22 on mylist out of 31, right behind
tokyo, godfathers and rightabove perfect days.
So, phil, where did this landfor you?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
basically the same.
It's number 21.
It is right behind, 28 dayslater and before the raid that's
a crazy sandwich that is tworeally intense films.
Speaking of the raid, didn'tthe director just release a new
film, gareth evans?
Didn't he come out?
This is we're totally off trackhere, but didn't he do
(28:23):
something?
Somebody like released a movierecently that had to do with the
raid yeah, um, he released amovie with tom hard in it.
That's right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Havoc, yeah, or I don't think it's come out yet.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Okay, it's coming out this year, I believe.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
Yeah, apparently this movie the only thing I know
about this movie and we're goingoff on a tangent.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Is this a Netflix movie?
I believe so, but I also heardyears like it's been done for
years, so yeah, no, you like theraid way more than I did, so
maybe you'll have to check itout yeah, and honestly, yeah, no
, I, I definitely.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
I think there's also the raid too, which I hear is
great.
Yeah, I haven't seen it, butyeah, uh, netflix is releasing
the film in, uh, april and, yeah, this movie began, uh, I guess
beginning for um, like a filmfilmography in 2021.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
Oh yeah, october 22nd 2021.
Filming officially wrapped Oof.
That was four years ago.
That's a good sign Almost fouryears.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Anyway, enough about this random Tom Hardy movie.
Are we doing more like these orsimilar films?
Speaker 1 (29:30):
No, not really Not for international compared.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
to like some other, some other like time travel
films.
Did you prefer this over eitherweathering you with you or
susan may?
Yeah, I know you hate susan may, so that doesn't count uh, I
hate it yeah no, what about someother time?
Have I scored that?
Speaker 1 (29:50):
on Letterboxd Hold on a second.
I did, yeah, I gave it a twoand a half.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
So did you.
Yeah, susan Mays, it's fine.
So we both hate it equally,okay, so you admit?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
that a two and a half is a hate for you.
I'm going to drop it down to atwo.
I got him.
I'm going to drop it down to atwo.
I got him.
I got him still Okay.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
No, I'm going to drop it down to a two.
What about othertime-travelling style films?
What about you Haven't Seen myOld Ass?
What about Eternal Sunshine?
It's not necessarilytime-travelling, but I've never
seen that.
No, oh, we might have to.
That might be one of those Okay.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I Ray Weathering with you.
Yeah, no, I definitely likethis.
Yeah, I'm going to giveWeathering with you a three,
because I like Weathering withyou a little bit more than
Suzume.
Well, I haven't given.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Ray Weathering with you, I'll give it that.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
How about Across the?
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Spider-Verse Okay, well, that's okay, never mind,
we don't have to do this.
No, if you want to do this,let's do this.
A hot tub time machine.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I'd probably pick this.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
A lot of these I haven't seen now that I'm
scrolling through this list.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
It's probably not one of those things you want to
just do on the fly.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
What about this movie called I Want to Eat your
Pancreas?
I've heard that's really good,it's got a 3.9.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Yeah, no, I've heard that movie's good Like no joke.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
We gotta do something about these names, anime.
We don't.
We've got to do something.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
We don't.
But, guys, that was our episodehere for the Girl who Left
Through Time.
Thank you again to Bridget andVintage from Retro AV Rewind.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Brintage.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Brintage, as one person calls them, and thank you
guys for recommending thisbecause it was, despite our
complaints, especially towardsthe ending, most of this movie
absolutely fantastic and onethat we'll definitely talk
positively about overall.
But, phil, anything else youwant to add before we start to
(31:45):
kind of close this episode?
Speaker 2 (31:48):
No, I don't think so.
I guess, if you guys want tomaybe make a movie night out of
one of these when we go to thetheater in either May, july or
September, let us know.
We loved meeting up with peoplefor RRR, so maybe we can do it
again.
You know, another, another waitfor it film outing.
I think that'd be a fun time.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
OK, well, you can close the episode.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
I just think I didn't know if you were going to have
any comments on that, so I justwanted to see if you thought it
was a good idea.
Okay, I thought you were goingto be like no, that's stupid,
let's just close out the episode, okay.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
The last maybe five minutes of this episode
completely just derailed.
So I'm sorry about that, guys.
So Twilight.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
let's talk about how that could at least no, okay,
well, everybody, for those ofyou still here for some reason,
thank you so much again forjoining us for another episode
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