A group of students from Sci-Fi Club found a time machine, and use it to go back to yesterday just to bring back a remote control that was broken. Along the way, many funny and conflicting thing happen.--zaza
Cast
Eita, Ueno Juri, etc.
This is really an interesting movie. Time travel always a fun movie to watch. But the very strong speciality that distinguish this movie from most of other time travel related story is how it's being directed, discussed and organized. The introduction part at the beginning build your curiousity. Not only that.....if you are observant enough you'll see tiny little thing that won't make big importance at the beginning but once the story folds you'll find the slipping in of those tiny things to be greatly entertaining as it related to the later part of the movie. In fact, I'm appreciating those at my second viewing as that's when the introduction part make real sense to you as me as I already know what will happen. The other strong feature is the question posed on the film to the logicality, practicality of the idea of having a time machine. As time travel movie is always a fun movie that don't have the responsibility to be real or make sense, STMB took a different approach. It questioned the contradiction that will arise from the action of changing the past. The camera-girl's quote might be the best explanation for this.
'maybe afterall everything is already decided... by god'
(Not necessarily a real spoiler, but then maybe yes. read at your own risk: highlight to read)
It starts off with a series of weird and unexplained events that make you go 'question mark(?)'. Viewers will ask what actually happen as the scenes seemed to be chopped here and there leaving room for curiousity. After a baseball shoot, 7 students of the Sci Fi Club went to the public bath. Niimi lost his vidal sassoon which he reacted so strongly about it. After that, the school's caretaker's question to Soga about his work seemed to be coming out of nowhere, Shibata's reaction when coming back to the club room and ask 'wast the baseball shoot today', the club room being locked, a hand coming out of nowhere placing the air-conditioner's remote control on the table etc.. will make viewer's scratch their head. But the fun actually starts here. If you are yet to watch the movie, stop here and go watch it! Don't let this review spoiled your first viewing. This is a movie I greatly recommend. If you insist to continue reading, then what can I do.
Due to a happening, cola spilled on air-cond's remote control making it doesn't work anymore and that the most unlucky part being that it's a summer time! Soga sent it to their advisor, Jose but instead repairing it the useless lecturer smashed it into pieces as he was unable to repair it. One day, a time machine shows up rode by someone they called 'mushroom' due to his hair that resemble the mushroom. They decided to try it and went back to yesterday. Determining to get back a working air-conditioner from yesterday, few of them went back yesterday but ended up tailing their own selves. The rest of them stays bringing 'mushroom' or Tamura to walk around the small town. A discussion about changing the past will actually change the future lead to a more serious lecture by Jose, the relativity lecturer on how a time machine can't actually exist in the real world as it will only cause contradiction. 'time is a lot less forgiving than that' he said in reply to the cinema-booth person's 'history will just paint over itself'. In other meaning, if a time machine ever exist, and we try to change the past.. EVERYTHING will disappear. Hearing this, the students ran back to the club room to stop their friends from changing the past only to learn that they are playing around and tailing their past yesterdays. Now, it's Komoto's and Soga's job to bring back their friend who went to yesterday before they steal the remote control and before the coke actually spilled on it. Funny thing happen along the way, and later on reveal all the weird scenes at the beginning of the story where everything becomes clear and fit together well. What is the end... you better watch it yourselves as it is worth your time.
As I'm writing this, I've already watched it for for my eighth time.
Due to a happening, cola spilled on air-cond's remote control making it doesn't work anymore and that the most unlucky part being that it's a summer time! Soga sent it to their advisor, Jose but instead repairing it the useless lecturer smashed it into pieces as he was unable to repair it. One day, a time machine shows up rode by someone they called 'mushroom' due to his hair that resemble the mushroom. They decided to try it and went back to yesterday. Determining to get back a working air-conditioner from yesterday, few of them went back yesterday but ended up tailing their own selves. The rest of them stays bringing 'mushroom' or Tamura to walk around the small town. A discussion about changing the past will actually change the future lead to a more serious lecture by Jose, the relativity lecturer on how a time machine can't actually exist in the real world as it will only cause contradiction. 'time is a lot less forgiving than that' he said in reply to the cinema-booth person's 'history will just paint over itself'. In other meaning, if a time machine ever exist, and we try to change the past.. EVERYTHING will disappear. Hearing this, the students ran back to the club room to stop their friends from changing the past only to learn that they are playing around and tailing their past yesterdays. Now, it's Komoto's and Soga's job to bring back their friend who went to yesterday before they steal the remote control and before the coke actually spilled on it. Funny thing happen along the way, and later on reveal all the weird scenes at the beginning of the story where everything becomes clear and fit together well. What is the end... you better watch it yourselves as it is worth your time.
As I'm writing this, I've already watched it for for my eighth time.
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