and then the SUV saved the day

[meganbmoore]

I just watched the jmovie, Ballad, which is about a modern day kid who travels to the Sengoku era (late 16th century) and basically gets involved in your standard epic tragedy where the princess (Aragaki Yui looking startlingly like Nakama Yukie) of a small territory is in love with the super-swordsman samurai, but THEIR LOVE CANNOT BE because he's an idiot who can't step up I'm sorry dude you were fun but it's true a more powerful warlord wants to marry her, and turns it all cute and fluffy.  And then his parents come, too.

And then the movie started to take itself more seriously with, like, big battles and potential Doom, AND THEN...



What are you seeing?



If you think you're seeing an SUV driving into the middle of a Sengoku era battlefield...



...and saving the day...



...then you are right!



After that, it expected me to take some last minute Doom and angst seriously.

Anyway, fun movie, mostly light.  And...probably the first "young boy has adventures and bonds with warrior" story I've enjoyed in who knows how long.