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QUOTE (Jon Michael @ Sep 12 2007, 12:39 PM) | Most overrated piece since Evangelion. Yeah, we all get it. All the otaku lock themselves in their room and go crazy about this stuff...
Honestly, there's a LOT better movies and novels out there. Go watch more asian cinema than just what is thrown at you by American fads, which is all Battle Royale is. It's controversial, or was, that's all it has going for it really.
I can't wait for the American remake *sarcasm*...BOY, it's gonna suck.
If all you care about is gore, and pushing the boundaries then Battle Royale is really one of the last Japanese movies you should be watching. Movies like the Guinea Pig series, Testuo I & II (The Iron Man, and Body Hammer), Evil Dead Trap, and other 1960-80's Japanese movies are a lot more controversial than just teens killing eachother. |
i agree with the statements above, BR 2 didnt do it for me. unlimited ammo FTL
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QUOTE (Jon Michael @ Sep 12 2007, 12:39 PM) | Most overrated piece since Evangelion. Yeah, we all get it. All the otaku lock themselves in their room and go crazy about this stuff...
Honestly, there's a LOT better movies and novels out there. Go watch more asian cinema than just what is thrown at you by American fads, which is all Battle Royale is. It's controversial, or was, that's all it has going for it really.
I can't wait for the American remake *sarcasm*...BOY, it's gonna suck.
If all you care about is gore, and pushing the boundaries then Battle Royale is really one of the last Japanese movies you should be watching. Movies like the Guinea Pig series, Testuo I & II (The Iron Man, and Body Hammer), Evil Dead Trap, and other 1960-80's Japanese movies are a lot more controversial than just teens killing eachother. |
Ichi the Killer is also a movie for gore-loving dudes and dudettes.. also suicide club, kinda disturbing...
btw does anyone have a link to the full manga? i almost finished reading it when the site conked out....
and kiriyama is the coolest villain as well as souma.... kiriyama can go one-on-one with agent 47 imho....
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The manga is good, but the way the artist draws bodies is as one dimensional as Hirai Hisashi's faces in Gundam SEED and Sokyuu no Fafner. It's like, they are all as well built as Anderson Silva or something.
The original novel is also an interesting piece. I can't believe I read it in a day, but yeah, there are other and better Japanese novels both new and old such as Tale of Genji, The Makioka Sisters, Naomi, Snow Country, Quicksand, Japan is Sinking, Wings of Rean, Bravestory, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and many others.
The movie I thought was fun and I could see how people recognize it as groundbreaking, but I say it's a step below that. The 2nd movie just sucked. It's obviously anti-American while the original novel tended to come across as more pro-American.
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