battle royale

helpimcrap · 27 Jan 2007 at 14:34

what a weird but great film lol....

all subtitled but really entertaining in a kinda cheesy japanese way.

psycho kids, wicked.

what do you lot reckon to it?

One More Solo · 27 Jan 2007 at 14:41

It's a great great film, one of my favourites.

sarutobi · 27 Jan 2007 at 14:45

yeh it rocks, the 'main bad guy' big blonde hair'd dude kicks ass, he really looks like an anime character

one of my favs too

Nazca · 27 Jan 2007 at 14:56

One of my favourite films. Excellent plot and characters.

monkeypants · 27 Jan 2007 at 15:54

I love it.

Raikiri · 27 Jan 2007 at 16:05

helpimcrap said:
what a weird but great film lol....

all subtitled but really entertaining in a kinda cheesy japanese way.

psycho kids, wicked.

what do you lot reckon to it?

Yep, brilliant film.

What do you mean but, subs are a hundred times better than dubs

Scam · 27 Jan 2007 at 16:53

Raikiri said:
What do you mean but, subs are a hundred times better than dubs

Agreed. I like Battle Royale, but it's nothing amazing. Just a unique story told very well. I'm sure i watched some of the 'behind-the-scenes' stuff and the director is really frighteningly stern with some of the kids (who'd possibly never acted before?). To the point that it put me off a little!

Northwind · 28 Jan 2007 at 01:00

Now the sequel... Ew.

Nitefly · 28 Jan 2007 at 01:22

I dont think its that great.

I don't understand how people on this forum instantly like a film more, simply because its Asian. If it was American, it wouldnt get the same response. As a westerner watching an Asian film, it simply allows the covering up of bad acting average plots, poor special effects and other things that a Hollywood film simply could not get away with.

'Its ok, because its Asian!'

Its far from a bad film, but its far from a great one as well.

manoz · 28 Jan 2007 at 06:24

I think it's an excellent film personally, 2nd one is lame

, one of my favourite asian films. If you like this you should watch Azumi.

"andy" · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:02

its just an average film imo

dont understand why so many people hype it

Scam · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:39

Nitefly said:
I don't understand how people on this forum instantly like a film more, simply because its Asian. If it was American, it wouldnt get the same response. As a westerner watching an Asian film, it simply allows the covering up of bad acting average plots, poor special effects and other things that a Hollywood film simply could not get away with.

'Its ok, because its Asian!'

Its far from a bad film, but its far from a great one as well.

I dont think any Western director could possibly pull off such a story, though. It's the 'crazy Asians' that have the imagination, and can. I dont think you can say it's an 'average' plot? :confused:

Anyway, if Hollywood tried to make a film like that, it would fail miserably. It's not because it's Asian, its 'better', it's just that those type of stories simply dont exist over here.

I posted in another thread about why i like foreign films a lot.. reading the subtitles makes sure you're concentrated, and sucked properly into the film's world. Sure, maybe it means we miss some bad acting, but who cares? There's no problem with that. It's better than watching Jessica Simpson in the latest 'comedy' eat the furniture (or whatever the phrase is).

As for your last point, i agree. It's not amazing, but its a enjoyable film.

Dreadi · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:53

I thought this film is rather good myself, havn't seen the second one but have heard its not as good

Nitefly · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:57

Scam said:
I dont think any Western director could possibly pull off such a story, though. It's the 'crazy Asians' that have the imagination, and can. I dont think you can say it's an 'average' plot?

Admittedly I wasn't reffering to Battle Royale specifically with the average plot. I do agree that many Asian films do show some imagination that Hollywood has been lacking of late.

But, for example, lets take the cult film 'Cube', a relatively low budget sci-fi action/horror, that has got a fairly original plot. If you replaced all the actors with Asian ones and made it a completely Asian films, I have no doubt that it would get the same, if not a greater response to Battle Royale in the western world.

I hope you can see my point.

Northwind · 28 Jan 2007 at 14:21

Nitefly said:
But, for example, lets take the cult film 'Cube', a relatively low budget sci-fi action/horror, that has got a fairly original plot. If you replaced all the actors with Asian ones and made it a completely Asian films, I have no doubt that it would get the same, if not a greater response to Battle Royale in the western world.

I think that's partly suspension of disbelief... That sort of thing happens all the time in Japan, you know. Massive cube full of deathtraps? I think I stayed there when I was in Tokyo.

Big Kev · 28 Jan 2007 at 15:05

I think it's very over-rated myself, nothing more than an average film.

Tommy B · 28 Jan 2007 at 15:35

Nitefly said:
Admittedly I wasn't reffering to Battle Royale specifically with the average plot. I do agree that many Asian films do show some imagination that Hollywood has been lacking of late.

Hollywood is ruled by nepotism and financial greed. The people who are really passionate about making films are blocked from entering the industry.

alexakasloth · 28 Jan 2007 at 15:56

It's a pretty good film which I enjoy watching from time to time, though from the orient I would prefer to watch one of Miike Takeshis films

Christo · 28 Jan 2007 at 17:32

I have no idea why everyone always ***** on about this film! Ok its a good film, but hardly amazing, someone tell me what is so good about it apart from lots of violence?

Nitefly · 28 Jan 2007 at 17:45

$loth said:
It's a pretty good film which I enjoy watching from time to time, though from the orient I would prefer to watch one of Miike Takeshis films

I have only seen Ichi the Killer, and it was fairly poor. Another example as why I'm always skeptical of how a western audience will view an Asian film.