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Biscuit Hammer
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Joined: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:30 pm
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 Battle Royale Who here has seen this amazingly awesome movie? Prolly my favorite japanese movie ever...except for possibly rashomon.
edit: for those who haven't seen it, here is a very short backgroud...no spoilers here: Takes place in future japan, but not too far in the future. Unemployment is high, and kids are boycotting school, thus, the government makes the BR act, which basically sends a class of 9th grade kids to an island and given weapons and equipment to fight to the death (until only one of them is left) in a 48 hour period or they all die. This is the story of one of those classes.
/side note - i read that they are making an english remake of this movie also - hope it turns out as good.
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discovolante
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Seen it. The American remake will suck more than the sequel.
It's got some hilarious stuff in it. Like when the guy is lying in a pool of his own blood when his girlfriend comes over (she was the one who shot him on accident) and he says "Yuki... you're so cute."
Comedy gold.
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overAmped
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[quote="discovolante"]It's got some hilarious stuff in it.[/quote]
Don't forget Beat Takeshi's death scene.
So the sequel was that bad, eh? It's been sitting on my HD waiting to be watched for a while now.
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Joyeuse
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The sequel is really not interesting at all. I suppose it technically has more plot and story going on, but...just...it...eh.
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Yoshi
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The first movie and the book are both good.
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omnistry
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My favorite Japanese movie, as well. I neverr did get the Takeshi death scene. Still funny, though.
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ed2090
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The kids in the sequel had infinite ammo hax and 2 kids beat an entire army of ppl. Man they really had skills. The book was the best. It gave a lot more insight into kiriyama and mitsuko. But sugimura will always be the coolest.
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discovolante
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[quote="Joyeuse"]The sequel is really not interesting at all. I suppose it technically has more plot and story going on, but...just...it...eh.[/quote]
Probably because it was directed by Fukusaku's kid instead of him. I mean, he had a good reason to... the senior Fukusaku died in the middle of production. But I kind of wish he had just let the film sit rather than finish it. It's pretty bad.
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[quote="Metal2Hedgehog"]A douche is something you put in a girls smiley face.[/quote]
[quote="Lesser_Hamster"][i]Sawao utters a chilling whisper through the bathroom door; it's so faint that Manabe almost misses it.
"I WANNA BE YOUR GENTLE MAN."[/i][/quote]
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zenkalia
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complete piece of crap. to be compared with bond movies or charlie's angels or something. too many people love things just because they're japanese.
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Joyeuse
Doutei So Young
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Just ordered the book.
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Shenlong
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Book > Movie
Big time.
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discovolante
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[quote="zenkalia"]to be compared with bond movies[/quote]
this is a negative comment? i seriously never get you zenkalia.
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[quote="Metal2Hedgehog"]A douche is something you put in a girls smiley face.[/quote]
[quote="Lesser_Hamster"][i]Sawao utters a chilling whisper through the bathroom door; it's so faint that Manabe almost misses it.
"I WANNA BE YOUR GENTLE MAN."[/i][/quote]
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Joyeuse
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Book came today. It looks to be in really good shape too, aside from the previous fucker crossing our all the kids' names on the front page. In pen.
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ed2090
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He wanted to keep track of them when they died. That sucks. You want the list?
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Joyeuse
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Nah, I can read the names still. It's just a line drawn through most of them in pen, so I'm pissed off. I get irritated when people write in books (unless they're textbooks), especially in pen.
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