Battle Royale

Madman-Rogovich · 08-01-2003, 01:09 PM

Have any of you seen this japanese movie? it is awesome

- picture this for a plotline

in the future a new law is past stating that every year a class of school kids will be randomly selected to go to an uninhabited island and fight to the death
sounds insane? it is but this movie is so well put together i thought id recomend it to anyone.... ( over the age of 15 )

Melusine · 08-02-2003, 01:47 PM

I've seen it. It's gruesome and definitely not for children, but I thought it was very good nonetheless!

Grojlach · 08-02-2003, 03:43 PM

Seen it as well... Hand-picked it myself actually (of course after deliberation with the other three people in the committee

) to be shown during a cultural festival earlier this year. Beneath all of the violence and gore, there's an interesting and confrontational storyline to be found, surely to get you thinking about what you would do, were you faced with a similar gruesome situation and its ethical dilemmas.

[ 08-02-2003, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

johnny · 08-02-2003, 07:32 PM

*Wonders what "fun commitee" Groj is talking about*

Madman-Rogovich · 08-02-2003, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Melusine:
I've seen it. It's gruesome and definitely not for children, but I thought it was very good nonetheless!

exactly mel, it makes me wanna learn japanese just from the sheer emotion of the language i mean i watched a half hour of this movie without subtitles yet i knew exactly what was going on........any of you guys fans of the Ring series?

Grojlach · 08-03-2003, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnny:
*Wonders what "fun commitee" Groj is talking about*

Awg, the movie committee of the Virus festival organization, which was responsible for selecting movies to show, for arranging those particular movies and the movie equipment, for arranging volunteers to handle that equipment etc.

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 08-03-2003, 03:02 PM

lol, yup I've seen it. Was wondering if anyone was ever going to post a topic on it actually

. Great film. I liked it a lot, save in parts it was too predictable... heh, my friend showed it to me, and I went out and bought it on special ed DVD, and I only do that with films I really like. I'd give it a 8 or 9 out of 10. Can't wait til the next one comes out, although the focus seems to have shifted from trying to survive to something else, from what I've heard.

Horatio · 08-07-2003, 05:48 PM

I've seen it. Just the other day I was considering buying the special edition DVD (£24.99 though

). I really enjoyed it, but the end disappointed.

Madman-Rogovich · 08-07-2003, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Calaethis Dragonsbane:
lol, yup I've seen it. Was wondering if anyone was ever going to post a topic on it actually . Great film. I liked it a lot, save in parts it was too predictable... heh, my friend showed it to me, and I went out and bought it on special ed DVD, and I only do that with films I really like. I'd give it a 8 or 9 out of 10. Can't wait til the next one comes out, although the focus seems to have shifted from trying to survive to something else, from what I've heard.

I heard the new twist is this time the kids are paired, up and if your buddy gets capped then your head automatically pops [img]smile.gif[/img]

slackerboy · 08-08-2003, 04:06 AM

great movie
looking forward to reading the book
wouldnt want to see a sequal though,
sequals of movies based on books dont turn out well usually,
especially if there isnt a second book.

08-01-2003, 01:09 PM	#1
Madman-Rogovich Lord Soth Join Date: October 23, 2001 Location: Edinburgh Age: 40 Posts: 1,918	Have any of you seen this japanese movie? it is awesome - picture this for a plotline in the future a new law is past stating that every year a class of school kids will be randomly selected to go to an uninhabited island and fight to the death sounds insane? it is but this movie is so well put together i thought id recomend it to anyone.... ( over the age of 15 ) __________________ One room, one axe, one outcome.

08-02-2003, 01:47 PM	#2
Melusine Dracolisk Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 45 Posts: 6,541	I've seen it. It's gruesome and definitely not for children, but I thought it was very good nonetheless! __________________ [img]\"hosted/melusine.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Your voice is ambrosia

08-02-2003, 03:43 PM	#3
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 44 Posts: 5,281	Seen it as well... Hand-picked it myself actually (of course after deliberation with the other three people in the committee ) to be shown during a cultural festival earlier this year. Beneath all of the violence and gore, there's an interesting and confrontational storyline to be found, surely to get you thinking about what you would do, were you faced with a similar gruesome situation and its ethical dilemmas. [ 08-02-2003, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ] __________________ [url]\"http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Grobbel/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.denness.net/rpi/username/Grobbel\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

08-02-2003, 07:32 PM	#4
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Wonders what "fun commitee" Groj is talking about __________________

08-07-2003, 05:48 PM	#8
Horatio Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: September 19, 2001 Location: Behind these metal bars Age: 42 Posts: 3,117	I've seen it. Just the other day I was considering buying the special edition DVD (£24.99 though ). I really enjoyed it, but the end disappointed. __________________ I <b>am</b> the party!!<br /> [img]\"http://zert0.net/iuti/img2/1381585-vi.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

08-03-2003, 03:02 PM	#7
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 40 Posts: 7,029	lol, yup I've seen it. Was wondering if anyone was ever going to post a topic on it actually . Great film. I liked it a lot, save in parts it was too predictable... heh, my friend showed it to me, and I went out and bought it on special ed DVD, and I only do that with films I really like. I'd give it a 8 or 9 out of 10. Can't wait til the next one comes out, although the focus seems to have shifted from trying to survive to something else, from what I've heard.

08-08-2003, 04:06 AM	#10
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 47 Posts: 2,506	great movie looking forward to reading the book wouldnt want to see a sequal though, sequals of movies based on books dont turn out well usually, especially if there isnt a second book. __________________

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