battle royale: teenage crush movie??
06-26-05, 11:39 AM
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battle royale: teenage crush movie??
well, finally got around to watching this after it sat on my dvd shelf for over a year...
was looking forward to all-out carnage, i needed to get some aggression out of my system from a hard week at work (nothing better than action movies for that purpose, i think).
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close. nice concept/premise, but the execution (no pun intended) was lacking. the acting of the teenage kids was horrible, except for the one good "transfer" student. and what about all that crappy dialogue about teenage crushes? i mean come on, it wasn't just one or two or three mentions about this in the movie...it was the WHOLE damn thing; the kids were fixated on their puppy love, rather than trying to save their own asses. i can recall one particular scene where the dialogue went something like this (paraphrased):
(dying) girl: i think you're cool
boy: i think you're the coolest girl in school.
geez, give me a friggin' break.
was looking forward to all-out carnage, i needed to get some aggression out of my system from a hard week at work (nothing better than action movies for that purpose, i think).
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close. nice concept/premise, but the execution (no pun intended) was lacking. the acting of the teenage kids was horrible, except for the one good "transfer" student. and what about all that crappy dialogue about teenage crushes? i mean come on, it wasn't just one or two or three mentions about this in the movie...it was the WHOLE damn thing; the kids were fixated on their puppy love, rather than trying to save their own asses. i can recall one particular scene where the dialogue went something like this (paraphrased):
(dying) girl: i think you're cool
boy: i think you're the coolest girl in school.
geez, give me a friggin' break.
06-26-05, 01:49 PM
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[obligatory movie snobbery] you should check out some films by Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich instead.[/obligatory movie snobbery]
Yeah - BR isn't for everyone. I thought it was fantastic... if I was in high school when this came out, it would've been my favorite movie ever. You'll for sure want to avoid the second one.
Yeah - BR isn't for everyone. I thought it was fantastic... if I was in high school when this came out, it would've been my favorite movie ever. You'll for sure want to avoid the second one.
06-26-05, 04:16 PM
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Its a flawed movie, but its still pretty damn good. This is a film I wouldn't mind having remade. Fix a few small problems and you could have a classic on your hands.
06-26-05, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by slateef
well, finally got around to watching this after it sat on my dvd shelf for over a year...
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close.
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close.
06-26-05, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RyoHazuki
Its a flawed movie, but its still pretty damn good. This is a film I wouldn't mind having remade. Fix a few small problems and you could have a classic on your hands.
06-26-05, 10:11 PM
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Remade where though? I would be shocked if this movie was picked up by the US film industry since it protrays students killing students.
06-27-05, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by slateef
it didn't totally suck, but it was close. nice concept/premise, but the execution (no pun intended) was lacking.
06-27-05, 03:13 AM
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not to hijack, but the book fleshes out the story much more. i still love the movie because it is fun and silly, but if it is meat you're looking for, read the book.
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There's an Argentinian miniseries remake - http://www.battleroyalefilm.net/sangrefria/index.html
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Originally Posted by slateef
well, finally got around to watching this after it sat on my dvd shelf for over a year...
was looking forward to all-out carnage, i needed to get some aggression out of my system from a hard week at work (nothing better than action movies for that purpose, i think).
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close. nice concept/premise, but the execution (no pun intended) was lacking. the acting of the teenage kids was horrible, except for the one good "transfer" student. and what about all that crappy dialogue about teenage crushes? i mean come on, it wasn't just one or two or three mentions about this in the movie...it was the WHOLE damn thing; the kids were fixated on their puppy love, rather than trying to save their own asses. i can recall one particular scene where the dialogue went something like this (paraphrased):
(dying) girl: i think you're cool
boy: i think you're the coolest girl in school.
geez, give me a friggin' break.
was looking forward to all-out carnage, i needed to get some aggression out of my system from a hard week at work (nothing better than action movies for that purpose, i think).
anyway, my impression: it didn't totally suck, but it was close. nice concept/premise, but the execution (no pun intended) was lacking. the acting of the teenage kids was horrible, except for the one good "transfer" student. and what about all that crappy dialogue about teenage crushes? i mean come on, it wasn't just one or two or three mentions about this in the movie...it was the WHOLE damn thing; the kids were fixated on their puppy love, rather than trying to save their own asses. i can recall one particular scene where the dialogue went something like this (paraphrased):
(dying) girl: i think you're cool
boy: i think you're the coolest girl in school.
geez, give me a friggin' break.
Maybe you watched it at the wrong time! I thought it was fantastic. Didn't notice anything 'Bad' about the acting. The whole film for me was a breath of fresh air................the sequel sucked though!!
