Battle Royale: The movie!

[tallulahgs]

Okay, much love for Duncan, for he illegally downloaded the Battle Royale movie and we watched it! Yay for murderous Japanese teenagers!



Hmm. Weirdest movie I've seen for a long while.
Probably the most artistic of the three BR media. Really got an impression of how beautiful the island was, despite all the death. Also more subtle in places, like not seeing Yuko jump.
The lighthouse scene was really good, the best of all three, I think. Really realistic.
I loved Shinji's virus! With the little basketball guy ^_^ and again, the poignancy of how close they got really came through.
I liked Noriko much better than I did in the manga. Also loved Shuuya, Yoshi and Kawada. Kawada is like the coolest guy, like, ever. < /fangirl>
Kiriyama is just nasty. Sorry, but he is.
Mitsuko is... odd. Not as much of a total bitch as she is in the manga. Dunno what I think about her really.
I think we were missing a few bits; there was no Mitsuko-flashback and no basketball game.
Takako is fucking scary. Niida was an idiot, but Takako... eep. She just lost it.
Hiroki was lovely.
The use of classical music was weird. Sometimes funny. Not sure it was always intentionally funny. I was surprised at how much black comedy there was in the film, actually.

Comments

[ecchipiro.livejournal.com]

I loved the black humour in the movie. And somehow the classical tunes emphasized it.

Shogo and Shinji are eye candy deluxe as are Mitsuko and Takako. *.*
I didn't like movie!Kiriyama. But I loved when Shogo came back to get his bag and bumped into Kazuo on purpose! No wonder people like to slash them.

I'm glad I've seen the movie first of all there is to BR. I'd have been disappointed if it'd been the other way around.

[tallulahgs]

I was annoyed all over again that Shinji died! Damn Kiriyama... and he got so close too.
Movie!Mitsuko and Takako both scare me too much for me to fangirl them.
That was a very significant glance that passed between them in the corridor... made me see more why people support that pairing.
I wasn't disappointed, although it did feel like the story was told much faster, which I suppose it was. But I don't hate the movie or anything; some of the changes worked really well.

[jenova12.livejournal.com]

Great movie, isn't it?

The violence wasn't that bad, imo. I just thought that it was crazy that 15 year-olds' were killing each other.

^_^V

[tallulahgs]

No, it wasn't that bad at all... *hopes she hasn't become desensitized*
Duncan didn't like the bit when Chigusa went for Niida's groin with the knife, though! And Yuka's poisoning was nasty.

[sashwizzled.livejournal.com]

Ooh, glad you've seen it!

I agree with you on all of those points. Especially on Takako - although that scene kinda bugged me; it wasn't so much self defence as her just going batshit insane and butchering him. Seemed overly gratuitous, even for BR, especially since Niida didn't seem as much of a dickhead as in either of the other versions.

A lot of black comedy - some of it was just too WTF-ish... but not much - most of it fitted in. ('My dad's a doctor/chef/fisherman' made me laugh far more than the joke probably warranted)

[jenova12.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the look on Takako's face just scarred me. It was the look of a madman. (Or should I say madwoman...seems much more appropiate. ^^)

[tallulahgs]

Chiaki Kuriyama's way too good at playing psychotic schoolgirls... and my brother has a crush on her. Should I be worried? ^_^

[jenova12.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah you should! Tell Nik to drop everything and run towards the hills.

It might not be the most manly thing to do, but hey. ^_^

[tallulahgs]

I like Movie!Niida. He really is just a jock and he's frightened and he makes the mistake of presuming Takako is up for a roll in the hay. I really liked the way they had him kill Akamatsu, though - "Oh, man, it's for real!" (I liked Akamatsu, too. I always like Akamatsu.)

[digitalpr0n.livejournal.com]

\o/ Did you have nightmares, Tal? XD

My favourite scene is the lighthouse machine gun fight, especially Shuya's expression upstairs. He's like DOUBLE U TEE EFF.

I need to make an avatar of that. *adds to list of millions of other things to do*

[tallulahgs]

I dreamt I was in a Battle Royale and everyone else had paired up and decided to try and win and I was on my own. But it wasn't a nightmare (fifth Battle Royale dream this year!)
I think the best WTF expressions have to be Shuuya, Noriko and Kawada's when Kitano gets up and answers the phone. Classic!