Battle Royale

The Free Man · 15-05-2005 6:17pm #1

I just finished watching battle royale, i really liked it, just want to know anybody elses opinion on the film, and has anybody seen battle royale 2? its next on my list...

Dar · 15-05-2005 6:20pm

Aye, great film. Don't waste your time on BR2 though - it's distressingly cack.

Tusky · 15-05-2005 7:13pm

Love it...second one is cack though.

arbeitsscheuer · 15-05-2005 7:16pm

Loved BR, it's one of my favourite films.

2nd one is... Not so good. That's putting it mildly. A lot of it is pure gibberish.

But the first is amazing. Stop at that one.

Dublin's Finest · 15-05-2005 7:21pm

i'd recommend watching oldboy if you liked BR. I've heard only bad things about the sequel as well...the director died half way through filming so his son took the directorial reins to disastrous effect.

Shabadu · 15-05-2005 7:27pm

BR is BRilliant allright, give the book a go. It was one of the presents I got my boyfriend last christmas, he rather liked it.

Rhyme · 15-05-2005 7:35pm

Shabadu wrote:

BR is BRilliant allright

*Groan*

The first is very good, well made and inventive in a lot of senses.. a great film for sure... BUY IT, ignore the second.

The Free Man · 15-05-2005 8:31pm

thats cool, i think ill have a look around for the book, ill give oldboy a loook as well!

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 9:40pm

First one is great, second one really degenerated into a Hollywood action flick...that said, some of the action scenes are fantastic, but there is ALOT of pointless scenes in there and it doesnt appear to translate very well...

Still worth a buy though, I think definately. Cost me 44.99, got it very shortly after release day :eek:

Matthewthebig · 15-05-2005 9:43pm

Shabadu wrote:

BR is BRilliant allright, give the book a go. It was one of the presents I got my boyfriend last christmas, he rather liked it.

you gets them in a single book or in the ten different sections?

youcancallmeal · 15-05-2005 9:43pm

Battle Royal = Disturbingly compelling viewing

Gave my copy to a friend to watch and all he could say was it was just a rip off of lord of the flies!? He didnt get a lend of too many films after that

Shabadu · 15-05-2005 9:47pm

Matthewthebig wrote:

you gets them in a single book or in the ten different sections?

Ha, Huh?[/NELSON]

Matthewthebig · 15-05-2005 9:48pm

its a manga that comes in ten comics i was not aware it came in a single book

The Free Man · 15-05-2005 10:58pm

MobileInfantry wrote:

Still worth a buy though, I think definately. Cost me 44.99, got it very shortly after release day :eek:

aye i bought it yesterday, 15 quid in HMV

User45701 · 16-05-2005 7:10am

no no no, i liked the 2nd 1 the music in it was very good i keep meening to buy them both on DVD

garthv · 16-05-2005 7:14am

Yeh Battle Royale was really really good. Nice and gory too which is always a bonus. Like the previous posters have said i have'nt heard good reports about BR". Havent seen it myself but nobody has said its good.
Oldboy on the other hand is f*cking brilliant. Absoloutely top notch Korean movie making and well worth the watch!

Shabadu · 16-05-2005 8:19am

Matthewthebig wrote:

its a manga that comes in ten comics i was not aware it came in a single book

It was originally a novel, afaik. The movie was made before it was translated into english in 2003. The graphic novels were made after the movie also.

spooky donkey · 16-05-2005 9:24am

Class movie. I only watched receltly and gald I have the second one also but im put off watching after what I heard about before I even read this thread.

TerrorFirmer · 16-05-2005 9:06pm

The 2nd movie is not as good as the first, buts its by no means as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

Its extremely professional in comparison to the original, some very gritty and realistic scenes, as well as some great combat scenes that are as high quality as anything that comes out of Hollywood.

Not as good as BR, but still decent. Alot of poor filler in between action however.

projectmayhem · 18-05-2005 6:03pm

i liked the second one... it's at least worth checking out before you listen to all the critics. it has a few pacing issues, but you can overlook them for the cool action parts, and the story is quite good.

MrPudding · 18-05-2005 10:47pm

First one, excellent. Second one? Forget it was even made.

MrP

nadir · 19-05-2005 12:29pm

Shibasaki Kou FOREVAA !!!
heh
tbh, there are alot of good actors in the first one.

erm. second one is pants, pretty funny at times though.

kaimera · 19-05-2005 12:31pm

very very good movie.

gonna watch it tonight with some mates.

BR2 is good imo. watchable.

Shabadu · 19-05-2005 8:31pm

Must watch second one- is it crap in a good way?

nadir · 20-05-2005 12:57am

not really, I enjoyed it cause i got to space out in the cinema after a heavy night of drinking and watch crazy japanese people run around with guns.

Shabadu · 20-05-2005 7:53am

nadir wrote:

not really, I enjoyed it cause i got to space out in the cinema after a heavy night of drinking and watch crazy japanese people run around with guns.

Ah. The sport of Kings.

qwertplaywert · 28-01-2007 1:39pm

first one ws fantasic,second one[which was on last night on film 4] was ...........meh..........to be honest, i spend the entrie time wondering where noriko was..............

johnny_ultimate · 28-01-2007 1:46pm

Woah! Bit of a bump there.
Watched the second one last night as well, after loving the first one. It had a strong start (what with the landing and all that) but once

they joined the survivors it all went a bit rubbish tbh

. But what really knocked it down in my book was

the teacher's rugby dive at the end. I actually laughed my head of at what was meant to be a serious moment

.
First one was a masterpiece though.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 28-01-2007 1:52pm

the second one is awful

it almost takes away from how good the first one was

qwertplaywert · 28-01-2007 1:53pm

too true.................in relation to your second spoiler: it seemed to be they were trying to make it intennially funny, but imo it wasnt

in the first, i would find myself laughing out loud at various stages

bjj-fighter · 28-01-2007 2:10pm

The first one is brilliant.second one,not so brilliant

Hypnotoad · 28-01-2007 2:43pm

I love battle royale and I loved the second one too.Got the collectors edition tin and currently looking ofr some other merch.

bjj-fighter · 28-01-2007 7:38pm

Yeah I got the collectors edition aswell.Its a great buy

Mitch Connor · 29-01-2007 11:21am

the plot for the second one didn't make any sense. If they wanted them to complete the mission they were sent on, why making so horribly difficult for them!