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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Battle Royale (2000) - Just saw a month ago - the story idea is great, as is Takeski Kitano; the problem is the rest of the film, which is 85% of it, which is teens killing each other, hardly ever with any creativity. The two teen protagonist convey soon tenderness to each other, but I found everything else subpar. I found it rather tedious & often times ridiculous, even for teen dialogue.
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Couldn't disagree with you more on this one, sorry....What elevates BR is the depth of characters and tragic reality of each individual story. Its actually incredible story telling that so much story/ back story is given in such a short space of time and how it manages to emotionally attach the audience to each character, especially given the backdrop of absolute carnage. I'm not gonna try to name each character as my recall for Japanese names isn't all that good, but I can honestly say I don't think I have ever watched a movie and cared for so many characters as much as I did with BR. The deaths themselves are actually superficial to the story, which is an incredibly impressive achievement considering how violent the movie is.