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Fair enough about presenting both sides. I'm not sure, however, that it could ever refute my personal experience watching the movie (i.e., the the trouble I had keeping track of, and caring about, the characters... the way I cringed at some of the dialog), and in some ways it supports my case of it being derivative by referencing critics' comparisons of the film to A Clockwork Orange and Lord of the Flies.

It's clearly an overwhelming set of positive recommendations though -- not all of which I would typically, blindly respect -- but overwhelming positive nonetheless, which also seems to reflect the opinion of many on this forum. Also, it speaks of the film relative to the horror genre a couple times, which makes me feel better. So it's all good. :)

Also, just to be clear, I did enjoy the film, but there were things about it that didn't impress me.


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I keep a database of all the films I watch, and just for fun, I looked up my data on Battle Royale. I was curious if remembering things wrong. Here's my data:

Watched: 2/8/2013
Genre: Action
Tags: adventure, survival, deadly game/ immoral reality tv
Rating: 7/10
Inaccessibility: 3/10

I'm wondering if I went a little low on the inaccessibility, but basically 3/10 means, "only mildly shocking." Also, it's really rare that I don't use the term "horror," either for the genre or for a tag. Anyway, that was just my impression. Maybe I should add "horror" to the tags now. 7/10 ain't bad though.