Battle Royale V's The Hunger Games

[Niamh.]

So.............Battle Royale happened to be on TV last night, out of curiosity I decided to watch. As much as I adore The Hunger Games, the similarity of the games themselves are a bit too close for comfort, in fact it's a complete rip off, I'm not even sure how Suzanne Collins wasn't sued or something for stealing the idea :laugh:

The film itself I thought was crap, the story as to why they even have the games seemed a little flimsy, the deaths were more comical than disturbing, the characters weren't that likeable and I didn't have much empathy for them, I didn't really care if they all died or not.

So yeah, I agree Suzanne Collins completely stole the story but I think she improved it

[Shaun]

Battle Royale's amazing. Get out.

[Marc]

-Doesn't know what Battle Royale is?-

[Niamh.]

It was a load of ****e Shaun. Why were the games even made? How come the kids didn't know about them? And if they didn't know about them how was it supposed to teach them a lesson (this is what I think the point of the games was but not 100% sure) lmao at all the gratuitous shots of the Japanese school girls with their petty coats and frilly knickers oh and where the hell was Mitsuko and Chigusa getting changes of clothes from? :suspect:

[Jessica.]

-Doesn't know what Battle Royale is?-

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Battle+Royale

[Niamh.]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Battle+Royale

:laugh:

Have you watched it Jess?

[Roy Mars III]

Battle Royale is amazing, and the Hunger Games is probably a rip off. They're still really enjoyable though (not as good though)

[Jessica.]

:laugh:

Have you watched it Jess?

Nah, I am curious about it though, I would like to, it doesn't sound very interesting though.. :s

[Shaun]

If you'd read the novel you'd discover what it was about, and I'm sure there'll be plenty of Hunger Games filmgoers who have no idea why it's happened :spin2: a little bit of background study can work wonders.

And it's really not crap. It has 84% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's extremely bleak, shocking and a turning point for cinema.

[Shaun]

If you'd read the novel you'd discover what it was about, and I'm sure there'll be plenty of Hunger Games filmgoers who have no idea why it's happened :spin2: a little bit of background study can work wonders.

And it's really not crap. It has 84% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's extremely bleak, shocking and a turning point for cinema.

[Niamh.]

If you'd read the novel you'd discover what it was about, and I'm sure there'll be plenty of Hunger Games filmgoers who have no idea why it's happened :spin2: a little bit of background study can work wonders.

And it's really not crap. It has 84% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's extremely bleak, shocking and a turning point for cinema.

Maybe so, I just found the film tacky and it didn't explain the purpose of the games well at all and I found the characters to be unlikeable

[Niamh.]

Nah, I am curious about it though, I would like to, it doesn't sound very interesting though.. :s

I didn't really get the point of the games at all, they gave a bit of an explanation but it sounded kind of stupid tbh, but maybe, as Shaun pointed out, the book may have made it sound more plausible?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

so basically you are saying thg is infinitely better yeah ty yeah i agree

[Roy Mars III]

I am only on Book 2 but I doubt there will ever be a character in the Hunger Games as great as

http://i.imgur.com/xtEpC.jpg?3808

[Shaun]

Tbf it's not really the same kind of genre, it's intended as a horror/drama... I think because THG series is aimed at teens and younger people it had to emphasise the human elements of it to draw some kind of emotional impact from its readers. BR just went straight in for the shock factor.

[Shaun]

(also what channel was it on? -fingers crossed for a BBC one so I can iPlayer it-)

[Niamh.]

Tbf it's not really the same kind of genre, it's intended as a horror/drama... I think because THG series is aimed at teens and younger people it had to emphasise the human elements of it to draw some kind of emotional impact from its readers. BR just went straight in for the shock factor.

But it wasn't even that gory or scary, the deaths were kind of stupid and funny

(also what channel was it on? -fingers crossed for a BBC one so I can iPlayer it-)

It was on Film 4

[Niamh.]

so basically you are saying thg is infinitely better yeah ty yeah i agree

lol, yeah but she did steal the idea big time :laugh:

[Shaun]

What about the kid at the beginning whose collar explodes? :laugh:

And oh :bored:

[Marc]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Battle+Royale

haha brilliant

[Niamh.]

What about the kid at the beginning whose collar explodes? :laugh:

And oh :bored:

Oh Yes, that was heart breaking :joker:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

well she says she had never heard of battle royale and the idea came when she was flicking between channels and saw war footage and a reality tv show

i believe her :nono:

[Shaun]

It's strange that noone at the publishing company would have pointed it out, though

[Niamh.]

well she says she had never heard of battle royale and the idea came when she was flicking between channels and saw war footage and a reality tv show

i believe her :nono:

Well, whether she did it on purpose or by accident, it is a very similar

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

may have to dl battle royale :suspect:

is it subbed?

[Niamh.]

It's strange that noone at the publishing company would have pointed it out, though

She probably thought, it's a Japanese film/book no one will have seen it anyway :laugh:

[Niamh.]

may have to dl battle royale :suspect:

is it subbed?

it has subtitles yeah, is that what subbed means? :suspect:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

yeah and i cant find a good torrent for it anywhere is it repeated tonight or s/t

WHY DIDNT YOU MAKE A THREAD BEFORE IT WAS ON kmt

[Niamh.]

yeah and i cant find a good torrent for it anywhere is it repeated tonight or s/t

WHY DIDNT YOU MAKE A THREAD BEFORE IT WAS ON kmt

Because I only noticed it was on almost an hour in so I watched it on plus one and it was 1am or something and I had a friend over and wasn't online :idc:

[Niamh.]

Oh there's a Film 4 on demand, can ye not watch it on that?

http://www.film4.com/ontv

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

how do i watch it on there im lost

[Brother Leon]

What a copycat :nono:

[Niamh.]

how do i watch it on there im lost

Click on the Film 4 on demand tab, it doesn't work for me cos I'm outside the UK but I presume it will for you

[Marc]

Just saw the trailer and it looks awful LOL

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

you have to pay niamh kmt

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

and its not even on -drinks bleach-

[Niamh.]

you have to pay niamh kmt

aw sorry, I never got that far it just told me it wasn't available

[Roy Mars III]

Japanese cinema is probably the best in the world.

[Niamh.]

Japanese cinema is probably the best in the world.

That film was stupid

[Tom4784]

Battle Royale is one of the best films ever made, you'll either understand it or you won't. It's a film of extremes and it is over the top but it's purposely played like that as it's a satire of the youth culture of Japan. As much as I love THG I think Battle Royale has more going for it under the hood.

As far as comparisons go, there's similar books and films that predate both of them and I'd say the THG has more in common with The Running Man due to the television angle as well as the futuristic dystopian setting. The only comparisons between THG and BR is that they are both about a game of death involving children. The stories are quite different apart from that.

[Niamh.]

Battle Royale is one of the best films ever made, you'll either understand it or you won't. It's a film of extremes and it is over the top but it's purposely played like that as it's a satire of the youth culture of Japan. As much as I love THG I think Battle Royale has more going for it under the hood.

As far as comparisons go, there's similar books and films that predate both of them and I'd say the THG has more in common with The Running Man due to the television angle as well as the futuristic dystopian setting. The only comparisons between THG and BR is that they are both about a game of death involving children. The stories are quite different apart from that.

What was the purpose of the games in BR? Why did the kids not know about them? Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes? How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games? If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask? :suspect:

[Tom4784]

What was the purpose of the games in BR? Why did the kids not know about them? Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes? How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games? If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask? :suspect:


What was the purpose of the games in BR?
In the films it was to scare the adults into compliance since in the film Japan was falling apart due to kids boycotting school and the adults not following the governments lead and such. In the books though it's just the mad government's idea of a bit of fun if I remember right.

Why did the kids not know about them?
It's never said but since it's a political act you could always pass it off that most kids don't keep up with politics. In the books though I THINK it was a secret event, It's been a while since I read it.

Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes?
They were on a school trip and were allowed to keep their things, the island was also a town that had purposely been evacuated so they could have taken some clothes from the houses.

How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games?
He didn't? He comitted suicide two years prior due to the fact that he was struggling to cope since he was unemployed.

If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask?
They were knocked out by gas.

[Niamh.]

What was the purpose of the games in BR?
In the films it was to scare the adults into compliance since in the film Japan was falling apart due to kids boycotting school and the adults not following the governments lead and such. In the books though it's just the mad government's idea of a bit of fun if I remember right.

Why did the kids not know about them?
It's never said but since it's a political act you could always pass it off that most kids don't keep up with politics. In the books though I THINK it was a secret event, It's been a while since I read it.

Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes?
They were on a school trip and were allowed to keep their things, the island was also a town that had purposely been evacuated so they could have taken some clothes from the houses.

How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games?
He didn't? He comitted suicide two years prior due to the fact that he was struggling to cope since he was unemployed.

If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask?
They were knocked out by gas.



What was the purpose of the games in BR?
I prefer THGs reasoning behind the games


Why did the kids not know about them?
Ok but if no one knows about them then it doesn't teach them any sort of lesson :conf:

Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes?
lol, thanks that really bothered me all the way through the film :laugh:


How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games?
haha, ok I totally picked that bit up wrong, I thought he'd killed himself because his son was going in the games and that's what his message to him was about? must have drunk too much wine!


If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask?
Again, I'm blaming the wine for that one :idc:

Thanks though, I did find the film hard to follow, I didn't think they explained things very well in it and then I found it hard to sympathise with any of the kids

[Tom4784]

What was the purpose of the games in BR?
I prefer THGs reasoning behind the games


Why did the kids not know about them?
Ok but if no one knows about them then it doesn't teach them any sort of lesson :conf:

Where did Mitsuko and chigusa get all the changes of clothes?
lol, thanks that really bothered me all the way through the film :laugh:


How did Shuyas dad know he was going into the games?
haha, ok I totally picked that bit up wrong, I thought he'd killed himself because his son was going in the games and that's what his message to him was about? must have drunk too much wine!


If all the kids were put on concious by eating the cookies, why was the adult on the bus wearing a mask?
Again, I'm blaming the wine for that one :idc:

Thanks though, I did find the film hard to follow, I didn't think they explained things very well in it and then I found it hard to sympathise with any of the kids



With Battle Royale though the film isn't so much about the 'why' but how people would react in that situation and how friendships and alliances would collapse under paranoia and stress (the Lighthouse scene is a good example of this). It's just meant to be more of a snapshot of a situation rather then a complete saga which is what The Hunger Games is. Different styles of story telling.

THG is all about rebelling against a corrupt government and such, BR is more about how the situation would affect and change people.

As for the lesson stuff, It's not meant to teach the kids anything since it'd be pointless since only one would survive :laugh: It's a scare tactic to keep the adults in control since threatening someone's kids would be a very good way of keeping them in line.

[Novo]

Battle Royal :worship:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/TakesiKitano.jpg/220px-TakesiKitano.jpg

What an Actor

[Chilltown]

After having watched both films, without doubt Battle Royale is superior to The Hunger Games. There is just no comparing the two. Both were entertaining, yes, but Battle Royale was on a whole other level entirely.

[Niamh.]

After having watched both films, without doubt Battle Royale is superior to The Hunger Games. There is just no comparing the two. Both were entertaining, yes, but Battle Royale was on a whole other level entirely.

I've now seen both films as well, and I strongly disagree, The Hunger Games was miles upon miles upon miles better

[Roy Mars III]

Battle Royal :worship:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/TakesiKitano.jpg/220px-TakesiKitano.jpg

What an Actor

his tracksuits were one of the best parts of the movie.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

im watching battle royale now hai/

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the woman on the instruction video thing sounds like pikachu

[Niall]

I don't know whether to watch this or not.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

its really good :amazed: /is only like 20 minutes in

[Novo]

imdb

Battle Royale 7.9
The Hunger Games 7.8

And that's even with the hunger games fans voting BR down as well, can remember when it was over 8.0

[Niall]

its really good :amazed: /is only like 20 minutes in

I may download it then :suspect:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

kawada ftw hes hot

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

imdb

Battle Royale 7.9
The Hunger Games 7.8

And that's even with the hunger games fans voting BR down as well, can remember when it was over 8.0

silence :nono:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

a pot lid :joker:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

omg

dis bitch curling her eyebrows

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1stigHo8F1qe0nom.png

:lovedup:

[Tom4784]

Mitsuko, she's the most fierce of bitches.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the bitch in the yellow tracksuit :lovedup:

so many sassy bitches in this movie

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the bit where she was running and the guy was behind her on the bike was she like imagining that?:suspect:

[Tom4784]

the bit where she was running and the guy was behind her on the bike was she like imagining that?:suspect:

Yeah.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the exchange guy with the crazy hair smh

evil bastard :nono:

[Tom4784]

Kiriyama's cool apart from the wild ginger hair.

[Brother Leon]

imdb

Battle Royale 7.9
The Hunger Games 7.8

And that's even with the hunger games fans voting BR down as well, can remember when it was over 8.0

Oh dear.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

aww the girls in the lighthouse :sad:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

wtf the flashback where the girl is eating an ice lolly on the beach with a man is that the teacher guy who set it all up? :suspect:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

oh nvm it was a dream not a flashback /mess

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

okay
okay wait

why did the dad have his pants down when he hung himself

[Tom4784]

okay
okay wait

why did the dad have his pants down when he hung himself

Because he was cracked enough to kill himself in such a fashion I think. It's just to show how broken his state of mind became.

[Niall]

Is this really gory? I just want to know before I watch it. I don't handle gore very well. :joker:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

okay it just ended

i can now confirm that thg is much better

[Tom4784]

Not as gory as you'd think, from what I remember there's only three really gory bits.

[Tom4784]

okay it just ended

i can now confirm that thg is much better

Your opinion is wrong and you should feel bad :hmph:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

it is better :nono:

literally everything about thg is sort of upgraded from this idk how to explain it its like thg is this but improved x100

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

apart from mitsuko

[Niall]

Not as gory as you'd think, from what I remember there's only three really gory bits.

Hmm okay. I'll download it and watch it later on tonight. :suspect:

[Niall]

But if I'm emotionally scared, I'm blaming you Dezzy. :nono:

[Tom4784]

it is better :nono:

literally everything about thg is sort of upgraded from this idk how to explain it its like thg is this but improved x100

:bored:

Battle Royale has more going for it really, the story has multiple meanings and themes and it's a film that must be watched multiple times to absorb it all. I do love THG but it's story is simplistic in comparison. THG makes for easier viewing but Battle Royale is so much more challenging and has more of a lasting effect.

[Marc]

Kiriyama's cool apart from the wild ginger hair.

:suspect:

[Tom4784]

:suspect:

I'm sorry Marc but I can't endorse letting gingers live.

*re-enacts the Born Free video*

[Marc]

I'm sorry Marc but I can't endorse letting gingers live.

*re-enacts the Born Free video*

:bawling:

[Shaun]

I liked the post spreading that The Hunger Games is "Battle Royale with Cheese".

I loved both films but BR edges it for me.

[Marc]

I may watch BR :suspect:

[Novo]

http://i44.tinypic.com/34rew08.png

[Marc]

I'm currently watching BR and that image just spoiled it for me Novo :bored:

[Marc]

Just watched BR and well, I'm not sure. I think it's good but having seen HG I think it's much better than BR.

[Tom4784]

A CURSE UPON YOUR HOUSES.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/Avalith_Gale/Gifs/tumblr_lm9meuRSdx1qbh09q.gif

[Marc]

There there :pat: it's not as if I'm saying it's an awful film, I liked it. In actual fact the way all the kids get put into the game is more realistic than in HG

[Tom4784]

*is mildly sated so I only curse your horses instead*

[Shaun]

you leave Leona alone :@

[Niall]

Shaun :joker::joker:

[Marc]

:laugh2:

Somebody already cursed her with that nose

[Niall]

Ima watch this later on tonight if I'm not too tired. I would watch it now but I have Deathly Hallows Pt 2 rented from Blockbuster, so. :3

[Marc]

It's not all that Niall :laugh: and it's all Asian and stuff :idc:

[Tom4784]

and you're all ginger Marc yet we tolerate your existence :hmph:

[Marc]

Yeah but I'm a MOD if I wasnt then you'd have banned me by now

[Niall]

It's not all that Niall :laugh: and it's all Asian and stuff :idc:

I know but I just want to watch it now out of curiosity. :tongue: I don't think I'll like it but w/e.

[Marc]

I know but I just want to watch it now out of curiosity. :tongue: I don't think I'll like it but w/e.

You'll like it but it's not HGs :tongue:

[Niall]

Battle Royale was one of the worst films I've ever seen. I'm not exaggerating. At times it was good, but I hated for the most part. :bored:

[Shaun]

**** off niall

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

its true :hmph:

without mitsuko it would have been awful

[Niall]

**** off niall

It was though! Its musical score was awful, the way it was shot and the quality of the film was like something from an 80s tv channel. THe acting was over the top sometimes too.

I just hated it. I was relieved when it finished (and in the "Oh thank God its over" not the "Omg that was so scary" kind of way).

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

and and and

they were all chinese

[Niall]

:joker:

[Shaun]

*Japanese

and w/e. you're both Hunger Games stans anyway and I bet if THG never existed you'd have liked it.

[Niall]

-writes scathing review on Tumblr-

[Shaun]

and you weren't even concentrating you kept posting in D12 so **** off niall just **** RIGHT OFF

-was one of the kids-

[Shaun]

and you weren't even concentrating you kept posting in D12 so **** off niall just **** RIGHT OFF

-was one of the kids-

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

but thg is just so much better :love:

it has effie and buttercup battle royale just cannot compete with that

[Glenn.]

I'm not even going to dirty my eyes with this filth :hmph:

[Smithy]

scott have you seen THG :suspect:

[Niall]

and you weren't even concentrating you kept posting in D12 so **** off niall just **** RIGHT OFF

-was one of the kids-

I wasn't concentrating because I hated the film. If I liked it, I wouldn't have kept pausing it to post on here. :idc:

[Shaun]

That's **** reasoning and you know it :hmph:

[Shaun]

I hate you all. THG has turned you into another stupid cult like Twilight fans :hmph:

YEAH I SAID IT YOU'RE ALL TWILIGHT FAN-STANDARD.

[Niall]

The only bits from Battle Royale that are good, are the instruction video, the pot lid scene, anything with Mitsuko, and the lighthouse bit AND THATS IT.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

scott have you seen THG :suspect:

no :hmph:

i was comparing battle royale to thg books

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

ugh mitsuko though :lovedup:

lets just all agree that she is the best ever and leave it at that

[Niall]

That's **** reasoning and you know it :hmph:

T'eva. :idc:

I hate you all. THG has turned you into another stupid cult like Twilight fans :hmph:

YEAH I SAID IT YOU'RE ALL TWILIGHT FAN-STANDARD.

How dare you :bored:

[Smithy]

you read the battle royale book?

[Glenn.]

I hate you all. THG has turned you into another stupid cult like Twilight fans :hmph:

YEAH I SAID IT YOU'RE ALL TWILIGHT FAN-STANDARD.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/GlennDines123/tumblr_lt3b7dagS11r0hk9w.gif

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

no -_-

i was comparing the br film to hg books

[Niall]

I would read the book but I hate that film so much that I don't think I could stand it.

[Smithy]

and niall you're a twilight fan


what is all the ****ery going on up in here

[Glenn.]

Twilight fans

The pits of stupidity.:bored:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i dont think it was as bad as niall is making out :nono:

[King Gizzard]

Going to order Battle Royale off play

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

how stupid of you

[Niall]

i dont think it was as bad as niall is making out :nono:

I'm probably the exception to the rule. I just couldn't stand that movie.

[Niall]

Going to order Battle Royale off play

Torrent it. It really isn't worth buying.

[King Gizzard]

sounds 34983484398x better that THG :idc:

trololol

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

nathan may god have mercy on your soul

[King Gizzard]

Asian kids killing each other > American kids dressed in silly suits killing each other

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

they arent dressed in silly suits in the arena fool :bored:

[King Gizzard]

Well whatever they are..look a bit star trekky

[Niall]

sounds 34983484398x better that THG :idc:

trololol

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp4dc8EMmj1qc4pgc.gif

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

people who say battle royale is better are just hipster fags that want to look intelligent watching foreign cinema

yes that is exactly it

[Glenn.]

Nothing is better than The Hunger Games. The sooner people realize this the better.:idc:

[Niall]

If people like it better than THG, then fair enough thats their personal taste.

But its when people try to say THG ripped it off that annoys me. They're two completely different films.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Nothing is better than The Hunger Games. The sooner people realize this the better.:idc:

:love:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

If people like it better than THG, then fair enough thats their personal taste.

But its when people try to say THG ripped it off that annoys me. They're two completely different films.

preach

in the hunger games the kids kill eachother for the entertainment of the capitol

in battle royale they do it for... idek why they do it nobody is even watching i think its to teach them a lesson or something idgi

[Glenn.]

Is sounds like crap :idc:

[Niall]

preach

in the hunger games the kids kill eachother for the entertainment of the capitol

in battle royale they do it for... idek why they do it nobody is even watching i think its to teach them a lesson or something idgi

Exactly. Thats another thing that really annoyed me in BR. The actual purpose of the game was never explained in full, and the explanation the film's opening gave was shaky at best. It just seemed a bit pointless, random and just an act of random brutality on the part of the government. It had no effect on me really because it didn't seem to have much of a purpose.

But when you read/see THG, and see all the Capitol people revel in the sport of it all, and how those from Districts 1,2 and 4 see participation as an 'honour' then it just makes the games seem so much more sick and grotesque. It highlights the brutality of the Capitol in the fact that the games are there to entertain people.

BR was just virtually random in comparison.

[Brother Leon]

Shaun dropped some real spit in this thread.


I salute you,sir :joker:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Shaun dropped some real spit in this thread.


I salute you,sir :joker:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1wzotuJgI1r1x4tc.png

[Niamh.]

people who say battle royale is better are just hipster fags that want to look intelligent watching foreign cinema

yes that is exactly it

:laugh2:



It's funny cos it's true :idc:

[Novo]

Battle Royale 7.8
The Hunger Games 7.7

just accept it most people prefer Battle Royale :idc:

[Marc]

people who say battle royale is better are just hipster fags that want to look intelligent watching foreign cinema

yes that is exactly it

:laugh2:

That is one of the best things I've read on here in a very long time

[Marc]

BR has been out for longer than HG :idc: give it 12 years as well and it'll be way up there.

[Novo]

Battle Royale was on 8.3 before The Hunger Games came out so their fans have obviously tried to vote it down it's still ahead of The Hunger Games though, Amazing.

[Tom4784]

Y'all just didn't understand it, I love Hunger Games but it's very simplistic in comparison.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i understood it tyvm :nono:

that comment just adds weight to my hipster fag comment :nono:

[Niamh.]

i understood it tyvm :nono:

that comment just adds weight to my hipster fag comment :nono:

:laugh:

[Tom4784]

preach

in the hunger games the kids kill eachother for the entertainment of the capitol

in battle royale they do it for... idek why they do it nobody is even watching i think its to teach them a lesson or something idgi

Exactly. Thats another thing that really annoyed me in BR. The actual purpose of the game was never explained in full, and the explanation the film's opening gave was shaky at best. It just seemed a bit pointless, random and just an act of random brutality on the part of the government. It had no effect on me really because it didn't seem to have much of a purpose.

But when you read/see THG, and see all the Capitol people revel in the sport of it all, and how those from Districts 1,2 and 4 see participation as an 'honour' then it just makes the games seem so much more sick and grotesque. It highlights the brutality of the Capitol in the fact that the games are there to entertain people.

BR was just virtually random in comparison.

That's exactly the point of Battle Royale, is that the game is just a random bit of brutality. In the film Battle Royale is something that the government threatens people with to control them since Japan's citizens are out of control. Best way to make someone do what you want them to is to threaten their children. In the book though it's just to entertain the power mad government. The film and book isn't about the why though it's about how the kids react to the situation they're in.

[Marc]

The only thing I preferred about BR was that they had danger zones and the collars that would kill them within three days, so somebody HAD to win

[Niall]

That's exactly the point of Battle Royale, is that the game is just a random bit of brutality. In the film Battle Royale is something that the government threatens people with to control them since Japan's citizens are out of control. Best way to make someone do what you want them to is to threaten their children. In the book though it's just to entertain the power mad government. The film and book isn't about the why though it's about how the kids react to the situation they're in.

Fair enough. That still doesn't change my mind on other aspects of the film, like the poor production quality (imo at least) and its bizarre soundtrack.

I just hated it. I really did.

[Niall]

Oh I forgot to ask

What was the meaning of the beginning? You know, where that girl was in the car smiling, and there were all cameras filming her saying she's smiling and she's the winner etc?

I thought that would be explained at the end of the film but it wasn't. I didn't get it. :suspect:

[Marc]

Think it just shows how insane it makes you.

[Marc]

Though at one point I thought It was a flash forward and she was a girl in the class. But I must have been being ignorant :blush2:

[Marc]

Battle Royale was on 8.3 before The Hunger Games came out so their fans have obviously tried to vote it down it's still ahead of The Hunger Games though, Amazing.

I need proof

[Niall]

Think it just shows how insane it makes you.

But then why would television crews be there talking about the BR if it's meant to be secret? :conf2:

Though at one point I thought It was a flash forward and she was a girl in the class. But I must have been being ignorant :blush2:

I kept thinking it was Mitsuko or Noriko throughout the movie :suspect:

[Niall]

I'm reading Mitsuko's back story. It's so sad. :sad:

[Tom4784]

Oh I forgot to ask

What was the meaning of the beginning? You know, where that girl was in the car smiling, and there were all cameras filming her saying she's smiling and she's the winner etc?

I thought that would be explained at the end of the film but it wasn't. I didn't get it. :suspect:

The game isn't televised but people know of it so when there's a winner the media makes a big deal out of it. They never explain why the kids didn't know about it but I always assumed that it was meant to strengthen how disconnected they've become from the adults and education and such.

I don't think they used many filters when it came to filming it so it didn't look as glossy as a Hollywood Film would look. I quite liked it though, I thought it suited the story.

The orchestral music was there because it sounds like something that might be used by that kind of government, it gives them a Totalitarian feel to them which is appropriate.

There's a reason for everything in BR, it's just that a lot of it is up for interpretation where as in THG everything's kind of laid out on a plate for you which is why I like BR more, you can watch it multiple times and notice something new everytime you do.

[Jords]

I need to watch this :amazed:

[Tom4784]

The book's pretty good if a little tough to read at times since the translation is a bit awkward. It follows a lot more characters then in the film.

[Niall]

The game isn't televised but people know of it so when there's a winner the media makes a big deal out of it. They never explain why the kids didn't know about it but I always assumed that it was meant to strengthen how disconnected they've become from the adults and education and such.

I don't think they used many filters when it came to filming it so it didn't look as glossy as a Hollywood Film would look. I quite liked it though, I thought it suited the story.

The orchestral music was there because it sounds like something that might be used by that kind of government, it gives them a Totalitarian feel to them which is appropriate.

There's a reason for everything in BR, it's just that a lot of it is up for interpretation where as in THG everything's kind of laid out on a plate for you which is why I like BR more, you can watch it multiple times and notice something new everytime you do.

Oh okay. And I suppose that makes sense in the context of the story. I thought it was really odd how the government suddenly started to treat all the teenagers like this because they boycotted school. Idk.

Ah that would explain it. I hated it. :laugh: it gave the film a really cheap feel imo.

And I suppose, but I found it really intrusive because in most of the scenes the music just clashed with the acting. That's what I thought anyway. It just kept annoying me the whole way through the film.

The book's pretty good if a little tough to read at times since the translation is a bit awkward. It follows a lot more characters then in the film.

I might read it in a couple of months. I would read it now but the movie has out me off.