Originally posted by wakkawakkawakkaBTW what's "Battle Royale"? [/B]
It's a cult Japanese film made in 2000.
The director, Kinji Fukasaku is renowned for his violence in his films akin to Eastwood's spaghetti westerns.
The movie's about "Battle Royale", a government Act that forces 9th grade students to battle themselves (on an isolated island under military watch) until one is left alive.
The premise is to teach unruly children respect for adults & the law.
Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
I still though it was enjoyable overall but I'll admit it wasn't the best thing ever.Spoiler:
The tree scene was very annoying to me. I mean c'mon one of the chicks even had a bow. On top of that, how come nobody decided to just shoot Katniss while she was sleeping along with the Peeta thing you brought up. Well making a female lead look good by making everyone else look incompetent isn't to out of the ordinary.Some people like me enjoyed the movie, others didn't. However I know for a fact I'm not reading any of the books. BTW what's "Battle Royale"?
That's the Battle Royale.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
It's a cult Japanese film made in 2000.
The director, Kinji Fukasaku is renowned for his violence in his films akin to Eastwood's spaghetti westerns.The movie's about "Battle Royale", a government Act that forces 9th grade students to battle themselves (on an isolated island under military watch) until one is left alive.
The premise is to teach unruly children respect for adults & the law.
Originally posted by WhiteWitchKing
That's the Battle Royale.
Thanks! Now I kind of understand why Robtard and folks gave this lackluster reviews. I will say that watching BR now will be a bit of a challenge considering it's a tad dated. But I'm giving it a shot.
I never thought that the games in Battle Royale were presented as anything but that: a game. Entertainment for the masses. In the book, classes are selected like once a month to participate in the Battle Royale and every kid knows about it and what it means. In the movie, it seems like a yearly thing and the kids are definitely more surprised when they're selected, but the video footage from the previous year shows the little girl who "won".
Sorry for double posting, I didn't have time for my short review earlier.
I rate The Hunger Games 3/5, and that's because I read the books, so could fill in the gaps [of which there were many] so I don't know how confused people are who haven't read the books.
Turning a first-person book into an ensemble film reeaallly doesn't work very well.
Positive - Setting/Authenticity to Setting.
They did the Capitol very well, it was exactly like "The Wizard of Oz," coming from very dreary District 12 to the colorful, zany world of the Capitol.
Positive - Music.
This is more of a neutral, but there was some good music in there.
Positive -Direction
Except for
Spoiler:
the night rising early and the crazy shot-shot-shot-shot on top of the Cornucopia. I liked that style when the first twelve [and thirteenth] kids were picked off, it was a study in deadliness.
Negative - Performances.
This goes back to the book being first person. How were we supposed to know what they were thinking about when they're trying to stay quiet for the other players, vague for the camera, and holding in emotion for each other?
Negative - Plot
What - when? How - why? Again, it helped that I read the books.
So there we go. 3/5
The build-up to the actual games when Caesar Flickerman (host) is interviewing Katnis....there's a close up shot of Flickerman & there's a fly buzzing around him. Then in another close-up of Katnis, the same fly is buzzing around her.
I just found it funny becos in real life, one would wave/shoo the fly away but becos they were actors acting, they deliberately ignored it & that kinda conveyed to me that they were actors & not characters in a story.
Originally posted by maham
I'd like a little summary,leaving the spoilers (obviously).Since I have no idea whatsoever about the story there's no specific question to ask. It seems like a parallel universe story....like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings...
Okay I'll give it a whirl.
It's post-apocalyptic/WWIII, and the government [The Capitol] reigns over the Twelve Districts of a place called Panem [in Latin, means "bread and circuses," a description of the gladiator entertainments.]
Since all the rebels live in the twelve districts, to keep punishing them for the rebellion, every year the Capitol takes a boy and a girl from the ages of 12-18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a rite where the 24 "tributes," as the chosen children are called, are set loose in an unknown environment [different every year] until one winner [who has presumably killed to stay alive] comes out. The winner is then given wealth and prosperity, which The Capitol says represents "the forgiveness" of the Capitol at the end of the war - saying that instead of killing everybody, the Capitol only governs the districts.
Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, who is the girl tribute for District 12.
Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mallark, who is the boy tribute for District 12.
Woody Harrelson plays Haymitch Abernathy, who is the mentor for the two tributes. He's also a drunk.
Lenny Kravitz plays Cinna, a kind and sympathetic friend for Katniss, who also is the designer for the two tributes.
Rated PG-13 for violence. [which is really not that bad, but then I'm not shocked by violence so take this with a grain of salt].
@EsauCairn - I thought that was a spy fly or camera fly...
Originally posted by siriuswriter
Okay I'll give it a whirl.It's post-apocalyptic/WWIII, and the government [The Capitol] reigns over the Twelve Districts of a place called Panem [in Latin, means "bread and circuses," a description of the gladiator entertainments.]
Since all the rebels live in the twelve districts, to keep punishing them for the rebellion, every year the Capitol takes a boy and a girl from the ages of 12-18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a rite where the 24 "tributes," as the chosen children are called, are set loose in an unknown environment [different every year] until one winner [who has presumably killed to stay alive] comes out. The winner is then given wealth and prosperity, which The Capitol says represents "the forgiveness" of the Capitol at the end of the war - saying that instead of killing everybody, the Capitol only governs the districts.Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, who is the girl tribute for District 12.
Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mallark, who is the boy tribute for District 12.
Woody Harrelson plays Haymitch Abernathy, who is the mentor for the two tributes. He's also a drunk.
Lenny Kravitz plays Cinna, a kind and sympathetic friend for Katniss, who also is the designer for the two tributes.Rated PG-13 for violence. [which is really not that bad, but then I'm not shocked by violence so take this with a grain of salt].
@EsauCairn - I thought that was a spy fly or camera fly...
The movie was great, I saw it a couple weeks ago, very well acted and directed. The editing could've used some polishing, and some of the special effects were lacking, but it was very good indeed.
I've since read the entire Trilogy and am very excited for the new movies.
The final book in the trilogy will make a great movie.