On August 23 2010 14:11 d_so wrote: each of them have a movie? i watched the first one and it was pretty sick!
Yep. The first one is the most well known, and it seems most people outside of Sweden haven't heard of the other two (if they've even heard of the first...). Strange since they all came out in 2009 just months apart. They're all very good, though.
I watched the first and I was very pleasantly surprised. The second one disappointed me though so I never watched the third one.
Heres my HongKong Movie reccomendations list Part 2:
-Bodyguards and Assasins(2009): A historical epos aboutDr Sun Yat-sen, "father of modern China" , who came to HongKong to help organize the resistance to overthrow the The Qing-Dynasty. Very moving personal picture about the and albeit a bit dramatized, historical pretty accurate. Starring Donnie Yen and truly a HongKong classic already imho
Enjoy and more coming soon!
-Shinjuku Incident(2009):: Again a movie with true facts, although the story in itself is fictional. This is in fact a Japanese/Hongkong cast (gotta love this ! ) and the film itself situates in Shinjuku, Tokio. Story is about Chinese illegal immigrants who try to flee to Japan to build up a better life but are confronted with a rather hostile environment. Starring Jackie Chan who actually acts pretty good!
High Society: A Pot Boiler is a stoner comedy available for free streaming via Hulu. It is basically a movie about trolling and weed. It is juvenile at times, but provides plenty of lulz.
Battle Royale takes place in an alternate timeline—Japan is a fascist state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (大東亜共和国 Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku). Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from a Junior High School are sleep-gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island southwest of Shodoshima. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year, 50 third-year high school classes are isolated, and each class is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no student dies in any 24 hour period, all collars will be detonated simultaneously.
They give each kid a pack with survival gear and a random weapon to equalize the playing field. Unless you know japanese, you have to watch it subbed, but I still greatly enjoyed regardless.
Battle Royale takes place in an alternate timeline—Japan is a fascist state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (大東亜共和国 Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku). Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from a Junior High School are sleep-gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island southwest of Shodoshima. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year, 50 third-year high school classes are isolated, and each class is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no student dies in any 24 hour period, all collars will be detonated simultaneously.
They give each kid a pack with survival gear and a random weapon to equalize the playing field. Unless you know japanese, you have to watch it subbed, but I still greatly enjoyed regardless.
I enjoyed the manga. I'm not a fan of live action however. The manga was still great, though it had some really dirty scenes.
ok srry but if this is weird i read about a movie about america leaving the world scene in this thread but cant remember its real name if u can find that would be great
Eternal sunshine on the spotless mind already mentioned? If ur not tired of underdog stories go rewatch Rocky Balboa. As far as out of-shape-going -for-that-last-shot-inspirational mumbo-jumbo-formulaic sequels go that wasnt bad at all. I disliked everything after the first but was pleasantly surprised, great way to provide some closure to the series.
Battle Royale takes place in an alternate timeline—Japan is a fascist state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (大東亜共和国 Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku). Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from a Junior High School are sleep-gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island southwest of Shodoshima. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year, 50 third-year high school classes are isolated, and each class is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no student dies in any 24 hour period, all collars will be detonated simultaneously.
They give each kid a pack with survival gear and a random weapon to equalize the playing field. Unless you know japanese, you have to watch it subbed, but I still greatly enjoyed regardless.
When i was going on this movie to the cinema i was like: ou i dont wanna see this bullsh*t it looks so boriiiiiiiing, after 10 minutes WTF this movie is awesome, and at the end i cried ...
I enjoyed this film a lot more than I thought I was going to. Really good flick to enjoy for anyone who's ever played classic video game consoles. It does a good job of capturing the important parts of the comic series and packing them into a 112 minute production.
The cast portrays their roles exceptionally well. Michael Cera actually didn't screw this one up like everything thought he was going to. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays a really great (and hot) Ramona Flowers, Jason Schwartzman was excellent as Gideon. I'm thoroughly impressed with the casting decisions.
It obviously isn't going to be a movie you watch for a deep, complex storyline, but it does have a message. Coupled with this message is about 2 hours of awesome effects and comical dialogue. To some people, the film will be a little over-the-top, but that's what makes it really fun too. It brings the comic to life.
Battle Royale takes place in an alternate timeline—Japan is a fascist state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (大東亜共和国 Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku). Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from a Junior High School are sleep-gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island southwest of Shodoshima. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program. According to the rules, every year, 50 third-year high school classes are isolated, and each class is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no student dies in any 24 hour period, all collars will be detonated simultaneously.
They give each kid a pack with survival gear and a random weapon to equalize the playing field. Unless you know japanese, you have to watch it subbed, but I still greatly enjoyed regardless.
Good film. Call me small minded, but I don't really watch foreign films. But even with the subtitles, this was a good film.
EPT
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