I agree except for one thing: the soundtrack. Heheh, I'm nuts for the BR
soundtrack. And I actually think the movie would be a success as a dub, like
many of the old jackie chan and chinese martial arts movies.

On 4/8/06, Lorrayne <kirameku18@...> wrote:
>
> Right-o! I completely agree with themikejonas.. If you compare Battle
> Royale with a four-star American cult classic, you'd give it a run for it's
> money. We have pretty sick stuff too.. Saw? The Exorcist? Of course, these
> don't deal with kids, which is probably the best part of Battle Royale.
> Influence? Well going to school and wondering if I could kill my best
> friends and vis versa is, I think, a reaction that most viewers have. It's
> kind of unnerving..
>
> Again on the American movie thing - I actually hold the sentiment that
> Battle Royale would be very successful and moving in American cinema. I know
> that most American adaptions suck, but if the right people got onto the
> project, it could turn out really awesome.
> And we could give it a better soundtrack.
>
> themikejonas <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> In defense of "American movie culture," there's a difference between
> it and the movies that you've named--those are "Hollywood" movies,
> which many are quick to equate with American cinema. If you look at
> independent films, you'll find plenty of original and promising talent
> at work.
>
> Moreover, if you take a closer look at Japanese cinema, you'll also
> find a good-sized representation of bad films; it's just that it's
> mostly the good films that tend to get worldwide notice, giving the
> impression that Japanese cinema is more consistently superior when in
> fact, it makes plenty of crap, too.
>
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> --- In battleroyalefilm@yahoogroups.com, "cannot_be_good"
> <cannot_be_good@...> wrote:
> >
> > Being an amatuer filmmaker/writer, watching this movie opened my eyes
> > to alot of interesting idea's. There are aspects of this movie that
> > really blow ANY American movie out of the water. American movies
> > today (Failure to Launch, Basic Instinct 2, Scary Movie 4, Ocean's 13;
> > just showing the "failure" of american movie culture) just don't cut
> > it anymore in the acting deparment. BR had steller acting, raw
> > emotion, and an original theme (anybody who thinks Romantic Comidies
> > like Failure to Launch are "good" and "original" need to stop watching
> > The Notebook every weekend, and watch some quality stuff). Now, I'm
> > not trying to be critical here (or am I?) but Amercian movie are awful
> > nowadays.
> >
> > I was just wondering if this movie influenced anybody else in thier
> > "crafts" or even in thier everyday life.
> >
> > Peace brothers and sisters.
> >
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