Battle Royale sucks

[Q Classic]

i thought it was amusing. no high work of art, but worth the download.

[St Leo]

Battle Royale is a great movie. I've seen it several times now, and it's still uberkewl.

[Drake Tungsten]

Maybe you're just not getting into the foreigner "I hate my students and wish they were all dead" spirit?

No, I was definitely psyched to see some students get slaughtered, having taught them for so long. Doesn't mean I can just ignore such a ****ty plot, though.

[MRT144]

the plot could be seen as irrelevent though

[Drake Tungsten]

If you view the plot as irrelevant, then I don't really care about your opinions on movies.

[MRT144]

so youre telling me the plot of so many action movies really makes the movie more enjoyable? for movies like this if youre watching the movie for plot then your an imbicile.

[Drake Tungsten]

I'm not watching them for the plot, but a completely ****ty plot can ruin the movie despite its relative lack of importance.

[MRT144]

it depends on how much youre willing to let it slide. and if you didnt like it, thats up to you

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
If you view the plot as irrelevant, then I don't really care about your opinions on movies.

You mean you can't think of a single enjoyable movie that had a ****ty plot?

[Wraith]

It depends on what you like. I'm personally a big fan of dark gallows humor, so I found the movie to be fairly entertaining. Especially Yuuko Miyamura. Who doesn't like her performance?
I can certainly understand why others wouldn't like the movie, though.

Not a patch on stuff like the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser series, of course. I should proably read the Battle Royale book one of these days to see how it compares.

Wraith
Death is but a doorway - Here, let me hold that for you

[Dis]

I've enjoyed many movies with ****ty unrealistic plots. Movies like Commando, Mad Max, Road Warrior.

I'm not sure what the difference is. But one thing I can think of is the presence of a strong male lead instead of an ensemble of wimpy kids. The movies I mentioned had strong leading men- Arnold Swarchenegger and Mel Gibson. Strong male leads are important for kid action movies as well. Take Red Dawn for example (I know the plot is retarded and unrealistic, but I liked the movie), that was an ensemble cast of kids, but it still had a strong male lead- Patrick Swayze. And it had Jennifer Grey as the female lead, she was pretty good. That was a movie about kids kicking lots of ass as well- just not each other's ass.

[Drake Tungsten]

You mean you can't think of a single enjoyable movie that had a ****ty plot?

I can think of plenty of enjoyable movies that had ****ty plots. That being said, they all sucked. A movie can suck and still be enjoyable. For example, I enjoyed the greater part of Battle Royale despite the movie as a whole sucking.

[Drake Tungsten]

Take Red Dawn for example (I know the plot is retarded and unrealistic, but I liked the movie), that was an ensemble cast of kids, but it still had a strong male lead- Patrick Swayze. And it had Jennifer Grey as the female lead, she was pretty good. That was a movie about kids kicking lots of ass as well- just not each other's ass.

Don't forget about Powers Booth, dude...

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

You mean you can't think of a single enjoyable movie that had a ****ty plot?

I can think of plenty of enjoyable movies that had ****ty plots. That being said, they all sucked. A movie can suck and still be enjoyable. For example, I enjoyed the greater part of Battle Royale despite the movie as a whole sucking.

If you enjoyed the greater part of the movie then why the hell do you think it sucked? If you enjoy a movie then you like it, right?

I don't think that Battle Royale is great artistic cinema or anything but its a fun movie to watch. Now if you want a bad movie try this:

http://www.zeronews-fr.com/flash/70s.php

[Last Conformist]

I DL'd it ages ago and still haven't watched it.