Battle Royale (2000)

[Archivist]

I have the novel as well, but I have yet to get into it properly.

I also have the translation of the original Ring novel, which is great, and has even more bizarre stuff than the movies!

~Archivist~

[Scott]

BATTLE ROYALE was absorbing, touching, and disturbing as properly stated in all your post. It was a very good Japanese film with sub-titles.

The actor with the paralyzed face is some how more acceptable now that you have given me some background on the fella. : ) Thanks. An actor can add to a film based sometimes on his reputation in previous film which carries into his following films, because as your watching you have this built in aura about the guy creating atmosphere without having to explain who he is.

I qued OLDBOY up on my save list. Netflix will have OLDBOY available on August 23.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Scott,

Glad to see that you're going to be watching OldBoy.  Would love to see a review of the film when you view it.  Seems to affect people in different ways.

[Jim H]

Old Boy is an excellent film.  I can't remember his name right now, but the lead actor is fantastic..  Just an all-around great film.  It's not the type of movie I would want to watch again and again (neither is the Godfather, for that matter), but it is really good.

[Lee]

Battle Royal is a very good flick. I'd heard alot of people talk about it but when I saw it I was still shocked at sme of the stuff I saw. This is one insane movie. Haven't seen Oldboy yet. It's supposed to be really good.