Wednesday, April 27, 2005 @6:27 PM
ok.. that was unintentional. hmm, i've been really busy.. reaching home at 6 is like no big deal. Anyway, i wanted to blog cos i wanted to talk abt this movie i watched in school. daniel tan was screening this jap movie "battle royale". it's a bloody (literally) but great movie. It talks about how the govt will choose this class of high school kids and thrown them into the island. The main motive of it is for them to kill themselves and the last one alive is the winner. and if there's still no winner after 3 days (the deadline) the metal dogchain on each kid's neck will be triggered. and BOOM.. there goes your neck. Some scenes of the show are how this guy wanted to have sex with this girl and she was so pissed that she kept stabbing his groin area. Similarly, another girl had sex with this two guys and stabbed them to death in similar areas as well. guys tend to die easily that way huh? Another one was this guy's head got chopped off and it was rolling on the ground.
You must be wondering.. why the hell do the sch screen such a morbid show.. well well, there are certain themes in the movie that are worth thinking about. Friendships.. true or fake? Are you willing to trust your fren at this pt of time when you are supp to betray each other so as to survive. Or are you the one who is gonna betray your friends when faced with such a scenerio. There are really many scenes that deplict this theme. And also love as well.. when people don't confess early.. Yup, so I guess that's why he was willing to screen it as there are really many instances whereby you feel so touched when how the kids looked after each other, helped each other along the way. While some just don't trust each other and eventually killing each other. If you wanna know the ending or just watch the whole movie, go rent it. It's really a must-watch. One of the best jap movies i've watched.
Thinking abt it, I think only korean and jap directors are willing to screen such bloody movies. I seldom see so much blood scenes in a hollywood movie. All the good ghost movies are from asia, like the ring, shutter, ju-on, etc..
the history society is screening 13days on friday. it's about the cuban missile crisis i think.. wanna watch that as well..