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The only thing that even comes close is the implied "love triangle"... otherwise it's nothing like Twilight.
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The only thing that even comes close is the implied "love triangle"... otherwise it's nothing like Twilight.
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The entire series becomes more about the whiney team peta vs team gale more than anything else. It's all downhill after about the first 2/3rds of the first book. Which I assume is only going to translate to the movies. I bet there is truth to the rumors of the director pulling out.
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I haven't read the 2nd two books yet, but I'm not all that worried - Collins has proved she is far more capable in creating a strong female character as opposed to Stephanie Meyer.
I mean, Katniss is still a 16 year-old girl... how would should not think of those kinds of things?
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[font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Battle Royale![/font]
Don't know much about the Hunger Games, but this outrageous movie released in 2000, based on the 1996 novel, and which was a world-wide smash hit never received a US release. It's just been released on blu-ray in the States. Highly recommended.
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For eleven years, the film was never officially released in the United States or Canada, except for screenings at various film festivals. The film was screened to a test audience in the U.S. during the early 2000s, not long after the Columbine High School massacre, resulting in a negative reaction to the film's content. According to the book Japanese Horror Cinema, "Conscious of the Columbine syndrome, which also influenced the reception of The Matrix (1999)," much of the test audience for Battle Royale "condemned the film for its mindless and gratuitous violence in terms very reminiscent of the British attitude towards Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) on its initial release."
http://en.wikipedia....le_Royale_(film)
http://en.wikipedia....i/Battle_Royale
Don't know much about the Hunger Games, but this outrageous movie released in 2000, based on the 1996 novel, and which was a world-wide smash hit never received a US release. It's just been released on blu-ray in the States. Highly recommended.
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For eleven years, the film was never officially released in the United States or Canada, except for screenings at various film festivals. The film was screened to a test audience in the U.S. during the early 2000s, not long after the Columbine High School massacre, resulting in a negative reaction to the film's content. According to the book Japanese Horror Cinema, "Conscious of the Columbine syndrome, which also influenced the reception of The Matrix (1999)," much of the test audience for Battle Royale "condemned the film for its mindless and gratuitous violence in terms very reminiscent of the British attitude towards Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) on its initial release."
http://en.wikipedia....le_Royale_(film)
http://en.wikipedia....i/Battle_Royale
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I've got the book sitting on my shelf at home. It's definitely not a weekend read. I think it's about 7 or 800 pages.
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I have BattleRoyale (packaged with the shitty sequel) on DVD. Need to pick up the BD.
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I don't think the sequel is too bad taken on its own.
Also, BR is such a great over-the-top film, and BR's director, Kinji Fukasaku, died during the filming of the sequel, so his son, Kenta Fukasaku, finished it. It's also obvious that BRII's budget was much less than BR, its storyline is weaker, and the anti-american or what some have labled "pro-terrorist" aspects of the film will turn many off. Even without those limitations it would have been hard to to equal, top or even approach the original.
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Honestly, it's a crappy story that mimics the first film. I had high hopes, and the sequel is garbage. Reminds me of Boondock Saints II. Overhyped and bad.
Battle Royale: 8/10
Battle Royale II: 3/10
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Well it's been a while since I saw it, not well-made, but thought it was pretty audacious filmmaking, in that the filmmaker(s) was/were kissing away any hope of a decent US release, given the time the film was made and its subject matter.
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Watched the documentary "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" a couple of weeks ago. Interesting look at how Kevin Clash pretty much created the character of Elmo and just how big it became. My only gripe was it felt like they glossed over any of the negative aspects of his life, like how it seems like his pursuit of developing and keeping the character "his" destroyed his marriage and made him an absentee parent for his daughter.
Overall, a great look at puppeteering in general and just what kind of talent you need for it. The scenes discussing Jim Henson and his supreme creativity were inspiring.
Overall, a great look at puppeteering in general and just what kind of talent you need for it. The scenes discussing Jim Henson and his supreme creativity were inspiring.
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Jorts! How could I forget the werewolves in jorts. Also, a werewofl falls in love with a baby. It's one of the funniest things in ever! EVER!
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No. But I'm sure there's a super perverse sequel in the works. Baby-wolf lovin'.
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My pants just got smaller.
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Because there is less room in them with your raging hard on for Baby-wolf lovin'?
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I just watched indie movie, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, which I borrowed from the library. I didn't think it could be too bad, trusting that with Tyler Labine (TV's Reaper) and Alan Tudyke (Firefly) it couldn't be too bad and I'd have to say that I was justly rewarded. It's a cute little movie with some pretty funny bits as a send up of cabin in the woods with likable hillbillies vs. college kids / slasher film.
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