Battle Royale

And to think I almost spent my night watching The Hangover 3 instead of this masterpiece just because it was shorter. I hate say it, but Quentin Tarantino was right about Battle Royale, this is one of the greatest films I have ever watched. For starters, I have always loved the hunger games movies, so I don’t know how I didn’t watch this sooner, but this film was right up my alley, I can’t wait to rewatch the hunger games now so I can compare them to this, and actually log them on here. However, the story itself was 10x better than any hunger games movie, watching all of these young kids lives be ripped from them and watching them as they have to kill their own classmates, ruin relationships, and saying goodbye to their lifetime friends is heartbreaking. The action shots were unbelievable, pretty much any scene with Kiriyama was so well framed, especially the final shootout in the fire, like come on man that is the perfect villain vs hero ending. Speaking of the ending, legit perfection. My jaw was dropped with that double plot twist, I was beside myself thinking that Shuya and Noriko were dead. Looking back, youcould sort of tell that they were still alive, but I was so immersed in this world that i didn’t pick up on the context clues. The cinematography aswell is beautiful, those shots of Shuta and Noriko walking across the cliffs were gorgeous. This is by far one of the most well rounded, tragic masterpieces I have ever seen, and it wipes the floor with the hunger games series. 100/100