Audition, Fukosaku, and pedophilic undertones (overtones) [semi-tones]
I don't see any difference between "Audition" and films like "Memento" or "The Sixth Sense" - it's a film built around a gimmick that has since become the film's entire reputation - "dude, wait until THE BIG TWIST AT THE END!!!!!!!!!!!", which destroys the entire point of there being a twist, since everyone knows that there's a "big, wacky twist" coming going into it. That aside, it's a one-trick pony that simply doesn't hold up to repeated viewings and just feels like an excuse to tack on "shocking" violence. The "wacky violence" at the end doesn't redeem the rest of the milquetoast production. All that aside, what does everyone think of Fukosaku's "Battle Royale"? Sure, it's a dumb action splatterfest, but I love the concept and think it's 18 times better than any given american action movie of the past 20 years. Androo
ahorton wrote:
All that aside, what does everyone think of Fukosaku's "Battle Royale"? Sure, it's a dumb action splatterfest, but I love the concept and think it's 18 times better than any given american action movie of the past 20 years.
Androo
I really liked BR: the plot is quite fun and there's more than just pure violence without any meaning. Unfortunatelly, it seems that the sequel is far from being good :-( Anyone seen it? -- Thierry
Thierry Raguin <thierryraguin@urbanet.ch> wrote:
I really liked BR... Unfortunatelly, it seems that the sequel is far from being good :-( Reviews in Japan have been mixed... it got a reasonably long write-up in one of the English-language papers about two weeks back, and the writer admitted that he wasn't sure if there was anything to the movie other than a bunch of dismemberment. My Japanese isn't good enough to make it worth my while to see it, and the only people I know who have seen it are teenaged girls who were all pretty squeamish about it after the fact. (Why they went to see it in the first place is sort of beyond me, except that summer holidays have started and they were probably looking for anything to do that didn't involve studying.)
Oh, and about those shrimp guys: I had a friend read the name of the group for me last night, and it really does translate as "autopsy report of drowned shrimp". If the videogame sound effects that appear in almost every TV program here could somehow find their way into everyday life, this country would be better than drugs 24 hours a day. -me
-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-bounces@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of ahorton Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:26 PM
I don't see any difference between "Audition" and films like "Memento" or "The Sixth Sense"
I do. As I wrote in my previous post, the grand guignol finale of "Audition" is hardly a twist; the audience's discomfort all throughout is precisely dependent on nothing happening, but already anticipating the worst. Twisted, yes, but not exactly a twist. There is indeed a twist at the end of "Memento," but it's hardly the "gimmick that has since become the film's entire reputation." That, however, describes "The Sixth Sense" (and maybe "The Usual Suspects") perfectly, much like the two-thirds-of-the-way twist in "The Crying Game." Just received "Battle Royale" in the mail today and I can't wait. Later, Ben http://www.thewilyfilipino.com
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