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No, stay away from Battle Royale 2 at all costs- I had it too and hadn't watched it and smartt and rob longshot told me it sucked i didn't listen. Then I watched it and they were right- I couldn't even finish it on fast forward. I guess if you hate America there are some subtexts in it you might enjoy but as far as entertainment value goes it is in the shitter.


I like tsui Hark's HK flicks, I like the once upon a time in china series, the swordsman series, the early jackie chan/ sammo hung flicks and almost the entirety of the Shaw Brothers catalog.

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Man, it's tough, I feel your predicament. I can see me at the video store over the next couple of weeks just staring at Battle Royal II and thinking why not? But you've given me a few other titles to check out before hand, but still I can see that Battle Royal II DVD just sitting there.

Feel like a newbie talking about Kurosawa and Ozu, but I will check out the films you mentioned Cleetus.

Hope I didn't provoke anything about Japan or Asian culture in my previous post, just interested more then anything else. Thanks guys, the list of DVD "to be rented/watched" continues to grow.



S.

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SEMBENE- no problem, I love movies from all over the world, If i know about it I give you my opinion- if you ask. As far as BR 2 goes if you are renting then you may want to try it one night after you watch everything else on the store's shelf- don't let our opinions sway you on it- I just wanted to give you a heads up so that you didn't waste too much buying it. Man bites dog is a great movie- you are right on the money with that one too. Another good flick is Layer Cake- an english crime/con man movie that is soon to be released on region 1 dvd. I loved it.

As far as the board goes SEMBENE you don't have to worry about offending anyone here- I don't even know what you refer to when you said you hope you didn't stir anything up with that post about Japanese culture. So no worries dude. Everyone here is pretty laid back as far as taking offence to stereotypes or ethnic or cultural comments. As far as Frankie taking shit- he seems to be holding his own and for my part I have no problems with him since he has cut back on the shorthand posting style that he used.

I'm glad to have you and frankie and Kum. on the board to talk to about asian and other cinema

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Son of a bitch Cleetus, I saw so many previews of Layer Cake, yet didn't go. I should have known to go check that out in the theater as it was produced (I think) by the same guys that did Snatch and Lock, Stock, and 2 smoking barrels. Fuck, it's a must rent now, wish I would have seen it on the big screen. Not to be a bitch, but to much CPU language and spelling and I'm WTF? Fucking generation Y, they do stuff with CPU's that makes my head spin? We should try to keep this thread open though, as I imagine many readers and non-posters will finally see a number of good flicks.

S.

P.S. Africa is not as bad as the monkey makes it seem. In CERTAIN areas we are more 1st world then you'd think. For example, I've never seen a lion in my whole life here. Maybe I'm sheltered. AIDS on the other hand. Well, that's all true.

Edit forgive me for my bad grammar (if any?), English is not my 1st language.