About the battle royale, a few impressive clips

Timothy 2022-03-21 09:01:44

I have heard about this movie for a long time, and I finally finished watching it late at night. The bloody violence and cruelty of the movie are expected to a certain extent, and the strengths and weaknesses of human nature are also shown in a kind of naked display in the movie. However, I have no intention of delving into the huge implications of the entire film, but just recall a few memorable moments.

Fragment 1: Sancun's Rebellion In the
whole film, most of the students chose to give in, or pick up butcher knives, or choose to commit suicide. Even if a small number of students protested, there was no real action. However, Mimura is the one who really resists with action. I have to say that Sancun is a very smart and calm middle school student. In such a simple situation, he can break into the system and give the adults a real blow. Seeing that their resistance was only the last step to succeed, but they were killed by the guy who took the initiative to participate in the killing, which seemed to be inconsistent with the usual logic of justice over evil. However, in fact, it is the case that the wise, careful and righteous rebels do not ultimately defeat evil, but are equally dead incomprehensible and worthless.
The director seems to want to use this failed revolt to exacerbate the despairing atmosphere of the film, and it seems to be revealing a message: there will always be some of your seemingly perfect and reasonable revolts that have to be submerged in the torrent of the general trend.
Fragment 2: Hiroshi and the piano
There are many couples in the film, and the pair of Hongshu and Qindan are not too many scenes, but I don't know why, but they make me remember them very deeply. Relatively speaking, this pair is not even a real couple, but Hongshu's sincerity towards the piano was only poured out when he was about to die when he was shot by the piano. Hongshu's weapon is a GPS locator, which cannot attack, but is enough to defend. However, for the sake of youthful love, even if I go over mountains and mountains, I have to find the girl I want to protect in my heart. This kind of persistence and impulsiveness is a sign of youth. It reminds me of Ke Jingteng, who worked hard for Shen Jiayi. A simple boy who loves giving. Hongshu finally died under the guns of Qindan, and it was heartbreaking that he fell into the water covered with blood, but before he died, he still thought about letting the girl he love run away. The story is fixed at that moment, at least at that moment, Qin Dan is the most cherished and most worthy girl in his life. Maybe, if they didn't die in the end, Hongshu's love for Qindan would change over time, and it would become a mediocre love that didn't end, but at least what is left now is only a green and never-changing relationship.
Fragment 3: The six girls in the tower
thought that this was a rare bright-toned fragment in the whole movie. The surviving good friends were cooking lunch and playing with each other. The bright sunlight penetrated into the hut, thinking about Qihara taking them A bright future to escape, it almost looks like a holiday trip for the girls. However, beauty and hope are only appearances, because a person's weakness ended in a shootout that ended several young lives in an instant. The last words left by the girl who started it were: I'm sorry, I almost forgot that they were my best friends. A plain sentence, it is indeed a huge sadness and helplessness to read. In the face of death, suspicion and hurt replace the trust and mutual assistance between friends. Everyone wants to live, but this desire is only individual, not group. The connection between them cannot exist, and therefore, the friends cannot be relied upon. Looking at these young faces, I think of the Korean movie sunny, in which seven young girls with different personalities spend their whole lives guarding their childhood friendship. Of course, sunny has never faced the temptation and persecution of huge interests together, such as death. with survival. And these girls are just unfortunate enough to encounter such an extreme situation.

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Extended Reading

Battle Royale quotes

  • Niida: [horrified upon shooting Yoshio Akamatsu with crossbow] Oh, it's for real!

    [runs]

  • Training Video Girl: [in Japanese] Hello, everyone in Class B!

    Teacher Kitano: [clapping happily] Ok, hello!

    Training Video Girl: You are the lucky class chosen for this year's Battle Royale!

    [welcoming hand gesture]

    Training Video Girl: Congratulations!

    Teacher Kitano: [welcoming hand gesture] Thank you!