1) The "Saving Private Ryan"-esque scene...... my god, it went on for about 8 years. I swear I actually grew a beard before it was over.
No longer than the scene that it was aping.
2) Miki. What the F@CK was she doing??! Why didn't she just sprint like all hell for 3 METRES to get out of a danger zone and she could have been saved??
Because there were people firing at them?
3) Kazumi. She was supposed to be, what, a 15/16 year-old student? she looked about 30 years old and sounded like she smoked 60 a day. Not to mention her face looked like it was made of plastic, and her hair was bigger than her entire head, lol
She was a Ganguro girl. There's not really an equivalent to them in the west, but they're a subculture, just like Goths and Jersey-Shore-types. Look it up.
5) Absolutely NO explanation about what happened to Noriko
Nanahara explained it well enough. He and Noriko went to Afghanistan, and evidently he was the only one who returned to Japan to become a terrorist.
6) That total d!ck-teacher over-acting the hell out of EVERY scene he's in
Like it or not, Riki Takeuchi was only delivering the same thing that the director was getting out of Takeshi Kitano: both actors were playing riffs on their typical cinematic roles. Kitano historically plays the quiet, stoic types who explode in surprising violence; Takeuchi's roles tend to be manic and unstable. So criticizing Riki for chewing the scenery is like watching a Jim Carrey movie and criticizing him for being over-the-top. For the Japanese audience watching the movie (the *intended* audience), Riki's overacting was expected and anticipated.
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