6 things that annoyed me



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.

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??

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

4) That blonde guys freaky starey eyes, staring..... all the time

5) Absolutely NO explanation about what happened to Noriko

6) That total d!ck-teacher over-acting the hell out of EVERY scene he's in

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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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Definitely not ganguro, she was influenced by the visual kei style. Visual kei is more rocker/punk related which is what she had going on. Ganguro's look like Japanese barbies with disgustingly tan skin.

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exept for kitano can actually act

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i loved the film but i gotta say your post is hilarious 'ktotheoc-1' hahaha.

especially your comment about the 'starey eyes' and 'teacher over acting' lol but i guess thats what makes the film good in its own right! :)

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Kazumi was hot don't be dissing her.

*Blows into megaphone and shoots chicks*

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I have to agree the SPR bit had me groaning in annoyance.

But what got me is if the world govt's wanted the Terrorists groups or even just Japan and knew the terrorists were on a isle, why didn't they just send the cruisers and missile frigates out and bomb the shores or the the whole isle side and then send the kids in after or in during the original shelling happened? Sorry My grandfather was on first wave in Normandy and one of the first up. I know this is just a movie (not a bad one really) But seriously Japan quit dummy downing your films for the Western Audiences. Its belittling of the Japanese culture for full out awesome "action" movies (bad acting or not. Wouldn't it have been better with a full out action scene (CGI if you have to) for the Invasion scene.

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What part was the "saving private ryan" scene?

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The invasion of the island via the beach, and the military combat scenes in general.

BUT what uninformed viewers don't realize is that Kinji Fukasaku (and his crew) PIONEERED the art of filmic chaos--documentary-look, handheld cameras, ultraviolence, that whole thing--back in the 1960's. And while there's no doubt that SPR informed the BRII invasion scene, the fact is that Fukasaku was doing that style of filmmaking BEFORE Spielberg did, and Spielberg himself was most likely informed by Fukasaku's work.

(And of course it should be noted that while Kinji Fukasaku himself did not direct nearly all of BRII, he was involved in the movie's writing and planning practically till the day he died, and his crew who have worked with him for decades completed the work under his son's; so while BRII isn't a Kinji Fukasaku film and it shows, in terms of the film's technical aspects, it's pretty much the same as if the old man himself had been around to direct).

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Glad to know it was so true to his vision.

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Riki Takeuchi's acting was a revelation.

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