Japanese Cinema is Crazy

[CrazyHelloDeli]

A buddy at work lent me a bunch of Japanese movies a few weeks ago and I just got finished watching them all. Here is what I watched:

Ju-On
Ju-On 2
Ju-on The Grudge
Uzumaki
Dark Water
Battle Royale
Ichi The Killer

These are some crazy flicks!:Q
The Ju-On series is probably one of the most creepy ghost stories ive ever seen.
Uzumaki is one of the weirdest films ive ever seen.
Dark Water another cool ghost story.
Battle Royale is crazy shocking and violent.
Ichi The Killer is the most sadistic films I have ever seen.

Anyone else seen these?

 

[bootymac]

What about the pile of cartoon movies you borrowed?

 

[her209]

Japanese culture is pretty messed up.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: bootymac
What about the pile of cartoon movies you borrowed?

The Hentai? Yeah those are AWSOME!

 

[UglyCasanova]

I bought Battle Royale in Hong Kong to save for one of those rainy days. I watched it with some friends and we weren't too impressed. There was a lot of violence and gore, but other than that it was just another crappy movie.

 

[Kenny]

Originally posted by: UglyCassanova
I bought Battle Royale in Hong Kong to save for one of those rainy days. I watched it with some friends and we weren't too impressed. There was a lot of violence and gore, but other than that it was just another crappy movie.

I didn't really like it either, most of the movie was quite boring. I watched half of Battle Royale 2 before turning it off.

 

[deftron]

Tetsuo .. (aka The Ironman) oldie but goodie.

and


Wild Zero.. umm :beer:

 

[Dragnov]

I enjoyed Battle Royale. But I can see where a person would be bored, as the premise could be seen as completely stupid. But if you get past that and look at the theme of friendship, its quite shocking and entertaining.

Have not seen Juon 2 and one other one. Again kinda stupid premise, but still damn scary.

Could not get myself to watch Ichi the Killer. Looked too disturbing.

You should definitely see Suicide Circle (Suicide Club), if you want to see another disturbing movie.

Might I also reccomend some more "normal" Japanese movies?
All About Lily Chou Chou
Ping Pong

I like watching foreign films, defintely quite different from American Hollywood movies. Usual has a theme/message to them, but not so overboard as those snobby, elitist, intellectual, coffee-drinker, independent movies tjat are trying so hard to be anti-hollywood.

 

[MournSanity]

I hear Akira Kurosawa movies are pretty awesome.

 

[Redviffer]

I just finished watching something called Samurai Fiction, but it's not crazy like the ones posted, it's just a pretty good Samurai story.

 

[dc]

i wanna watch uzumaki sometime.
i have wild zero on cd somewhere, gotta watch that too sometime. lol at guitar wolf and zombies.

edit: oh yeah, and i didn't care for BR1 or 2.
azumi was ok to watch because aya ueto is so cute, heh, besides that the movie was a silly mindless ninja/assassin flick.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
I enjoyed Battle Royale. But I can see where a person would be bored, as the premise could be seen as completely stupid. But if you get past that and look at the theme of friendship, its quite shocking and entertaining.

Have not seen Juon 2 and one other one. Again kinda stupid premise, but still damn scary.

Could not get myself to watch Ichi the Killer. Looked too disturbing.

You should definitely see Suicide Circle (Suicide Club), if you want to see another disturbing movie.

Might I also reccomend some more "normal" Japanese movies?
All About Lily Chou Chou
Ping Pong

I like watching foreign films, defintely quite different from American Hollywood movies. Usual has a theme/message to them, but not so overboard as those snobby, elitist, intellectual, coffee-drinker, independent movies tjat are trying so hard to be anti-hollywood.

Nah, I got the whole "friendship" theme and everything. The movie is still a waste of time.

 

[StageLeft]

There was a lot of violence and gore, but other than that it was just another crappy movie.

It's anime, what did you expect?

 

[xospec1alk]

suicide club was nuts. i took a pic of the station that the kids jumped from while i was in japan. heh. heh.

 

[metalmania]

Yeah, I have all these movies and enjoy them. I have a lot more.

 

[dc]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

There was a lot of violence and gore, but other than that it was just another crappy movie.

It's anime, what did you expect?

how is battle royale anime. lol

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: dc

Originally posted by: Skoorb

There was a lot of violence and gore, but other than that it was just another crappy movie.

It's anime, what did you expect?

how is battle royale anime. lol

Ignore me. I'm blatantly trolling