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The class didnt really seem that bad to be chosen. Like one student maybe.

Oh and the violent exchange student seemed like the movie would drag if not but for him. The class wasnt innately that violent but he deus exed up the run time with virtually no background
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it's been a very long time, but I think he had a background in the novel. the novel, from what I remember, gives a backstory and devotes at least one chapter to every single student in the class. but I read the book like almost 20 years ago. anyway its really good. I read the book first, then saw the movie, and hated the movie. the movie cuts out so much of the plot

I hope it portrays them worse cause they seemed like pretty normal kids, except 1 or 2...
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That was kinda the point though, wasn't it? That they were pretty normal kids to begin with. The novel randomly selected classes I believe. But there were some major changes from the book to the movie. For example.. Kiriyama, the main bad guy with the colored hair in the movie, was actually leading the gang of people that were shown bullying him near the start of the movie in the novel. They were a gang that tormented people in school, and when they get to the island, they were going to rape a girl. He ends up shooting them all to win the game though, but still.
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Then im confused:

They make a big deal about kids sucking. Do they actually suck? Like kids suck so bad the countries in the shitter so were going to have them kill each other off cause they suck. Then theyre normal kids. If they were all as bad as the worst ones, sure but most seemed normal.
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It was civil disobedience overall. And the theory is disobedience starts and is at its worst in school by kids. So it was a punishment for rising up against the government in the past. Hunger Games logic for their yearly thing is the exact same. It's a punishment and reminder for rising up against the government in the past and just like Hunger Games, those chosen are picked at random.

They just go into how bad those kids are as a form of indoctrination that they deserve it. You should read the novel or the manga(the manga takes the novel and expands upon it even more). Both are much better than the movie. It's hard to condense everything from the source into that movie so it seems super rushed on plot.
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In the book the classes were randomly chosen. The point wasn't the actual game, it was the fear it instilled in all the kids that the government could take them and cause their deaths at any time. The actual Battle Royale game was just for the entertainment of the ruling elite.

The transfer student (Kiriyama? It's been a while) was actually a survivor of the previous year, that's how he knew about the game. He was seriously injured and missed a year of school, thus repeating a grade and being chosen twice.

The gang leader dude was a sociopath because of a childhood accident and flipped a coin to choose whether he and his gang would work together to rape and murder everyone else or he'd try and win alone. Him going it alone won the flip.
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MasterGakke posted...

In the book the classes were randomly chosen. The point wasn't the actual game, it was the fear it instilled in all the kids that the government could take them and cause their deaths at any time. The actual Battle Royale game was just for the entertainment of the ruling elite.

The transfer student (Kiriyama? It's been a while) was actually a survivor of the previous year, that's how he knew about the game. He was seriously injured and missed a year of school, thus repeating a grade and being chosen twice.

The gang leader dude was a sociopath because of a childhood accident and flipped a coin to choose whether he and his gang would work together to rape and murder everyone else or he'd try and win alone. Him going it alone won the flip.

This was a very good explanation that i felt the movie didnt explain well, or at all, or i just didnt get it. Especially about the game.
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Lairen posted...

MasterGakke posted...

In the book the classes were randomly chosen. The point wasn't the actual game, it was the fear it instilled in all the kids that the government could take them and cause their deaths at any time. The actual Battle Royale game was just for the entertainment of the ruling elite.

The transfer student (Kiriyama? It's been a while) was actually a survivor of the previous year, that's how he knew about the game. He was seriously injured and missed a year of school, thus repeating a grade and being chosen twice.

The gang leader dude was a sociopath because of a childhood accident and flipped a coin to choose whether he and his gang would work together to rape and murder everyone else or he'd try and win alone. Him going it alone won the flip.

This was a very good explanation that i felt the movie didnt explain well, or at all, or i just didnt get it. Especially about the game.

The movie did it own thing while the manga follow the book more.
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