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Originally Posted by ILOVEJAPAN
Yes, well I was very satisfied with the Battle Royale movies. I was also very satisfied with movie addaptions of UZUMAKI, ICHI THE KILLER, TOMIE, MPD PHSYCHO(which I thought was much better then the manga at least so far), DEATH NOTE, and SHINOBI HEART UNDER BLADE (BASALISK). But for every good addaption there are alot more that arent good at all. The film addaption of MAISON IKKOKU was terrible, for example. OLD BOY proved that South Korea can do a great addaption, I heard that South Korea was going to make a live action addaption of BLOOD:THE LAST VAMPIRE, but I havent heard anything on that for months so maybe they just trashed that project? As for Hollywood, we will see if america can do a decent live action addaption when AFRO SAMURAI the live action hollywood version comes out. Also we might see a live action hollywood remake of GHOST IN THE SHELL but the project isnt for sure yet.
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I liked the Battle Royale movies, as well. (One more than Two, but Two was good). I had seen UZUMAKI, ICHI THE KILLER, TOMIE, and MPD PSYCHO all as movies before seeing manga. I much prefer the TOMIE manga to the movis (I saw the first two) and the same is true for me of MPD PSYCHO. I thought the video by Miike was visually exciting, but the story was impossible to understand. Reading the manga makes it make more sense. GHOST IN THE SHELL:STAND ALONE COMPLEX DVD comes out next week (anime).
I agree with OLD BOY. It is a great movie, but now I wish I hadn't seen in because I know what happens at the end of the manga.