i just saw battle royale. it was kind of stupid, and a little silly-anime-ish, but it was really disturbing on a sort of visceral level. it's essentially an action movie about 16 year olds killing each other so it was very cringe-inducing in many parts, mostly because it was fairly well-written and the acting was pretty good! it was somewhat good social commentary because i guess normally when you watch something violent on tv/movies you don't think HOLY JESUS HE JUST KILLED A GUY THAT'S AWFUL but almost every time someone in this film died it was unsettling on more than 'well that was violent' level.
kitano was a really effective and well-written villain even if his backstory was more than a little shoddy. he was a scary guy!
i dunno. i liked it a decent amount. i wouldn't say it's a CLASSIC though! i wonder if the original japanese dialogue was slightly better/worse or about equivalent.

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.
We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.