300 is Awsome!

[UKMuFFiN]

Anyone else seen it? I saw it on thursday and think its just simply an awsome film. The cinematography is amazing.

Frankly im shocked there isnt a thread on it all ready.

"This is madness!"

"Madness? This is, SPARTA!!"

Raaaaa

Zack Synder

[johnny02004976]

i've got tickets to see it tonight i really cant wait

[UKMuFFiN]

Just found this trivia on it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/trivia

[chuckskull]

Awesome movie

[IBM]

I wanted to go see it last night, but they had showings at 5 and 6pm, which is when I was the other side of London, and again at 8 and 9pm, which is too late. Why couldn't they have had one at 7pm? Why? WHY!!??

So I'll be going on Tuesday instead

Pointless rant aside, I'd read a lot of bad reviews, saying that although it's visually stunning, it's nothing more than a throw away epic, then I read in the Sunday Times this morning it gets four stars....

[g8ina]

wow !

What a great film. And, co-incidentaly, BBC2 showed the 1950s "The 300 Spartans" the day after I saw the new version.

Frank Miller and Chris Watts have dished us up another visual feast, with amazing makeup and fx. My son reckons it's "light on plot" but I know the original Greek legend the film was based on and that's all the plot there was !

(already posted in another thread.. missed this one )

[YorkieBen]

wow !

What a great film. And, co-incidentaly, BBC2 showed the 1950s "The 300 Spartans" the day after I saw the new version.

Frank Miller and Chris Watts have dished us up another visual feast, with amazing makeup and fx. My son reckons it's "light on plot" but I know the original Greek legend the film was based on and that's all the plot there was !

(already posted in another thread.. missed this one )

does it mention the 700 thespians who stayed behind as well?

[redlight]

Great yarn. Stunning graphics. Xerxes looks like he belongs in a S&M club though. Thespians what thespians. Its only movie and historical accuracy well none really. Best enjoyed as it is as there is nothing deep about it.

[excalibur2]

Great yarn. Stunning graphics. Xerxes looks like he belongs in a S&M club though. Thespians what thespians. Its only movie and historical accuracy well none really. Best enjoyed as it is as there is nothing deep about it.

erm well I think i'll prefer the 1950s version then as that has a bit of historical accuracy to it.

This link said it's all Hollywood garbage esp slates the latest one and the true story is added at the end.

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/300/

[Sprite]

That link actually made me laugh a little. I didn't realise the 2007 version was so bad. (Xerxes and the S&M / Tit Ring stuff was funny awell )

[Miller85]

erm well I think i'll prefer the 1950s version then as that has a bit of historical accuracy to it.

This link said it's all Hollywood garbage esp slates the latest one and the true story is added at the end.

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/300/

That link seems to miss the point that 300 is a work of fiction based on a comic which was itself based on a fictionalised account of the battle of Thermopylae. It's also from the "Iran Politics Club" - seeing as Iran has officially complained about the film and the way it portrays Persians it's probably safe to say that no Iranian-influenced review is going to talk about the fact that fiction-or-otherwise it's a film made for entertaining people, and entertain people it certainly seems to be doing.

The current Hollywood trend seems to be action films with their roots firmly in comics, this is no different except that if you dig deep the basic story is based on a real event.

Anyway, going to see it wednesday, looking forward to it rather!

[EvilWeevil]

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/300/

ffs someone needs to calm down and remember that this film is FICTIONAL. The idea that portraying the Persians as they are in this film is anit-Iranian is comparable to Britons taking offence because the Celts were shown as uncivilised and uncontrollable hordes. However, something tells me that that site is going to argue against anything the West produces. The words

The problem is that westerners look at Suicide Bombers as terrorists! They should look at Suicide Bombers as "Do Gooder Samaritans"!

and the cartoon of the "new London Underground logo" complete with bomb belt suggests that there is a serious fanatic at work.

Back on topic, I can't wait to see the film; I'm going on Saturday

[Steven W]

Not seen or read anything about this, definitely going to see it now.

Checked it out on http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/
and it seems to have had fairly average reviews across the board. Seems the main criticism is that it's pretty shallow despite the cinematography. Mind you, it's only opinion.

[redlight]

Not seen or read anything about this, definitely going to see it now.

Checked it out on http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/
and it seems to have had fairly average reviews across the board. Seems the main criticism is that it's pretty shallow despite the cinematography. Mind you, it's only opinion.

Its a must see just for the visuals. Like I said dont try to look to deeply and enjoy it. I am sure you will.

[UKMuFFiN]

Lol at the iranian politics club link.

I was wondering how long it would take for historical accuracy's of this graphic-novel-based-film to be mentioned.

Hows this for an inaccuracy, how does the king of sparta get a scottish accent?

[IBM]

Maybe he admired them for the homoerotic trait of going naked under their kilts....a theme which seems highly prevelant in this movie (at least, that's what they tell me in the reviews)...