i saw the movie 300 and i thought it was the freakin best epic movie ever:D
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i saw the movie 300 and i thought it was the freakin best epic movie ever:D
I liked it, overall, they did a pretty good job.
I would rather, instead of all the wife scenes, they had incorporated the dramatic naval battle that was happening at the same time.
Not that I'm against He'in and She'in, but found it sort of caused an otherwise dramatically actiony movie to drag a bit.
OH MAN!! your right! dude... that would be sweet
wait... didn't the battle of salamis occur after thermopylae?
I didn't watch it, But it does look hella-good from the commercials. I would love to see it anyday, but i'm probabley gonig to have to wait for the dvd.
saw it the otehr night,
THE BEST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
I high;y recommend it
It wasn't too bad, I would see it again.
Action scenes....absolutely amazing.
Kinda lacked in the presentation of story. If you wanna see action though...300 is your man.
As I understand it, battle of Thermopylae did preceed the naval battle. But they are of the same war/assult from the Persians and roughly at the same time. That would have added much to the film!Quote:
wait... didn't the battle of salamis occur after thermopylae?
If you're into watching sweaty, muscular, frighteningly hairless men grunting and holding their swords this movie is for you. I for one, am not.
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Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
I've read a review (more like a rant) about it, and have heard what it's about... and have seen some of some of the movies out that are similar to this, and I'd have to say "not interested." I really don't care for movies like this, so, I'ma go with Crimson on this one.
That is something that really disturbed me. WHERE IS ALL OF THEIR HAIR?? Is it that their muscles are so big that hair can't grow? Or maybe Spartan men were metrosexuals??Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
I told my best friend that I didn't like the move A WHOLE lot. He almost pulled over to push me out. lol
Anyone heard of the crazy 300 work out? I saw a video clip of it, kind of reminds me of something you would see at a strong man competition.
*shrugs* I always considered the naval battle at Salamis to be part of the last stand at Thermopylae. In those days, word travelling as slow as it did, I tend to lump any connected battles together, even if a month passes between them
With the liberties they took with the death of Leonidis, and the contributions of the other greek soldiers, AND the deformed Gollum-like betrayer, I would rather have seen the naval battle over the love scenes.
In those times, what's a month?
Again, just my opinion, in a vain attempt to make peace between history and Hollywood.
As far as the hairlessness? How in HELL was the studio going to get our wives/girlfriends to go willingly with us to see a movie of this sort?
FILL THE BATTLE SCENES WITH MUSCULER, HAIRLESS, HUNKS OF BEEFCAKE!
artistic liberties aside, i would say the movie was really good. i havent confirmed this yet, but my friend looked up thermopylae and found that people, places, events, and even statements were all accurate. the part where leonidas says he cant bow before xerxes because of a cramp in his leg... that apparently happened in real life.
my favorite part was the beginning phalanx. if they had more of that instead of breaking formation eventually and turning it into a brawl... well that would have been super cool.
300 is about as historicaly accurate as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown was to prehistory.
That's an exaggeration. The Graphic Novel "300" was actually based off of the events that took place at the battle of Thermopolae, with a very slight twist put on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
Anywho, don't go to the movies for a history lesson. That should be obvious =/
Yeah. Ok. slight twist. Time for you to shut off the PC and back slowly away...
We all know that everything is a slight twist, Crimson. That's how we can make things sound modest. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
i thaught it was sweet. i would see it again definitly. that and children of men were the best movies i have seen in like 5 years
It was a great movie. period.
when you say they were hairless men, were you expecting hairy guys?
i certainly wouldnt want to see that
I liked it enough to see it twice, which has never happened before (in theatres), lol.
Unless they were like Yetis or something. That would be cool, 300 Spartans vs. 300 Yetis. Who'd win?Quote:
i certainly wouldnt want to see that
-Dave
Or even better, 300 Spartans off Halo with swords and miniguns vs. 300 Yetis with rocket launchers and snipers.
i LOVE this flick....it was AWESOME I saw it 3 times!!!
I've only seen it once, but if I had the cash, I'd go see it again. Like, 3 times in a row.
Well, i seen the movie on the opening weekend. I was impressed with the visuals. I dont think you could find a single faw in the chroma key if you devoted your life to it. Definitly, the best looking film to come out of HollyWood. Period.
I've noticed a lot of people will not stop complaining about how accurate the movie is compared to what really hapened. By putting hidiously disfigured creatures in the film, it shows that its not a movie to be taken as factual. The movie is based on a comic book thats loosely based on that peticular real life battle. To think otherwise relays a message of mental retardation.
That aside, this is the must see movie of the month.
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Originally Posted by CanaBalistic
Such a amazing movie one of the best i have seen in a long time. So good i've seen it 3 times already at the cinema!
Gonna get it on DVD ASAP
i have got to see that sometimeQuote:
Originally Posted by xRyokenx
Good movie. Full of action, good story and epic battles.
The History Channel is running a 2 hr documentary about the real battle.
It's good. It even goes into the historical debates involved.
"300 is about as historicaly accurate as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown was to prehistory."
Props to Paul for making me have a good belly laugh.
300 is not history. It's fiction. Treat it as such and you've accomplished more critical thinking than a third of the people that have seen the movie.
I think the director's cut version will probably be slower and include more aspects of the plot, which I will want to see when it comes out on DVD.
I saw this movie opening weekend and I would have to agree that it was great. My favorite seen had to of been "then we will fight in the shade." because when the persians do fire the arrows the dude starts laughing. I had a good chuckle
Anway for all of those diehard historians.
THIS MOVIE IS NOT A HISTORY LESSON. IT IS A MOVIE BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ---300---. DONT FORGET IT..... :twisted: