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RedFraggle
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 Posted - March 10 2007 : 12:25:14 AM
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All right. I just got back from seeing Frank Miller's "300." I was dragged to it, practically kicking and screaming, by some colleagues of mine who have been looking forward to this movie ever since it was first rumored to be in production. I went prepared to hate it. I gritted my teeth at the $9.75 admission price, anticipating that I would regret the waste of money after seeing the movie.
To my shock and surprise, I actually enjoyed it! Some of the film was undeniably cheezy, but overall I thought it was a pretty good graphic-novel-turned-film.
Note, however, that I emphasize the graphic-novel quality. If you'd like to see a sweeping epic movie with a historical bent that chronicles the events of the battle of Thermopylae, this is not it. Don't go into this movie thinking that you will learn anything about Greek history, Spartans, Persians, or Thermopylae.
If you do choose to see this movie, keep in mind that it is a comic-book style action film with gritty battle sequences and over-the-top characters. Take it with a grain---or even several heaping tablespoons---of salt that the Persians fight mounted on giant elephants and rhinos and that there is a supporting cast of super-human monsters.
I promise you won't enjoy it if you are wanting to see a movie about real Greeks vs. real Persians. If you think of it as a slightly kitschy comic-book movie, though, you might be pleasantly surprised.
If nothing else, there's always the added bonus of seeing Gerard Butler's amazingly conditioned abs for two hours. 
So that's my take on "300." Just thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone else is thinking of seeing this movie!
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 10 2007 : 2:01:03 PM
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| Giant elephants and rhinos and super-human monsters? I don't think so. Not unless Fred Flintstone is playing the lead. |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 10:08:48 AM
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Sorry... I can't even watch the trailers on TV. Far, far too much cgi for my taste. |
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 12:04:50 PM
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| Ok, - what is "cgi"?? |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 12:12:24 PM
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| Computer Generated Images. |
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 12:20:38 PM
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| Thanks, - the things I miss!! ;) |
you can keep "The Change" |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 12:25:36 PM
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Heheh. The only reason I am so well-informed is that someone else here on the boards used the term a couple of years ago, and I had to ask what it meant!
See? Mohicanland: Fun! Exciting! Educational! |
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Irishgirl
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Posted - March 12 2007 : 2:18:10 PM
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| I would not go see it even if I got in free. Not my cup of tea. |
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RedFraggle
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Posted - April 21 2007 : 05:35:01 AM
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excellent liked everything- Butler, music & visual effects  my favorite = persian king , mmmmmmm.... naked charm in golden chains |
i'v found somebody just like me. i thought i was the only one of them.
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Light of the Moon
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 11:58:24 PM
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Originally posted by RedFraggle
Turns out this movie is making quite a stir . . . and not in a good way. Bad timing for the release?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17599641/?GT1=9145
MSNBC: Still, it touched a sensitive nerve. Javad Shamghadri, cultural adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said the United States tries to “humiliate” Iran in order to reverse historical reality and “compensate for its wrongdoings in order to provoke American soldiers and warmongers” against Iran.
This sounds familiar...this same thing occurred on a racial scale where minority actors were made out to be simple minded. If you watch present day blockbusters it seems the roles have switched. You got intelligent "minorities" and simple minded "majorities". The whole thing makes me sick. Labeling folks as minority and such. Stupid! There is no such thing. There is life. Mankind is just that - Mankind, human, no one is above the other and the sooner socialists and mass media quit grinding it into society the better off the world will be as a whole!
Sorry about that! Getting off topic, I mean.
I haven't seen it and don't think I would have even without the allegations. Just isn't my type of movie. I am a drama queen!
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Obediah
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Posted - April 25 2007 : 09:14:30 AM
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... I am a drama queen!
As your husband has learned to his eternal sorrow!   |
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Light of the Moon
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Posted - April 26 2007 : 7:48:58 PM
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Oh you are the smart one, Geezer!
He always grumbles the first 15min. of the film and then he gets helplessly sucked in and by the end he's cursing me for making him cry ! |
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Posted - March 05 2008 : 09:27:43 AM
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I actually sat down and watched this last night as I came across it on one of the Premium channels and nothing else on. Well I loved it, absolutely loved it and not just because of the brilliant "costumes" worn by the Spartan warriors. All those fighting scenes were amazing, never seen anything so good and I loved the way it was shot whatever that style is called.
Earlier in this thread I had posted about not wanting to go see it even if it was "free", well I eat my words. Just goes to show, don't judge a movie by previews because even if you think you won't like the movie you can be pleasantly surprised as I was. I shall definitely be watching this one again.
Ooh those Spartan men and their great "costumes". |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 09:20:52 AM
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| I saw where the 300 was on "On Demand" for free, and I had some time to kill, so I gave it a shot. Worst movie I have watched (or tried to watch) since Pathfinder. It looked like the whole thing was layered with CGI (even the people) and had the look and feel of a Saturday morning cartoon. I hung in there for maybe 30 min. then flipped the channel to the Naked Archaeologist. I don't know why the call him that because he's neither naked (thankfully) nor an Archaeologist. He'd rather figure something out by thinking about it rather than digging with a shovel. Oh, well, still better than 300. |
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 12:23:17 PM
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Hah! Sounds like there was a very good reason it was "On Demand" for free!
I will continue to avoid this one. |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 6:02:57 PM
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To me, at least, it's sort of part video game, part cartoon, all fantasy. All the scenes have a dramatic effect, like dark clouds with light shining through, dramatically placed shadows. Everything bigger than life. Fantasy swords, overdone armor, etc. And the CGI makes you wonder if you are watching a movie or not. Just completely overdone. Same with Pathfinder. Although it did take me longer to turn off 300, so I suppose that makes it better.
The old movie from the '60's about the same subject was much, much better. And it was not really that good. |
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Hawkeye_Joe
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 7:30:35 PM
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| I'm not sure about "Pathfinder" but the "300" movie was based on and filmed to appear like Frank Miller's Graphic Novel. If it looked like a cartoon in some respects.....well you got the point...duh.. it was SUPPOSED TO!! So was Frank Miller's "Sin City". The film genre is made to look like the graphic novel looked.... I'm just glad they didn't and aren't making the new "Batman" movies the same way. It was Frank Miller who resurrected the Batman franchise with his "Dark Knight" graphic novel. |
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 7:40:45 PM
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I, on the other hand, really liked 300 & thought Pathfinder a total waste of time. Karl Urban may be a hunk to the ladies, but he surely can't act for diddley-squat!
So I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree... |
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Posted - March 06 2008 : 10:18:38 PM
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I also liked this movie very much, mainly because I am such a "sucka" for Gerry Butler.
I knew about the Graphic Novel feel to the filming before hand so perhaps my expectations were different from the beginning. |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 12:20:35 AM
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| Well, when it comes to cartoons, I will go with Fred Flintstone over 300 all day long. |
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 01:20:52 AM
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| Funny, I've always loathed Fred Flintstone, even when I was a little kid (and I was, once, you know). |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 08:39:23 AM
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| But compared to 300, ol' Fred is pretty good. |
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 5:19:48 PM
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| Nope, compared to anything, ol' Fred is pretty lousy! |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 7:18:20 PM
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| I can see you need some therapy. A 24/7 immersion in Hanna Barbera classics. Huckleberry Hound, Flintstones, Top Cat, Yogi Bear, Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Scooby-Doo, Smurfs. Sit in a closed room with plenty of snacks and cola and remain there until you can sing all the theme songs from memory. That should cure you. |
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Posted - March 07 2008 : 11:48:28 PM
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Can't I just slit my throat now & get it over with?  
...although I always did like "El Cabong." |
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