The 300

[Dukefanjohn 0]

I am very excited to see Frank Miller's take on the 300 Spartans. The trailers I have seen look awesome. Anyone else going to see it, and if you do, can you post your thoughts/review of it for others?

[donk4life 34]

I am very excited to see Frank Miller's take on the 300 Spartans. The trailers I have seen look awesome. Anyone else going to see it, and if you do, can you post your thoughts/review of it for others?

Got my ticket reserved for tommorowI'm pumpedonly problem is I jizzed on my ticket out of excitement..I hope they'll still except it

[SuperJon 175]

Got my ticket reserved for tommorowI'm pumpedonly problem is I jizzed on my ticket out of excitement..I hope they'll still except it

Lick it off. That should work just fine. Yeah, that's the ticket (pun most definitely intended).

[Moneyball16 0]

Yup. Already bought my ticket aswell. Should be good.

[Dukefanjohn 0]

not as good as I had hoped. The stop motion during the fight scenes was cool at first but WAY OVERDONE. I think seeing this on the big screen is worth it once, but I would not pay to see it a 2nd time in the theater. I am sure I will add it to the DVD collection though

[keith crime 8]

Awesome totally awesome

[runthemover 39]

I thought it was pretty good. not great but good. I'm guessing the few scenes where everything was basically frozen (tree with all dead bodies for one) were all exactly from the graphic novel. anyone who read them can verify?

[SilentSnow 1]

I was expecting a war movie, but it turns out that this was actually a cartoon comedy. A really, really bloody cartoon. But if you are squeamish about that sort of thing, don't worry. The blood always splats on cue, and the heads pop off in the cutest of ways. In a movie in which thousands of people are slaughtered there isnt one real death and no real suffering either. The movie starts off with a ridiculous voiceover that manages to be so stupidly over the top that you just have to laugh whenever "it" is talking. Well I laughed- nobody else at the theater seemed to get the joke. Fortunately only about a quarter of the movie is voice-overed, because you cant be funny all the time you know. But there were other funny parts also- the techno music scene where they are all prancing around in their underwear looking extremely, extremely tough was especially hilarious.We learn that the Spartans are tougher than Chuck Norris tough, so tough that they can spend the whole movie running around half-naked without anyone calling them gay. All this semi-nudity does get a little tedious if you arent Ron Mexico, but fortunately they throw in a few pretty hot women. It felt a little weird at times that a movie in which everyone dies was just one big stylized joke, but I guess no one wants to be reminded about the real thing. The video game/cartoon world of war is just so much more entertaining. I predict that this will become a classic drinking-game movie where every time someone says a cheesy line or gets their head chopped off you have to drink. You will get really, really drunk.

[powerpoker 0]

The movie was outstanding everything i wanted it to be and more. The stop motion scenes were done exceptionally well. Plain and simple 300 was the best visual movie i have ever scene and it sets the bar high for other movies going in this direction.

[Dukefanjohn 0]

The movie starts off with a ridiculous voiceover that manages to be so stupidly over the top that you just have to laugh whenever "it" is talking.

did you not figure out that "it" was one of the 300 that was sent back to Sparta to tell their story and that the movie was basically him telling the story to the other Spartans on the eve of a battle to get them hyped up?

[Jadaki 0]

I was expecting a war movie, but it turns out that this was actually a cartoon comedy.

I'd love to read your review of Sin City...

[getarealjob 0]

wow. good movie.If you view the entire movie as a metaphor for being short stacked or an underdog in any given event, then you will somehow thematicaly relate to this underground comic-book-style-movie-adapted battle movie. From a cinematic standpoint, barring further analysis, critics never read the Frank Miller graphic novel, nor do they understand a good, fictional, based-on-historical-facts, comic-book-style, underdog story well-told/done. The film is: shot for shot derived from images off the graphic novel, and deviates very little from the same. If you hate anything, you hate the graphic novel either from a story standpoint and/or a visual standpoint.Beyond that, the entire-fictional, based-on-hard-historical-facts-story is like a metaphor for a uber-TAG (but-mix-it-up -style), million-plus-to-300-odds against, never-give-up, go the distance, stand your ground and fight the best fight you can fight kind of story.If you hated this story, you have no heart for competition, and you YSAPALSKY.TP/MM,getarealjob

[Reelishymn 0]

I didn't get a chance to see this opening weekend but will next weekend maybe. It looks savage and I'm hearing good things.

[fleung22 1]

I liked the movie. I just wish I didn't drink so much prior to taking my seat 'cause I passed out for 20 min. or so before the first major battle. I hope I didn't miss anything critical (doesn't seem like I did)Although I'm not a fan of pure CGI films this one did a pretty good job.

[hank213 1,823]

Everyone should go see this movie if for no other reason than to further infuriate the Iranians that are protesting this movie.News article

[CardWarfare 4]

I saw it last night and loved it. I actually was extremely happy that it was less than 2 hours, as this is the sort of movie that could've been stretched out and overkilled into a 3-4 hour film, which would totally destroy it for me. It was nice, compact, and incredibly entertaining. Also, the "God King" that wore makeup with penciled in eyebrows was clearly the greatest thing ever. He actually looked like a gay version of Dhalsim from Street Fighter

[ROGUE06 0]

Awesome totally awesome

[pezeveng 207]

5 min clip of what to expecthttp://mftm.blogspot.com/2007/03/300-2007-300.html

[Jadaki 0]

I was expecting a war movie, but it turns out that this was actually a cartoon comedy. A really, really bloody cartoon. But if you are squeamish about that sort of thing, don't worry. The blood always splats on cue, and the heads pop off in the cutest of ways. In a movie in which thousands of people are slaughtered there isnt one real death and no real suffering either.

I finally went to see this, and had to come back to your post.You were expecting a war movie... have you lived in a cave the last 6 months? Did you miss the previews completely? Have you never heard of Frank Miller? Do you know what a graphic novel is? Do you realize this is a movie version of a graphic novel? I think I already know the answers to these questions...If you want some type of historically accurate version of the Battle of Thermopylae I hear the History Channel just put one out.There isn't one real death??? Are you serious?

Did you completely miss Astinos dying and his fathers reaction? What about the deaths of the Greeks in the town the 300 come across on there way to the gates of fire? Nearly every death in the movie was setting the tone for something else.

Is every single death in a battle where the casualties can't be counted supposed to have a deep meaning?

The movie starts off with a ridiculous voiceover that manages to be so stupidly over the top that you just have to laugh whenever "it" is talking. Well I laughed- nobody else at the theater seemed to get the joke. Fortunately only about a quarter of the movie is voice-overed, because you cant be funny all the time you know. But there were other funny parts also- the techno music scene where they are all prancing around in their underwear looking extremely, extremely tough was especially hilarious.

As mentioned earlier the voiceover was Dilios recounting the parts of the battle he was involved in as well as the story of Leonidas. It was being told to an army about to engage the Persians in battle again after the death of their king. There is a reason you were the only one laughing. As far as them prancing around in their underwear, they didn't exactly wear full suits of armor back then, I suppose you prefer the alternative where they didn't wear underwear at all?

We learn that the Spartans are tougher than Chuck Norris tough, so tough that they can spend the whole movie running around half-naked without anyone calling them gay. All this semi-nudity does get a little tedious if you arent Ron Mexico, but fortunately they throw in a few pretty hot women.

Yay! look at the internet cool guy with Chuck Norris references, you win, game over.... your right this movie sucked.

It felt a little weird at times that a movie in which everyone dies was just one big stylized joke, but I guess no one wants to be reminded about the real thing. The video game/cartoon world of war is just so much more entertaining.

You can't be serious, how was any of it a joke? This probably goes back to you not understanding the point of the narrator and maybe you missed the last 5 minutes of the movie that sort of tied that all together. Do you go to movies for entertainment or history lessons, because if I wanted a history lesson there are other resources for that. Oddly enough, some of the stupid one liners you are making fun of are actually historically accurate quotes. The results are also historically accurate, what the graphic novel and the subsequent movie are doing is making an entertaining spectacle of the less known details of the battle and some of the surrounding events.

[myenemy 0]

Excellently entertaining. Im not normally a fan of all out action films but this one was just how I like them. Actually kind of makes you feel like a badass, a real testosterone rush! King Leonidas is also the movie badass of the year.Good movie to own to "pump you up" for when you need it.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

First off, I loved it.Second off, anyone going into this movie having any expectations of "realism" is retarded. I'm so sick of movies that cling to "realism". There is so much more you can do with a movie, beside make it realistic. thirdly, it really was violence porn. And I love violence porn. I don't know what it says about me, but I love beautiful, graphic, artistic fight and battle scenes more than I like few other things in cinema. These battles, these scenes were like nothing I've ever scene before. fourth. I completely agree with CW, i was thinking about the same thing as I was driving home tonight. Usually right wing, gloification of war and battle and preservation of freedom movies last so damn long, they drag on and on and on with character development, and love stories, and blah blah blah. This movie is amazingly... spartan ( he he he), the plot moves fast, never drags for a moment.5th. Finally movies are starting to come out that use cgi in interesting and stylized ways. You first saw a sign of this in the Matrix, and Sin City was beautifully stylized. This furthers that trend. I want to see more CGI like this, and less like epidsode 1 and Anaconda.6th. I have major issues with some of the philosophical and political subtexts of the movie, but all of that is besides the point. The movie itself is amazing, it's aesthetics are amazing. It's a post modern brave heart. I love it.

[Jeepster80125 0]

I just went to see the movie, and I enjoyed it immensely. I didn't expect it to be 100% historically accurate, but it did a wonderful job of telling the story, and the non-historical aspects were very entertaining as well.Like Jadaki said, if you want 100% accuracy, watch the History Channel special. Very, very good.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

I just went to see the movie, and I enjoyed it immensely. I didn't expect it to be 100% historically accurate, but it did a wonderful job of telling the story, and the non-historical aspects were very entertaining as well.Like Jadaki said, if you want 100% accuracy, watch the History Channel special. Very, very good.

and lets not forget, the "Cartoon" violence is easily explainable.. it's based on a comic book. This movie is stylized by design. When I wiki'd the story, I was shocked at how much of it was based on reality, not how little of it. Many of the quotes in the movie, like "we'll fight under the shade" or "lay down your arms... how about you take them from us" are historically attributed to that battle.

[CobaltBlue 662]

and lets not forget, the "Cartoon" violence is easily explainable.. it's based on a comic book. This movie is stylized by design. When I wiki'd the story, I was shocked at how much of it was based on reality, not how little of it. Many of the quotes in the movie, like "we'll fight under the shade" or "lay down your arms... how about you take them from us" are historically attributed to that battle.

Yeah, I was surprised to find the same thing...how many quotes had been integrated.

[IQCrash 1]