Topic: 300

Anyone seen this Film 300 ??
I can't wait to see it  and also The Last Legion ..read the book.. has a twist at the end ,,but
I guess I'll be seeing lots of Roman Soldiers  and 300 plenty of Spartians ,, Yummy  !!!
Did anybody ever see The Lost Legion it was on the BBC about the 70's,,tried to look
up where the the Ninth Eagle is ,,they found it with it's wings off,,they think it's from this Lost Legion
only found a copy of it in Scotland  anther mystery
  bats

i saw 300 and it was awesome and the filming was in an awesome style

I haven't seen 300, but from the sounds of it, it's pretty good.

"pretty good" is an understatement.

it was a good movie, i recommend it

no.......IT was a great movie.

It was good, I liked it.

I want to marry all of them. XD

One of the greatest movies I have ever seen in theaters. The style was amazing because it was based off Frank Miller's comic, and I believe he produced it also. And since Sin City rocked, of course 300 would follow in its footsteps.

Oops.  Sorry.  How about amazingly good?  I meant the compliment in a postitive sense, but I don't think I did the film justice....

It'll win some awards later this year im sure

Oh I didn't mean that you meant it negatively, merely that it was, well, it's difficult to describe how good it was.

Was I the only one who was watching this and thought about the similarities between Spartan and Mandalorian culture?  I wonder if Karen Traviss used Spartan culture as part of her basis in designing what the Mandalorian culture would be like, for her books?

I thought that too, about the Mandalorian thing. I think we have a thread for that in General, though I guess it's more of a vs thread I think.

I thought the beginning (with the exception of the bit where he yelled "this Is Sparta" and kicked those guys into the well) was completely crap.

But then it got to the war and it was really great, the music ruled and yeah.
I'd give it a 7/10

Well it wouldn't make any sense to start the movie in the middkle of the war. The build up is part of the movie, and I found it quite cool. But you are definately spot on by thinking the war was the greatest part of the movie. I just feel that the look at the civilization was awesome too.

Ha, those Persians got owned in that pit.

I dunno, I read the comic before I watched the movie (twice, so far), and the movie kinda lacks suspense. The sub-plot with Queen Gorgo only serves for downtimes, that are misplaced in that movie - not to mention nothing like that was in the comic. I'd rather have seen Ephialtes handled like he was in the comic (in the movie he just threw his spear down the rock), because this way, you don't really know what "this cripple" is doing in the movie (if you don't know the comic). The addition of the captain's son was imho one of the only additions that I liked... the other variations from the comic rather bugged me. On the other hand, I'm sure we'll see fan-edits of that movie that cut all non-comic parts once the DVD's out.

I know this sounds kinda like I didn't like the movie; it's not. The action scenes and visuals are among the best to see in a movie, and safe for the points mentioned above, this was indeed the comic, just in motion. Every single frame of the movie is an incredible artistic piece of its own, it's just stunning.

Overall, I think the storytelling could be handled better, but everything else couldn't have been done better by anyone else.

80000 of 100000 arrows that blot out the sun. :D

I had to chuckle they have a show on the ABC where thet preview movies
The Guy said about.. 300..
''Too much Muscles,,Grunts,,Sweating Bobies etc ,,realy pulled up his nose about the movie
Where the.. Lady Critic.. said very Coyly !!!
Well I rather liked it.... Giggle Giggle 
But they both argreed it was  well done
That does it I'm going to see it I don't mind a bit of Muscle    LOL!!
  bats

After reading your thread Bats I can't wait to go see it either. I hope it hasn't left theaters yet!

Haven't seen it that's MADNESS!!!!

Well I finally saw ..300.. just loved it ,,the colour at first did annoy me,,got use to it
The God-King reminded me of that ..Guy who played Narcisse in Nightbreed ,,Clive
Baker's movie,,love the Formation the Startans did for the battle,,plenty of Muscles
and now I know why I have this Fetish ..for Guys in Helmets  LOL!!!
    bats

well, it does bring a strong sense of nationalism for Spartans (THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!)

This is cake town!
this version of 300 might be the funniest thing you will every see, aside from that one
thing that happened that one time...but this is right up there.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1749076