300

[Madame Adequate]

If the Persians would have constructed additional pylons, they might have stood a chance.

The Spartans only had 300 men because they needed more Vespene Gas.

[theundeadhero]

Next time I go to Bahgdad I'm going to run around in my underwear and cut people up with my saber.

[41-Inches-Wide]

I LEIK 300!!!!!!!!1!11!!1
Every shot was totaley ready for DEVIANT ART I swear. It's like each of the 37 frames in a second was tweaked and filtered. :3

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but I found a rather interesting precursor to 300... a 1962 film named the 300 spartans! I was researching an old favourite show called the Time Tunnel and I noticed some of the film footage used for an episode of the show was from this little-known film on the Battle of Thermopylae.

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans is a 1962 film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese. The picture was noted for its Cold War overtones, and starred Richard Egan as the Spartan king Leonidas, Ralph Richardson as Themistocles of Athens and David Farrar as Persian king Xerxes, with Diane Baker as Ellas and Barry Coe as Phylon providing the requisite romantic element in the film.

Frank Miller saw this movie as a boy and said it "changed the course of my creative life."[1] His graphic novel 300 is about the Battle of Thermopylae, as is its 2007 film adaptation.

I always suspected most current films were gritty re-hashes of ancient, forgotten foreign films. :rolleyes2

Hey guys, lets take apart a film and not talk about the entertainment value of it, it'll be fun! Then we could all become film students who mutter about the way its shot or even completely forget about why we watch a film, to be entertained. Oh gosh, that does sound fun!

I see no reason not to, especially considering I haven't even seen the film - so my opinion doesn't really constitute as taking it apart. My statement related to the current trend in the movie industry as a whole, which is...

to flood the market with remakes, sequels, and rip-offs of previous films without giving credit to their original inspirations.

There are some new films which don't follow this trend, but sadly many do.

[Roto13]

I found a torrent for a DVD rip of this movie. Yay for piracy!

(Yes, a DVD rip of a movie that's not on DVD yet. :P)

[Mirage]

Have fun with your camcoder-in-theatre-with-monaural-sound version, on a small 19" monitor.

I've got tickets for me and my girlfriend for tonight :p.

[Dreddz]

Im seeing it in the Imax this afternoon, should be fun.

[Roto13]

Have fun with your camcoder-in-theatre-with-monaural-sound version, on a small 19" monitor.

I found a torrent for a DVD rip of this movie. Yay for piracy!

And it's a widescreen monitor, so nyah on your face.

[psyniac_123]

I saw it yesterday. Definately a film to see if you have money to spare, under these conditions:

1. You can see it in a cinema.
2. (Once it is released on DVD) You have your own projector or private cinema.

If you see it in the cinema and again after it's release at home, I gurantee you the film will lose most of it's original finesse and quality. The plot was simple (not complaining however) but the action was really great.
Oh, and kinda gorey.
However the characters seemed incredibly shallow. You didn't get enough time to get attached to them AT ALL.

Ah well... I'll be seeing TMNT next week which will make up for it!!

[Setzer Gabianni]

I must say when I read up about it, it sounded awesome. Graphically, it got me drooling. I really want to see it, but not on my own

[psyniac_123]

(SPOILER)FARAMIR LIVES

Too much LotR for me.

[Roto13]

K, so I just finished watching it. It's basically what I thought it would be. The parts where nobody was dying were boring as hell, but the parts with violence were amazing. Worth checking out if you like to watch men in speedos and capes chuck spears at Persians. There doesn't seem to be any music during the ending credits of the version I have, though. How odd.

One unforgivable thing: They got rid of the naked flogging! >:(

[Dreddz]

What a load of crap, as expected. I went to the Imax to see this, and not even the monster of a screen could of helped the movie. The first half an hour or so was hella boring. It all felt to similier to all the other movie of the same genre ( Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator etc ). I was thinking the fight scenes would help the movie, but they were also pretty dull. They kept re-using the gimmicky slow-fast movement of all the people, it was lame after about a minute.

I was happy about the ending, I had never read the novel, but I was expecting the typical happy ending (SPOILER) Where'd they all live , but to my surprise it was the opposite.

[Tavrobel]

If the Persians would have constructed additional pylons, they might have stood a chance.

The Spartans only had 300 men because they needed more Vespene Gas.

No, they needed more Overlords, not Pylons, Overlords.

The battle was like one big Lost Temple match with a Protoss unit at the top of the cliff, forcing the Spartans to fight one by one, and as we all know, Zealots can withstand 4 Marines and 5 Zerglings.

If you don't, then you need to go see this movie.

[Mirage]

Have fun with your camcoder-in-theatre-with-monaural-sound version, on a small 19" monitor.

I found a torrent for a DVD rip of this movie. Yay for piracy!

And it's a widescreen monitor, so nyah on your face.

13" widescreen amirite?!

Anyway, I saw it yesterday, and I liked it. So did my girlie. Especially when that girl killed that guy.