oops, this is the "re-imagining" of the Battle of Thermopylae then...

yeah, the numbers seemed about right, floatingslowly.

Well I'm a hypocrite. I went out and saw it with my friends. We all pretty much were laughing at it the whole time. And to be fair, my attitude towards the movie has only been confirmed. It was all just a bunch of special effects, tits, violence, and hot spartans to distract from the lame movie...

what are you expecting though, this movie isnt supose to be about a deep and meaningfull story, its about 300 tough shit blokes going to fuck some people up. Its a fucking battle action movie, you got SFX, boobs, violence and tough dudes... your not there to watch Atticus Finch teach his kids about racism

I enjoyed the experience, mostly because I was there with my friends making jokes, but as pretentious as it sounds, I consider it to be entertainment or a commodity. Not a movie. A movie is supposed to have some kind of story, or at least have something open to interpretation. 300 was pretty much an excuse for lots of violence.

I'm not trying to act all pretentious and say, it's all just violence and therefore shit. I enjoyed seeing the action scenes just as much as the next guy. But to me, that's all they were: action scenes.

I lied I went to see 300 yesterday and it was pretty much awesome. Normally I wouldn't like to go out and see a movie filled with useless scenes full of boobs, tough men and a shitload of action. But this time was different because the fighting scenes were quite nice actually, it was like you were watching ballet.

As I wrote before,

in this thread

I didn't see this movie, and won't be seeing it.
I have an EW mag from last week with a cover story on this flick; didn't bother to read that at all either.

One look at the marketing for 300 lets any intelligent person know that basically the movie is gonna be amped-up Gladiator-style violence with even less story meets The Matrix effects via Sin City's green screen.

So, if you wanna see heads and limbs flying off with crazy videogame angles, then this is your flick. If not, then don't see it.

Just because Time magazine calls 300 "the future of fimmaking" due to the extensive green screening, doesn't mean that the movie is some kind of leap forward. All it means is that they figured out some copy, some hype, some spiel to coax you into seeing this celluoid garbage.
If it were true, that 300 is definitively "the future of fimmaking," then wouldn't that make Roger Rabbit or Jar-Jar Binks the future icon of all movie stars?

And one look at this post lets any intelligent person know that basically you are, from time to time, an arrogant prick that feels the urge to express his opinion even on something he did not watch.

EDIT: "So, if you wanna see heads and limbs flying off with crazy videogame angles, then this is your flick. If not, then don't see it.
" this line in your post changed the tone of the whole thing, but it was not there when I posted this -- so peace.

Re-edit: or maybe it does not change the tone? I'm confused. Because that sentence sums up (in a sort of "primitive" way) what I think, even if my thoughts are based on the fact that I read and know the comic book, therefore I know what people should expect form the movie (or better, I know what the movie cuold offer): and that's not "only" what you say in that sentence, but it can't be soooooo much more either.

Re-re-edit : was it better to simply delete this post?

Unlike !@#$%!, I don't need to see it to know it's shit.

Reading his posts in the other thread simply confirm what I already knew.

One look at either of these "300" topics is enough to chase away any potential new member that might be hoping that this place is populated by anyone other than a bunch of pathetically programmed primates.

whooooooops. I edited that post while you were writing these last 2.

Are you saying your dumb if you enjoy this movie?

Or worse.

Yes.

Oh dear.

ah right.

Thats pretty lame, but i think id rather be dumb than someone like you. *shrugs*

Although, there is (some...a small amount of) hope.
As a 300 enthusiast, you still may be more intelligent than some clod that buys the direct-to-dvd Turistas.

much like you, i havnt seen the movie either. But i know the idea behind the movie and know its not supose to be some film of god explaining the meaning of life..but then again maybe this movie is one of the answers..just enjoy a film and stop being a pretentious sock about it.

So there, we have figured it out. Go back to bed America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this. Shut up! Go back to bed America. Here's American Gladiators. Here's 56 channels of it. Watch these pituitary retards bang their fuckin skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go America, you are free, to do as we tell you, you are free, to do as we tell you.

Bill Hicks, Revelations

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and just to clarify and to disarm,
sports are an art form
the vast majority of pro atheletes are educated, productive, responsible members of their community. Contrary to what you might assume, few pro atheletes will probably go see this movie. Most only have time to go to see movies with their families.

My little brother (aged 21) went to see "300" last night. He loved it. I told him Mark Kemode (the film critic) hadn't liked it. He said Mark Kermode was "wrong".

He went to the opera the night before. He said that was "boring". But at least he's trying to diversify his interests.

opera would be heaps boring, fuck that.
oh and katy, your Avatar is one of my favourite paintings :)