That had to be one of the coolest movies I have ever seen. I had to keep myself from giggling like a little schoolgirl when he said, “Then we’ll just have to fight in the shade.”
And it was absolutly gorgeous to watch. If you have a weak stomach I’d suggest against it. A lot of blood and gore (Which reminds me, who the hell brings kids to a movie like that? I mean honestly, have some common sense people).
So yeah, I’m a dork.
I’m glad to hear that so many people like it. It’s gotten pretty good reviews as well so far. I’m going to see it sometime this week, I think. I believe it’s playing a limited engagement in NY before it goes wide on Friday.
I’ve been looking foward to this. Nice to hear it got a positive review.
I won movie tickets in a poker tourney, and the ONLY movie I can think of to use them on is 300/
Curse you.
Curse you hard.
It’s supposed to come soon to Bangkok. They’ve been showing reviews. We’re looking forward to it.
See, that’s why the Spartans were so cool. Not only were they the greatest warriors in history, not only did they save a nascent Greek culture from being nipped in the bud, they invented the action movie one-liner. There is a direct leading from “We will fight in the shade*” to “Yippee-ka-yay, motherfucker!”, and just for that, Western culture owes them a profound debt.
An actual ancient historical quote*, as I’m sure you know.
** Which means it was probably invented by an actual ancient historian.
Wow, really? From what I’ve seen, it looks like bollocks.
I’ll see how others react before I make any sort of beeline.
Of course I knew that. I did say I was a dork, didn’t I? 
For me, one of the best part is that it’s fun to say, "You know what? They actually were really that insane in real life.
My only real concern with the movie*: does King Lionidas do anything besides yell really loudly?
(If so, they should have gotten Al Pacino…)
*: I’m trained in scriptwriting and movie-maiking in general, so things tend to be difficult for me to enjoy if not done really well.
I’d say it’s about 60-40. It wasn’t annoying though.
Can someone tell me why the trailers look so… strange to me? I admit I haven’t done much research into the film, but it appears almost like an entirely-CGI/animated movie.
It was shot entirely on green screen, just like Sin City, and like Sin City its style is based on a Frank Miller comic book.
W00t! Now, if someone can only do a decent period correct version of The Odyssey!
bobkitty, it’s not entirely CGI, but the actors were filmed in front of a green or blue screen, so all the sets, backgrounds etc are CGI. It’s only mostly CGI.
I’m very much looking forward to this one.
I can’t wait to see this. I gobbled up the comic books back when they were first published and I loved the artwork as well as the story. From the trailers, it looks like the movie preserves them both.
It’s got Lena Headey in it.
'nuff for me. Can’t wait.
So the Spartans all live happily ever after right?
You obviously are not familiar with the work of Frank Miller.
They do. Towards the end, when it looks like the Spartans are on the verge of defeat, Xerses realizes his folly and retreats back to Persia.
Good I like a happy ending.