***OFFICIAL*** 300 MOVIE Thread

[Canai]

Bump for late night just getting back crowd

 

[Alone]

Looking forward to seeing it later today (Friday).

 

[BRObedoza]

those of you who went to the midnight shows, were they pretty full?

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
those of you who went to the midnight shows, were they pretty full?

Packed. I didn't look hard but glancing around showed no empty seats.

 

[Canai]

Yeah it was full...

 

[FoBoT]

there was something on history channel last night

 

[fallenangel99]

Yeah the History channel had some good stuff about the battle of T.

I am seeing the movie tomm on IMAX in NYC. Can't wait!

(A- avg yahoo users while most critics said it sucked)

 

[yllus]

Hoo boy. Tonight at 7 PM, ladies and gents.

 

[meltdown75]

frickin' Globe and Mail d00d have it 1 1/2 stars :roll:

screw the critics! SPAAAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[StevenYoo]

i'm seeing it tomorrow in IMAX!

SPAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAA

/runs home to reinstall Titan Quest

 

[amdhunter]

Saw it in IMAX last night, and I thought it was just ok...I didn't really like the dialogs with the Queen too much, and the fight scenes started to drag on a bit.

Towards the end of the movie when the narration was going on, I thought the film had de-synced from the movie...that was weird and too damn long IMO.

 

[Canai]

Heh one thing I noticed... in the fight scenes where there's all sorts of blood flying all over the place, there is no blood on the ground

 

[herkulease]

saw it, thought it was good. Dialog as everyone noted was nothing great.

some dull spots.

anyhow what was the name of the persian king/emperor, his name escapes me.

for some reason the actor resembles the one who was in Stargate Sg-1.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Saw it in IMAX last night, and I thought it was just ok...I didn't really like the dialogs with the Queen too much, and the fight scenes started to drag on a bit.

yeah... liked the special effects, but the clitche's were too much.

*SPOILERS*








the quasimodo guy the spartan king rejected betraying them... saw that coming a mile away.

queen having sex with the senator to win his favor... saw that coming a mile away.

that same senator betraying the queen the next day.. ditto

queen killing said senator... ditto

senator carrying the gold coins from the clerics bribe spilling onto the floor as his lifeless body hit the ground, thus the whole council shouting "Traitor" ==> ok didnt see this coming, but WTF are you doing carrying the bribe on you into the council room?!?! wraps up the political subplot toooooooooo neatly.

overall, 300 didnt live up to it's hype, but still enjoyable. i left the theater w/o the feeling that i just threw $7.50 down the drain, like I did with Star Wars Episode 1.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: herkulease
saw it, thought it was good. Dialog as everyone noted was nothing great.

some dull spots.

anyhow what was the name of the persian king/emperor, his name escapes me.

for some reason the actor resembles the one who was in Stargate Sg-1.

when i saw him, i thought "Crying Game"

 

[DanTMWTMP]

i just saw the movie.


anyone go "DUDE IT'S SNAKE!!!! SNAAAAAKE!" when they saw the story teller?

anyways, it's a great adaptation of the comic, but it added a lot of things the comic didn't have. I enjoyed the moive a lot. it's worth anyone's time and money to see this in the theatre.

 

[WT]

anyhow what was the name of the persian king/emperor, his name escapes me

Xerxes .... that History Channel show last night was great. Detailed a lot of the historical background that the movie hardly touched.

 

[AndeeG]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Saw it in IMAX last night, and I thought it was just ok...I didn't really like the dialogs with the Queen too much, and the fight scenes started to drag on a bit.

yeah... liked the special effects, but the clitche's were too much.

*SPOILERS*








the quasimodo guy the spartan king rejected betraying them... saw that coming a mile away.

queen having sex with the senator to win his favor... saw that coming a mile away.

that same senator betraying the queen the next day.. ditto

queen killing said senator... ditto

senator carrying the gold coins from the clerics bribe spilling onto the floor as his lifeless body hit the ground, thus the whole council shouting "Traitor" ==> ok didnt see this coming, but WTF are you doing carrying the bribe on you into the council room?!?! wraps up the political subplot toooooooooo neatly.

overall, 300 didnt live up to it's hype, but still enjoyable. i left the theater w/o the feeling that i just threw $7.50 down the drain, like I did with Star Wars Episode 1.

Didn't we see the senator talking to some Persian guy at the beginning in the temple? That's what I thought happened so the coins were no surprise.


It didn't quite live up to my expectations either and I thought the story could have been more interesting, but it was still cool. Definitely a theater movie

 

[TheSlamma]

Originally posted by: herkulease
saw it, thought it was good. Dialog as everyone noted was nothing great.

some dull spots.

anyhow what was the name of the persian king/emperor, his name escapes me.

for some reason the actor resembles the one who was in Stargate Sg-1.

Xerxes

 

[herkulease]

seriously who started the whole this movie contains a political message?

the battle took place some 2000 yeras ago and the comic written nearly a decade ago.

I'm waiting for that local news to bring up their piece but I'm willing to bet its has a bunch of morons giving stupid answers.

 

[TheSlamma]

Originally posted by: herkulease
seriously who started the whole this movie contains a political message?

the battle took place some 2000 yeras ago and the comic written nearly a decade ago.

I'm waiting for that local news to bring up their piece but I'm willing to bet its has a bunch of morons giving stupid answers.

It's a comic book movie as you said, anyone comparing that to the real event doesn't know $h!t anyway man, just blow em off.

Besides when people can only reference Wikipedia which in the case of the battle at thermopylae article is incorrect in so many ways.

If anyone is really interested in a fictional book that is more accurate you read Gates of Fire. Steven Pressfield did his homework... Frank Miller.. well he is the guy that brought us Sin City.. the movie with hookers that have a super arsenal.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma

Originally posted by: herkulease
seriously who started the whole this movie contains a political message?

the battle took place some 2000 yeras ago and the comic written nearly a decade ago.

I'm waiting for that local news to bring up their piece but I'm willing to bet its has a bunch of morons giving stupid answers.

It's a comic book movie as you said, anyone comparing that to the real event doesn't know $h!t anyway man, just blow em off.

Besides when people can only reference Wikipedia which in the case of the battle at thermopylae article is incorrect in so many ways.

If anyone is really interested in a fictional book that is more accurate you read Gates of Fire. Steven Pressfield did his homework... Frank Miller.. well he is the guy that brought us Sin City.. the movie with hookers that have a super arsenal.

whats wrong with hookers having super arsenals?

 

[TheSlamma]

Originally posted by: KarmaPolice

Originally posted by: TheSlamma

Originally posted by: herkulease
seriously who started the whole this movie contains a political message?

the battle took place some 2000 yeras ago and the comic written nearly a decade ago.

I'm waiting for that local news to bring up their piece but I'm willing to bet its has a bunch of morons giving stupid answers.

It's a comic book movie as you said, anyone comparing that to the real event doesn't know $h!t anyway man, just blow em off.

Besides when people can only reference Wikipedia which in the case of the battle at thermopylae article is incorrect in so many ways.

If anyone is really interested in a fictional book that is more accurate you read Gates of Fire. Steven Pressfield did his homework... Frank Miller.. well he is the guy that brought us Sin City.. the movie with hookers that have a super arsenal.

whats wrong with hookers having super arsenals?

LOL, nothing "Wrong" with it, it's just fictional, like 300 I could also point out the ho's were HOT in Sincity.. while thats not fact either

 

[mercanucaribe]

The movie sucked. The worst movie I've seen in at least a year-- I only say that because it's likely that I've forgotten a worse movie from over a year ago.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
The movie sucked. The worst movie I've seen in at least a year-- I only say that because it's likely that I've forgotten a worse movie from over a year ago.

:disgust: what the hell were you expecting? I thought it was great, only because I knew it was gonna be a pretty crappy movie. I got a kick out of most of the dialogue, and the fighting was awesome. Well worth $5.