300
April 5th 2007 16:15
Z.....O......M.......G
(or ZOH MY GOD for you non-nerd types).
Two hours of thrills, spills and kills. Many, many, many kills. Which I went to while Natalie was at school.
The story of the 300 is old and kind of well known. Well, it is now. That Leonidas lead his personal body guard (as well as some other greek warriors) to the pass of Thermopylae in order to stand against tyrany and destruction is the stuff of legends. Except for the fact that it happened (granted, in the story it was very different to how it happened in history, but the points are quite minor, first, it was somewhere between 180,000 and 250,000 Persians, not 1,000,000. THe second, there were more than 300 Spartans on their own) and that at times it is forgotten. But enough about the boring stuff, let's get to the fun bit. The killing.
And how much killing was there? Lots. Lots and lots. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots. As a breakdown of the action, the fight scenes were brilliant (except for the fact that they fought as a phalanx only once and then decided that it was no longer the way to go) and the atmosphere created by the music and camerawork was second to none. As far as dialogue goes, they managed to do bloody well. I won't spoil it for you. The only bad thing is that the best line of the movie wasn't delivered by Leonidas himself.
So, who's seen it?
JZ
(or ZOH MY GOD for you non-nerd types).
Two hours of thrills, spills and kills. Many, many, many kills. Which I went to while Natalie was at school.
The story of the 300 is old and kind of well known. Well, it is now. That Leonidas lead his personal body guard (as well as some other greek warriors) to the pass of Thermopylae in order to stand against tyrany and destruction is the stuff of legends. Except for the fact that it happened (granted, in the story it was very different to how it happened in history, but the points are quite minor, first, it was somewhere between 180,000 and 250,000 Persians, not 1,000,000. THe second, there were more than 300 Spartans on their own) and that at times it is forgotten. But enough about the boring stuff, let's get to the fun bit. The killing.
And how much killing was there? Lots. Lots and lots. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots. As a breakdown of the action, the fight scenes were brilliant (except for the fact that they fought as a phalanx only once and then decided that it was no longer the way to go) and the atmosphere created by the music and camerawork was second to none. As far as dialogue goes, they managed to do bloody well. I won't spoil it for you. The only bad thing is that the best line of the movie wasn't delivered by Leonidas himself.
So, who's seen it?
JZ
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Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
I've only read a bit about it. I probably won't see it at the cinema, I'm not very good with films that have a lot of killings, I'm a wimp
Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
Sorry JZ....didn't mean to shout....but.....we went to see it today and Oh My GOODNESS.
This is my type of movie.
....the guts the gore the glory the bravery the stamina the humour the grrrrrr.... which is why I love Rugby (must go...it's back on...)
I love this movie.
I'll be back...just needed to write this...I love love love this movie...
And talk about eye candy...ouch...
So...other than "tonight we dine in hell"...who had the best line?...
I liked 2 of the Queen's dialogue/lines.
Hope you're well JZ...I will be back...
regards to you and Nata and...
Dusk
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
me and Natalie didn't go to see this movie together.
For reasons very, very similar to yours.
I wish she'd been there though, having someone's hand to hold during the scary bits would have been nice.......
(lol)
JZ
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
to be honest, maybe let him go alone. Unless you like killing. And blood. And killing.
JZ
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
Best line:
Our arrows will blot out the sun.
Then we will fight in the shade.
Your note about the eye candy available is potentially best said by my friend KungFu Karl at Really Long Link
I'd also like to point out that the three comments I got on this were all from women. Guys, either head downtown and hand in your badge and penis or see the movie and comment.
JZ
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
Tell me what you think afterwards.
JZ
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Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
I'll be honest. For me, the sheen has worn off.
It was swords sandals, and good abs.
JZ