Members BrendanO Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Comic book- Lord of the rings....... I have to check it out now. Except it is absolutely nothing like Lord of the Rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reprove Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I have tics for tonight. Naysayers or not, i am really pumped for it. This movie would be a horrible drinking game. Could you imagine taking a drink everytime a person was killed? You wouldn't make it half way through. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Comic book- Lord of the rings....... I have to check it out now. There is a Golum, a cave troll, goblins...seriously. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with that since they would appear in a fantasy movie in a fantasy setting. 300 is actually based on real people and real events which were sensational enough in real life to make an extraordinary movie. With all the extra crap thrown in it lost credibility and took away from the actual portrayal of the Battle of Thermopylae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRIZ Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 History is one of my favorite subjects so i understand about political correctness but if they had THOR and Tree Beard in the ZODIAC movie it would rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Evil Jimmi Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 This movie is not a historical account of the Battle of Thermopylae . . . it's an on-screen version of Frank Miller's 300 (one badass mother {censored}ing graphic novel) . . . That being said . . . this move {censored}ing owns in its own right. The entire theater erupted into applause during the credits . . . Ass-kicking from the get-go . . . visually stunning . . . awe inspiring . . . {censored} the haters! If your nuts produce testosterone, you will want to have sex with this movie. Want accuracy? . . . go watch the History channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 This movie is not a historical account of the Battle of Thermopylae . . . it's an on-screen version of Frank Miller's 300 (one badass mother {censored}ing graphic novel) . . .That being said . . . this move {censored}ing owns in its own right. The entire theater erupted into applause during the credits . . . Ass-kicking from the get-go . . . visually stunning . . . awe inspiring . . . {censored} the haters!If your nuts produce testosterone, you will want to have sex with this movie.Want accuracy? . . . go watch the History channel. Have you even read about the Battle of Thermoplyae? The story behind 300 is almost dead on accurate. The battle scenes and characters however are way off base. Saving Private Ryan was an amazing movie...Chronicles of Narnia was an amazing movie. Put the two together and you get crap. I agree that if you don't care one bit about historical events then you will probably think this is a great movie for the same reason fish like shiny objects. If you like to be moved by a movie and the visual reminder of just how amazing certain events in history really were...you'll be very disappointed with 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Herald of Light Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Have you even read about the Battle of Thermoplyae? Are you blind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Are you blind? Am I missing something? I believe I am one of only 2-3 people in this thread that have actually seen the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HKSblade1 Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Sparticus?? I'm checkin out "300" tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paraclete Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Guys,keep in mind, it is not trying to be another Alexander or other historic-accurate/epic battle movie. The movie,the characters (monsters/etc)and the animations are based on (and used in) the video game. Its a video-game movie,ppl. Kept in that context,enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peter Gandalf Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Is it corny like sin city, or does it have a decent plot with action scenes are grown up can relate with not kiddy cornball {censored}. The plot was pretty weak, basically only see this movie for the awesome battle scenes everything else is just meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brutalgroove Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I've got tix for the IMAX showing on Sat. I'm looking forward to it, as is my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richardhooverus Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 For God's sake, go see this movie now....... I hyped it up a lot before hand, and built up pretty high expectations, and this movie met them all. Best ass-whoopin I have seen on the screen yet. Talk about an adrenaline rush..... I'm put off by the hype and by how some 20 something in hollywood gets tens of millions of dollars to make what, from the previews, looks like a video game ... an awesome x-box 360 game, mind you ..... but still a video game and not a movie. the characters and the look is so cartoonish; I actually laugh at how rediculously overwrought they look in the previews when trying to look fiercesome and mighty . again .... as a video game .... it looks like game of the year. but i thought this was suppose to be a movie. i liked sin city. i like heroic war stories [watch dogfights on history channel all the time] .... i totally would like this to succeed, but can't see how people not see that its a great video game [again, going by the previews]. it seems to me to be another "cult of personality" in action thing where it seems people are so dying to want a graphic action novel to be a big hit and how frank miller is the sh*t that only "gushing" is allowed .... no real, objective analysis. i don't see how anyone can objectively say this is not a video game. i am actually waiting to see if they release a video game. the conversion would be seemless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richardhooverus Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Have you even read about the Battle of Thermoplyae? The story behind 300 is almost dead on accurate. The battle scenes and characters however are way off base. Saving Private Ryan was an amazing movie...Chronicles of Narnia was an amazing movie. Put the two together and you get crap. I agree that if you don't care one bit about historical events then you will probably think this is a great movie for the same reason fish like shiny objects. If you like to be moved by a movie and the visual reminder of just how amazing certain events in history really were...you'll be very disappointed with 300. i think you get I am getting from the previews. 300 is a video game with the depth of one. big, dumb ... and still could be fun, if it did not look so bad ... look like i'm watching video game graphics with my dual sli, overclocked GPU on my quadcore, overclocked, watercooled computer. i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 The plot was pretty weak, basically only see this movie for the awesome battle scenes everything else is just meh. Agreed. I liked the battles, but they still seemed a little over done with the choppy editing and way out of context music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zack Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 This movie was awesome. Overanalysis need not apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drewky Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Went and saw it at midnight last night. Quite possibly the most amazing thing i've ever seen. The "monsters" that all of you seem to be so upset about, were actually disformed human beings that weren't "discarded." Albeit, some of it was a bit farfetched, the movie delivered what it promised. I seriously don't understand how you could be upset with it. The soundtrack was amazing too. I had a smile on my face nearly the whole movie. Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Sin city was the lamest movie ever.I like Sin City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kenny Powers Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 There is a Golum, a cave troll, goblins...seriously. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with that since they would appear in a fantasy movie in a fantasy setting. 300 is actually based on real people and real events which were sensational enough in real life to make an extraordinary movie. With all the extra crap thrown in it lost credibility and took away from the actual portrayal of the Battle of Thermopylae. have you seen silence of the lambs? have you seen texas chainsaw massacre? have you seen psycho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kenny Powers Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 look like i'm watching video game graphics with my dual sli, overclocked GPU on my quadcore, overclocked, watercooled computer.i what a dork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Evil Jimmi Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Have you even read about the Battle of Thermoplyae? The story behind 300 is almost dead on accurate. The story behind the 300 is the Battle of Thermopylae . . . and I've done more than just "read about it" . . . I've studied it for years. 300 (the graphic novel) is a {censored}ing Frank Miller story inspired by the Battle of Thermopylae . . . he took the premise of the historical records and used it to write one hell of a comic book story. However, it is in no way a dead on accurate account of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans. 300 (the movie) is a movie adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 (the graphic novel). And in being such it is highly successful and fun as hell. Again, if I want accuracy I'll watch the History channel or read a text book . . . If I want fun, I'll go for the more pop-culture avenues (comics, film, etc.). If and when a movie is made called "The Battle of Thermopylae" I'll expect different things from it. But 300 is Frank {censored}ing Miller's 300, and is one hell of a ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TONE DR Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 you must be scared of anything new:rolleyes: To me it looks like a whole new way of presenting a movie, wich in turninspires me to see it. Not everybody want's to see the same thing over and over. I welcome a fresh new look to movie making. . it seems to me to be another "cult of personality" in action thing where it seems people are so dying to want a graphic action novel to be a big hit and how frank miller is the sh*t that only "gushing" is allowed .... no real, objective analysis. i don't see how anyone can objectively say this is not a video game. i am actually waiting to see if they release a video game. the conversion would be seemless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Evil Jimmi Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Think of it this way: The 13th Warriror is a movie adaptation of Michael Crichton's book Eaters of the Dead . . . The book Eaters of the Dead is basically Michael Crichton's attempt to take a myth/legend (Beowulf) and create something that resembles a more historically-plausible story that the myth/legend could have been based upon. Frank Miller's 300 (the graphic novel) is the inverse of that equation. 300 (the movie) is a movie adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel. Capice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Think of it this way:The 13th Warriror is a movie adaptation of Michael Crichton's book Eaters of the Dead . . .The book Eaters of the Dead is basically Michael Crichton's attempt to take a myth/legend (Beowulf) and create something that resembles a more historically-plausible story that the myth/legend could have been based upon.Frank Miller's 300 (the graphic novel) is the inverse of that equation.300 (the movie) is a movie adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel.Capice? And both movies were lackluster although I would say that 13th Warrior was the better of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stangme01 Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????? this is a comic book movie? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK well screw that. I thought it WAS like gladiator or something. Dammit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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