300

[the mongoose]

Just saw it and I was blown away!!!

Mindbending visuals and audio, an unknown cast of great actors, stunning (and bloody) action scenes, and a great story all make this a MUST SEE! The only way you'll not dig this is if you're a pussy or if you're sick or tired.

Go see it ASAP.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

This is going to be one hell of year for the movie industry. This is just the beginning of good fun indeed.

[EuroZeroZero]

i'm in love.
one of my personal favs.

[joethelion]

did we see the same movie??!?!? I found it BORING

first of all, it was a bit disctracting when I realized that you could seamlessly add "FUCK YEA!" after every other sentence in the film
(edit) seriously, try it when you see the movie: "we're spartans" (Fuck yea!) "you are my queen" (Fuck YEA!) 'you won't like this (f-yea)

then it was so violent that it lost all of its meaning. Like - I got bored just watching beheading after beheading (how many were there in total? it felt like a lot)

also - it was just obnoxious how many times they had close-ups of bloody spears... not that you saw it going through a person, it was just montage after montage of - oh look! a spear with blood on it... what's that - oh a spear, with blood on it... guess what? more spears with blood!

and the voice of the 10-12 foot transvestite (the main bad guy) seemed improperly dubbed over... and fake sounding (ok - he wasn't in drag, and that might've been somewhat historically accurate, but I couldn't stop thinking of Dennis Rodman half the time)

and what was up with his Crab-Man? He's only in one scene, and had giant crab-claws for arms ...and he beheads someone... I thought this was supposed to not include mythology?

Not a horrible movie, visually (I really thought that the oracle sequence was great... even when you see the dude who bribes them & he fades to black), but you see the same images over and over again - and it looses value.

the script was horrible, but I wasn't expecting much to begin with.

Now - I saw it in a semi-big theater... I would not reccommend seeing it in any sort of smaller venue, even dvd. I actually vow that I won't watch it on dvd, b/c then it'd be the most boring, long-ass movie ever to include gratuitus close-ups of bloody spears

fuck yea

[grady]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who wasn't swayed/brain washed by this film. Yes, the visuals are impressive, but man was this boring. I gotta agree with Joe on some of the spear montages.

The film could've been a solid 90 minutes. Ninety minutes of mindless, unadultered violence. I found no real point of connection with the story or even the visuals. There is a good film scattered in bits and pieces amongst this one. Granted I did find myself grinning at points throughout the film, but not enough to recommend the film to anyone.

I can admire what the film is technically, but that is about it. I found the extended cut of the trailer from the comicon footage to be far more enjoyable. Additionally, they should've just used that nine inch nails song throughout the entire film's battle sequences, or hired Trent to make an uber extended version of the track plus other music

Did anyone else notice how they lifted the choral theme from Julie Taymor's Titus and just added some vocals?

Did anyone else chuckle when the queen said, "Freedom isn't free...."? I wanted to yell out, "It costs a buck-oh-five!"

[the mongoose]

To each his own I suppose. It's not an oscar film so don't think I'm claiming it to be like "movie of the year" material. It's just a good time at the movies for people who enjoy bloody fight scenes, and it's certainly not a thinker's film. I love some of the twists and surprises and believe that the story was entertaining and served the on-screen action well. The arrows in this clip alone warrant a ticket purchase if you ask me.........

Bravo WB.

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by grady

"Freedom isn't free...."? I wanted to yell out, "It costs a buck-oh-five!"

fuck yeah!!

[adam]

Too silly for me. I like Frank Miller (most of the time), and some of the visuals were great...I should have just listened to The Fragile on headphones.

[grady]

Originally Posted by adam

Too silly for me. I like Frank Miller (most of the time), and some of the visuals were great...I should have just listened to The Fragile on headphones.

ooohhh.....good call.

[koisk]

A few dudes stab a lot of dudes. Then they do that again for 2 hours. It was awesome.