I saw it today and liked it. The battles were awesome (esp. the giant dude) [spoiler]The ending scene was a total rip off of Gladiator.[/spoiler]

[Edited on March 15, 2007 at 10:49 PM. Reason : .]

3/15/2007 10:48:00 PM

saw it twice today, with my gf and then wit my bro....Fuckin great movie

3/15/2007 11:18:04 PM

wow, def. would not see this twice in one day

3/15/2007 11:20:06 PM

Quote :

"Queen : Words Politician : LOLSTFU HOE Queen: ZOMG *STAB* Politician : I AM TEH OWNED *Dies*"

hahahaha

3/16/2007 7:21:02 AM

Great fucking movie...

3/16/2007 7:49:45 AM

I'm thankful that the sky blotting wall of arrows mercifully missed Leonidas' crotch by a mile whereas the same number of arrows turned Hero into a pincushion.

3/16/2007 8:03:47 AM

nor did they hit his face

i don't think a final shot of the Spartan leader left to die bloodied and dishonorably by Persians would've been an image consistent with the rest of the movie, and the legend of his character Miller spent the whole movie trying to build

come on

3/16/2007 8:26:01 AM

I don't think anyone can afford to take the movie that seriously.

3/16/2007 9:49:27 AM

saw it, loved it

3/16/2007 10:04:39 AM

It was over the top but in a good way.

It was hard to take the storyteller seriously though since I immediately associate him with being the friar from Van Helsing.

3/16/2007 10:13:19 AM

saw it, loved it

3/16/2007 10:24:44 AM

I splooged 3 times, it was baller as fuck

3/16/2007 11:02:38 AM

Try associating the narrator with Faramir from LoTR and you'll feel much better about the whole thing

3/16/2007 11:02:48 AM

from the daily show:

"In the movie, 300, a group of 300 spartans, with well over 1800 abs ..."

haha

3/16/2007 3:28:36 PM

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"Why would you go into this movie thinking about it like going into gladiator. That makes no sense."

I dont know

Maybe because they made an attempt at some bullshit back story with the slut queen?

Why was it even rewarding when she stabbed the guy who could have fucked her?

At that point it didnt mean she wasnt weak, it meant she couldnt handle being called out for being a fucking fucktard


Look the movie was good, but it wouldnt have been ANY worse with absolutly none of the "lets make up a plot" downtime

3/16/2007 5:36:06 PM

Well the whole Gladiator wheat field rip wasn't all intentionally done I dont think. My friend and I were talking about it. They did fight in the spring and the fall they harvested. Wheat is what they grew back then. The resolution of the movie shouldn't be located at a rocky coastline casm so where else but the fields. I mean if you're going to make a movie like this it's going to be hard as fuck not to accidently pay homage to Gladiator anyway am I right.

3/17/2007 12:34:46 AM

^^ uhmm...he raped her....

[Edited on March 17, 2007 at 12:44 AM. Reason : in a blackmail sort of way]

3/17/2007 12:41:21 AM

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"Maybe because they made an attempt at some bullshit back story with the slut queen? Why was it even rewarding when she stabbed the guy who could have fucked her? At that point it didnt mean she wasnt weak, it meant she couldnt handle being called out for being a fucking fucktard "

and.......you're dumb

3/17/2007 1:17:41 AM

Sweet argument there dude.

You sure proved us wrong.

3/17/2007 1:20:36 AM

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"Quote : "but I thought they would juxtapose the wolf scene with the spartans leading the persians into the hot pass and whittling down the numbers" They did "

no they didn't

they fought at the opening, not at all like the wolf manuever where trickery was used

but like i said, not a big deal

3/17/2007 1:24:08 AM

^ugh the whole reason they had the wolf scene in the movie was to show how Leonidas got the idea to fight them at the hot gates. Then they flashed back to it again near the end just to drive home the comparison. It does not really matter that they fought at the entrance of the hot gates the pass leading to it was already narrow enough that it limited the number of persians that could fight them at once.

3/17/2007 9:49:34 AM

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"no they didn't they fought at the opening, not at all like the wolf manuever where trickery was used"

yes they did. did you watch the movie?

3/17/2007 11:13:21 AM

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"It was hard to take the storyteller seriously though since I immediately associate him with being the friar from Van Helsing. "

I was thinking the same thing through the whole movie.... dude bulked up like crazy though.

3/17/2007 11:16:18 AM

Quote :

" Sweet argument there dude. You sure proved us wrong. "

3/17/2007 11:25:55 AM

How is that a bullshit story? Its totally appropriate. These are ancient greeks - simple people living by simple laws and traditions.

3/17/2007 5:01:12 PM

alright, well i was expecting them to fight in the hot pass, since it may have well just been a wall the way they used it

3/17/2007 9:29:24 PM

Yea, I didnt understand why they started fighting out in the open.

3/17/2007 10:14:26 PM

you guys missed the whole giant cliff and the ocean thing i guess ?

3/17/2007 10:42:47 PM

no, just saying what's the point of showing the whole wolf thing, where he traps the wolf in the narrow rocks

but they fight outside of the narrow rocks

the advantage of the pass is negated when they fight in the open

the fights would have been the same if it was just a cliff (i know not story-wise)

just saying, the movie was still awesome

3/18/2007 1:53:30 AM

Ay yo, I saw it tonight. I'm not reading 7 pages of thread, but hopefully it doesn't take 7 pages for someone to say that it was bad assed.

Bad
Assed.
Yo!

3/18/2007 2:13:46 AM

apparently at the REAL battle Leonidas was one of the first to die by arrows, not the last


I'm glad they changed it though, it woulda been stupid to have him die first

3/18/2007 10:30:03 AM

the only part of this movie i liked was the wizard hat

3/18/2007 10:59:05 AM

The wheat field thing wasn't for homage of Gladiator.

That's more than likely an allusion to the elysian fields (greek mythology) after life. It's all symbolic yo - russell crowe doesn't get to claim that shit by himself!

3/18/2007 5:44:20 PM

and as earlier posted in the thread, that's what the comic looked like

so gladiator did an homage to 300

3/18/2007 8:07:01 PM

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"and as earlier posted in the thread, that's what the comic looked like so gladiator did an homage to 300 "

3/18/2007 8:30:46 PM

http://xerxesdivinepower.ytmnd.com/

3/18/2007 9:38:37 PM

niice

i guess

3/18/2007 9:40:52 PM

I'm a girl and I can confirm that it was bad assed.

Altho there were some bimbos exiting behind us who were complaining about it being "a boy movie" and I thought gee, what'd you expect, Troy?

3/18/2007 9:42:47 PM

good...not great

3/18/2007 10:25:31 PM

^ knows the score.

3/18/2007 10:53:19 PM

^ doesn't know the score.

3/18/2007 11:00:49 PM

Still a great ass Movie...


III

3/19/2007 2:33:56 PM

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"no, just saying what's the point of showing the whole wolf thing, where he traps the wolf in the narrow rocks but they fight outside of the narrow rocks the advantage of the pass is negated when they fight in the open the fights would have been the same if it was just a cliff (i know not story-wise) just saying, the movie was still awesome"

the only thing the persians really had going for them was their number of troops. in that first wave, the spartans were clearly outnumbered and overwhelmed... they were pushed back into the hot pass, where they were able to hold, and then push back. i agree that they did fight out in the open a lot, but you could probably argue that they weren't even challenged, so they didn't need to hold back.

3/19/2007 3:11:25 PM

Movie needs more abs.


OMFG I CANT WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL!

3/19/2007 7:30:49 PM

^ there actually is going to be one you know.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/03/17/frank-miller-prepping-300-sequel/

3/19/2007 8:03:27 PM

zomfg


and btw

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http://thisisabigkahunaburger.ytmnd.com/

http://spartaisoutrageous.ytmnd.com/

http://persianfate.ytmnd.com/

http://thisisspartabish.ytmnd.com/

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 8:16 PM. Reason : weee]

3/19/2007 8:10:22 PM

THE ODYSSEY?

3/19/2007 8:17:09 PM

http://threehundredrevelation.ytmnd.com/

hahaha

they used the wrong part of the song tho


http://thisisspartaaa.ytmnd.com/

^even better

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 8:33 PM. Reason : hfds]

3/19/2007 8:30:05 PM

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"Altho there were some bimbos exiting behind us who were complaining about it being "a boy movie" and I thought gee, what'd you expect, Troy?"

I resent that statement, Troy was a great accomplishment in film and definately not made for girls,
see my top 5 greek war movies thread for more info

3/19/2007 8:43:41 PM

troy was meh

good fights, but there was something missing.

I think it has to be bratt pitt not being someone thats actually bad ass

3/19/2007 9:10:11 PM