The 300 movie trailer:

[CrazyMAC]

Looks horribly cheesy in my opinion.

Going with Steppenwolf on this one.

Plus haven't we had like 2billion Rome related films already...kind of like WW2...it's getting a tad boring.

There were other wars.

[von*ferret]

...greece?

[Spellbinder]

Looks horribly cheesy in my opinion.

Going with Steppenwolf on this one.

Plus haven't we had like 2billion Rome related films already...kind of like WW2...it's getting a tad boring.

There were other wars.

I am a bit dissoriented right now. I thought i heard Spartacus in the clip but im pretty sure the slaves where more then 300, they where like several thousands. If they didnt said Spartacus in the clip they must have said Spartans or whatever they call Spartans. And if so i can't recall one single movie about the Spartan war? I have seen a lot of documenteries though on Discovery. Im looking forward to this i just love movies about our history.

[edit]Just watched it over again and actually listened. And it was Spartans. So im really looking forward to this one.[/edit]

[CrazyMAC]

pretty much the same shit happened some people died. etc.

Was never a fan for history.

[dux]

The last time I can recall a film on this was back in like the 60's. I forget the name of the film though, it was cool though.

[CrazyMAC]

alright gays!

So i got my history slightly wrong It was more of my opin/rant then a factual statment

[Rick_D]

Ok so I finally saw this movie - and frankly if you've seen the trailer you've seen the entire movie. Mainly because if they hadn't used such an excess of slow-motion the film would have been about 10 minutes long.

The political undertones of this movie are thinly veiled and make for some cheesy viewing (Red Dawn would be a good way to put it, but more special effects).

And speaking of special effects, by god they didn't cut short on those, I'm assuming the budget on the special effects was astronomical, because every single frame of the movie is plastered in recolouring, retouching, overlaying and anything else you could think of.

As with any film that depicts brave men fighting and dying for something they believe in, and slicing off limbs and fighting rhino's and elephants and giants and men with arms replaced by bone saws (technically they didn't fight him but it's so ludicrous I had to mention it) there are some enjoyable moments. But then the slow motion kicks in and a full 10 - 20 seconds elapses whilst a character has taken less than a single step.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the dramatic effect they were going for, I just think that showing the whole movie in slow motion made it feel like it lasted twice as long, and 116 minutes is long enough considering the mindless filler that was prevalent throughout most of it.

All in all, unless you like watching men prance around half naked wearing capes and shouting "hoorah" (which it might as well be) then you probably won't enjoy it; if however, you like a movie that doesn't suck then you definately shouldn't watch it.

Still, not many movies out there that features swords and spears as the main weapon for killing people so you might as well check it out, after all - it's not like Arnie is going to make another Conan (which, by the way, were less cheesy and better to watch than this mindless shite).

[GrayFox]

I saw it, I loved it. Was like watching a moving comic book.

[JAL]

I got a thousand "omg how awesome was that" moments while watching it,

truely one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen. Story-wise

a bit of a dissapointment.

[Steppenwolf]

The movie sucks imo. Not only the story is complete twisted fascist crap. I also didnt liked the artistic side of the movie. Someone called it a two hour perfume advertisement and thats exactly how the esthetics look like. The static backgrounds = cheap. They better had spent some of the budget for filming in real locations. I know its based on a comic but thats no excuse to make the movie so cheesy looking.

[FrieChamp]

I thought it was totally awesome.

[Mazy]

I thought it was an awesome action flick, looks amazing. But also pretty damn forgettable tbh.

[Gorion]

it sure is a "must-see-but-then-forget-about-it" or "must-see-so-you-can-spot-bad-special-effects-in-other-movies"

I loved it

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA

[dux]

It rocked, stop moaning you geeks.

[von*ferret]

I'd like to see some arguments about why it wasn't a good movie that weren't in the south park sattire.