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What with this and the flakes of normal fucking pepper, I'm rapidly losing respect for you. 300 is great, non-spicy pepper flakes aren't.

FACT.
 
oook

on paper this is a film I should have loved

mindless violence - check
blood and gore - check
historical slant - check
swords and stuff - check
no complicated wishy washy commie pinko twatty subplots - check


however I have to say I was disspointed. Yes the fight scenes were beautifully choreographed but other than that I was bored.

It put me in mind of the Conan Films - but with less storyline and at imes worse acting (hard to believe but ...).

I was V dissapointed as was looking forward to watching it

maybe it was becasue I already was aware of the historical background etc to Sparta but for once I am in agreement with Dub
 
Visually it was very interesting, and it was nice to see the male physique represented in such a beautiful, idealised way (the Spartans!!).

BB:)
 
Crispy said:
I love the way that when leonidas has something really macho to say, his mouth twists to one side, you can see him tense his diaphragm and then the words come out at Force 12 like he's trying to push you over with the force of his breath. Great stuff. If I was still a student, I'd get all the boys round and we'd get completely leathered and cheer the spartans on.
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Yeah, but if Brian Blessed played his part he wouldn't have had to kick the guy, just the noise he could produce shouting THIS IS SPAAARRRTAA! could probably knock the other guy into the well, blow the cinema speakers and make everyone in the cinema moist with fear and/or excitement.
 
Pingu said:
oook

on paper this is a film I should have loved

mindless violence - check
blood and gore - check
historical slant - check
swords and stuff - check
no complicated wishy washy commie pinko twatty subplots - check
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what other films check all those boxes and which you did enjoy?
i don't believe its possible to have an enjoyable film if all those boxes are checked. :confused:
 
that is a great film. but i don't think that that violence was mindless. At least not within the context of the film. I think it was used in a similar way as the violence in a film such as Clock Orange

talking about Izo I mean
 
I can't be fucked to read this whole thread, but am going to contribute my two penneth anyhow.

300 looked fantastic. The fight scenes were cool as fuck. It was violent without being over the top. But i don't rate it. A few things completely spolied it for me. First of all, the complete lack of any plot whatsoever. Secondly, the soundtrack. Cutting from classical to industrial metal made my ears cry. Thirdly, the entire fucking movie was in slow motion. Why? Understandable when you see a head fly through the air, but for a scene of a bloke riding to the edge of a city on a horse, a shot of someone handing over some coins, or even a fucking sex scene? No thanks. These factors ruined it for me. It's a six out of ten at best.
 
300 is crap, no arguments there, I didn't like Sin City much either.

And yet, I'm excited about The Spirit.

Whats that about?
 
Oh I would definitely watch it. It's great. Not entirely sure there's a lot for women in there apart from serious eye-candy and Kelly McDonald showing where real men come from.

It has increased in popularity significantly since it came out.

I'm assuming you're a woman. If you're a guy just fucking watch it. :)
 
DexterTCN said:
Oh I would definitely watch it. It's great. Not entirely sure there's a lot for women in there apart from serious eye-candy and Kelly McDonald showing where real men come from.

It has increased in popularity significantly since it came out.

I'm assuming you're a woman. If you're a guy just fucking watch it. :)
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tbf, I'm not a particularly testosterone-fuelled man.

I quite like Moneybox Live on R4, and would kill for a bit of GQT.

I'm not convinced 300 is the sensiblest buy in the world, tbh :D
 
Oh no...it isn't sensible.

It is a bit iconic though, social references are commonplace. And it is very reminiscent of the visual art from the original graphic novel...very visual, the primary reason for its popularity I'd say, along with an absolutely mental performance by Butler. Quite unforgettable in parts tbh. Won't win any Oscars, though. Wasn't meant to.

There's a phrase rushing to my...THIS...IS...
 
SPARRRRTA

I fucking love this film it is silly over the top and impressively violent. Oh and mcnutty from the wire is in it!

dave
 
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Upchuck said:
It's a big pile of wank
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No. You are.

Captain hurrah...it's not inaccurate, Dilios is telling a story before they charge to war, he embellished it

The character of Dilios (David Wenham seems to be, in part, based on the actual, historical figure of Aristodemus - according to historian Herodotus, he was the sole Spartan survivor of the battle of Thermopylae, having been dismissed from the force by Leonidas on account of an eye infection (rather than a wounded eye). Rather than returning to lead any Spartan force, however, Aristodemus was considered a coward until he redeemed himself by fighting, partially blind, and dying in the battle of Plataea a year later (at which the Persian invasion of Greece was finally crushed).
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