300 - Page 2

*Potatojunkie* · 21st March 2007, 4:22pm

Team Sparta: Greece Police is the latest result of Hollywood's burning compulsion for translating comic books into big screen fodder. It's not so much a film as a slideshow of gorgeous desktop wallpapers. It is, however, huge amounts of fun.

The eponymous comic, of which the film is (for the most part) a faithful scene-by-scene translation, is itself extremely loosely based on the battle of Thermopylae, in which a small Greek contingent faced off against the might of the Persian Empire in 480 BCE. The group comprised some 300 Spartans, plus a few thousand assorted Greek soldiers of lesser calibre, and estimates of the invading forces arrayed against them range from 100,000 to over five million. Despite these overwhelming odds, thanks to martial superiority and clever use of terrain the Greeks managed to hold up the entire Persian advance for a period of several days, and inflicted a grossly disproportionate number of casualties.

While the magnitude...

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Cat · 22nd March 2007, 11:58am

Do they comb their hair before battle? Please tell me that wasn't taken out. I think I'm going to go see this today; I'm hoping for the levels of silliness promised in this review.

System_Star · 22nd March 2007, 12:42pm

Roll on Friday

*Potatojunkie* · 22nd March 2007, 12:52pm

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Originally Posted by Cat

Do they comb their hair before battle? Please tell me that wasn't taken out.

If they do, I missed it. There's certainly no naked exercising.

Leonidas is Scottish, though. In a "haw, Xerxes, ah'm yer da!" kind of way.

Foxglove · 23rd March 2007, 7:03am

Saw this last night and loved it. Testosterone filled fun at it's best. My mate found the campness quite funny but overall this was an enjoyable bit of fun. Gerrard Butler's 6 months of training to get his body in shape for the part was definitely worth it.

**PapaZeb** · 23rd March 2007, 7:31am

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Originally Posted by Potatojunkie

If they do, I missed it. There's certainly no naked exercising.

Leonidas is Scottish, though. In a "haw, Xerxes, ah'm yer da!" kind of way.

Which is so utterly confusing, since he's only Scottish for half the film, and the rest he's..umm..I dunno. Not Scottish apparently.

Huh, either Holly didn't say anything, or they've improved the "Ignore User" function so it strips all text instead of providing a "View" button. Weird.

--edit, nope...just happens in threads for articles, in an article forum I can moderate. Weird. Report time.

**Ghostsuit** · 23rd March 2007, 10:05am

Saw this last night and PJ's review is bang on target.

*Potatojunkie* · 23rd March 2007, 10:16am

A version of this set in Glasgow and called Three Hawners might just be amazing.

Wee Chucky · 23rd March 2007, 1:01pm

I saw 300 last night and as the trailer promised: 300 is full of violence, testosterone and slaughter, all of which is carried out by gorgeous semi-naked men. I thought it was a brilliant movie and wouldn't mind seeing it again!

Bunnylingus · 23rd March 2007, 1:16pm

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Originally Posted by Wee Chucky

I saw 300 last night and as the trailer promised: 300 is full of violence, testosterone and slaughter, all of which is carried out by gorgeous semi-naked men. I thought it was a brilliant movie and wouldn't mind seeing it again!

I swear, somebody up there was like 'late birthday present for Rachael'.

Im going to see this as soon as.

Oskar · 23rd March 2007, 1:24pm

Saw it last night; loved it.
Some bits had me in stitches. Loved the blood.

Made me want to get all BUFF now.

**Shannow** · 23rd March 2007, 7:03pm

Anyone who duislikes this movie probably arranges flowers on their spare time, and places said flowers in vases on little crochet mats.

My dick felt about 3 times as big by the end having just watched it, and every person I walked past in the street afterwards was a potential target for being kicked in the chest, preferably with their backs to a giant fucking well.

Possibly rivals Braveheart for levels of extreme historical inaccuracy, but then, this one wasn't pretending to be otherwise in the first place.

As I type this I am nude but for a red towel worn as a cape, some girlpants and a pot from the kitchen on my head.

THIS IS SPARTAAAA indeed.

Sublimation · 24th March 2007, 12:45am

Seen it, loved it. Great film

Zooropa · 24th March 2007, 6:15pm

Got tiny bit slow with the wife and that, but 90% of it was first class.

**PapaZeb** · 24th March 2007, 6:18pm

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Originally Posted by Zooropa

Got tiny bit slow with the wife and that, but 90% of it was first class.

My initial review in the other 300 thread was "Everything that was in the book was brilliant. Everything that wasn't (the wife, back-at-sparta, etc) wasn't."

I'll stand by that - if they'd dropped it to 80mins of blood and titties, it'd be all fine.

Mos Def · 25th March 2007, 4:05pm

I saw this today and I liked it. Bit overly dramatic at times, but generally very enjoyable.