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21st March 2007, 4:22pm
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| | A Jubilant Mass Editor
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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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7th April 2007, 9:05pm
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Went to see this on a wee bit of a whim during the week and was really impressed. Although their casting was a bit off what with Xerxes making the 4 of us girls' gaydars go off... camp "gods" just aren't scary!
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4th October 2007, 9:32pm
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just watched the DVD. What a fucking film. excellently choreographed fight scenes, beautifully shot start to end and some classic dialogue.
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4th October 2007, 10:21pm
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I just watched the Blu-Ray and fuck me is it a nice film!
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4th October 2007, 10:25pm
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I should feel bad for not having seen this yet.
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4th October 2007, 10:28pm
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after seeing this the other day I really regret not seeing this on the big screen. brilliant film. seemed like whenever you paused it the image on screen looked amazing.
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5th October 2007, 9:49am
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| | I Bridezilla Hear Me Roar
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it was amazing on the big screen. With the sound as well as the picture.
We watched the dvd last night. And OMG! What a fantastic film! Could watch it on permanent replay forever! Anyone who hasn't seen it yet MUST!
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5th October 2007, 11:50am
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5th October 2007, 11:52am
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lol, what, no kittens?
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5th October 2007, 2:19pm
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I watched this today. WHAT A FUCKING MOVIE!
I was in a lecture afterwards, and couldn't help imaging throwing a spear at the tutor 
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5th October 2007, 2:24pm
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"my Arm!"
"it's not yours any more."
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5th October 2007, 2:30pm
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Dine in Hell-Five!
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5th October 2007, 3:24pm
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i really want to dub it when he yells "this is sparta" to "this is cambuslang" in marty claymore stylee
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