[Movie] 300

Wow, I gotta this movie looks incredible! They were showing the trailer during the previews before Ghost Rider. Really impressive visuals with the cgi environments. I'll definitely be checking this one out, if not opening night then for sure the weeknd of. Hell, I think I'll even look into grabbing the trade for it.

Love the NiN song they used in the trailer too, kicks ass!

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Holy crap! Nice find, gonna download that as soon as I get home!

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Lol, nothing to spoil as far as story. Quite simply 300 Spartans fight to death against a million Persians. Simple, basic, all we need to know. Haha, I'd be surprised if people went into this expecting a story like Gladiator's. Hell, even the director said he's not even interested in doing an accurate retelling of history.

Intense battle, blood, and gore is exactly what I'm expecting and wanting to see. This'll be one kick ass movie!

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I for one loved! All action is what I wanted, and is exactly what I received and then some (like the graphic love scene, it was like soft-porn). I laugh at those who went in expecting story! I have to agree with sprouticus that there was an overabundance of the slow/fast-mo usage, but I actually enjoyed it. As it gave focus on some of the slashes and decapitations the Spartans made.

Like Gecko mentioned many of the shots in the movie, were just like the graphic novel, panel to panel. Much of the dialogue was straight from the GN too, with some great additions (heh, and them being memorable too). The Queen and the council at Sparta sequences, even though they never happend in the GN, were nice additions in attempt to give the movie a little story and the Queen a bit more of a role.

Oh and loved the soundtrack too. Great work by Tyler Bates.

My viewing also had great crowd response too. All very respectful, cheering and joking at the appropriate times (lol, like that big fat guy with claws for hands). Actually made the overall experience even more enjoyable.

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Haha, anyone else notice that weird goat guy. LOL, it was like he was all high. Oh and I loved Theron's end (though predictable), I just couldn't help but at that with the crowd! Man, he had it coming.

I was surprised that this didn't get an NC-17 rating (well not here anyway) like Sin City did, where no minors were allowed even if accompanied by an adult. As this movie definitely was more gorey than Sin City, and had some really graphic sexuality (lol, it was almost like watching porno at times).

Definitely gotta go see this on the IMAX for my next viewing.

Oh and BTW they showed a new Spidey 3 trailer during the previews.

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Originally Posted by Terminus

Everyone in the theatre clapped their hands and cheered at this one particular scene; me included:

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Queen Gorgo killed that motherfucker by surprise. Talk about massive ownage.

Hahaha, yea everyone at our viewing too (me included), cheers an' all, that definitely deserved ovation.

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Originally Posted by Matt

That's funny and fucked up all at the same time.

LOL, that's hilarious, would have loved to have seen that! But man, after seeing the movie, you do kinda build up the testosterone. Haha, even my buddies said, as we exited the theatre, that they had an urge to start pushing people out of the way.

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Oh and picked up the figures by NECA. Wish they gave Leonidas an angry roaring helmetless head instead, as it would haved looked so much better.







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Originally Posted by chibilola

I was just watching all the clips and trailers on my 360 and my roomate mention that movie builds testosterone, and he bought the figures lie right after he saw the movie. lol I swear I thought you were my room mate lol.

lol, what a coincidence. Though, I'm sure the majority of viewers felt the same way, and went out to purchase the movie's merchandising as well.

One thing I noticed, upon my second viewing tonight, for only one time in the movie that it really seemed like there were 300 spartans (which was pretty much just the first battle). After the first day's battle, it just seemed like there only 30 or so for the rest of it (clear example would be the immortals battle). Heh, that really kinda bugged me as I thought there'd be a least half or so left after sustaining casualties.

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Originally Posted by Simo

Those look so good. I've been trying to get my hands on Leonidas and Gorgo but they're practically sold out everywhere I go so I decided to just go ahead and order the whole set which should arrive Thursday.

Oh wow, lol, I'm actually surprised about the Gorgo being a little hard to find, but yea, Leonidas is definitely the hardest to find. I picked up my set at my local comic shop and they had Leonidas priced at 7 bucks more than the rest (heh, though cause I picked up a set i only had to pay the same price as the rest for him).

Hopefully NECA makes another set, and perhaps will make another Leonidas with a roaring head.

Oh and I checked out the movie again yesterday, but this time on the IMAX. Though, I didn't really experience any 3D effects, it's probably cause I was sitting in the back row (theatre was pretty much full up by the time we got there)... I imagine the effects would be when the blood was splattering out towards the screen. Did anyone else happen to watch this on the IMAX? Were there any sequences that had the 3D visual effect?

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Are you perhaps refering to the NiN song they used for the trailers? "Just Like You Imagined"

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