Originally posted by The Pict
Were you expecting Oscar winning performances or something like that? It was a movie about war and battles in ancient times. Surely the trailers tipped you off.
I did not see but one trailer it was my husabd to be who draged me to see this movie.He did not like it as well!Oh well live and learn!jm 😎
don't know if this had been discussed yet, but did anyone else think that this movie was like conservative propoganda? The spartans are republicans. the king is of course george W, but " the laws that he is trying to protect keep him from acting" (supports more executive power?). the greeks who fight with them are the democrats (cut and run?). the king speaks with contempt about "boy-lovers" (anti-gay-marriage?). in one segment of the battle the king makes reference to all the foreign people(not persian either) who are invading their land(anti immigration?). at another point one of the groups of soldiers carry advanced explosive weapons like primitive bombs that the spartans do not have or use and deem amoral (wmd's?), and while they are all at war, the king's wife is trying to get the council to send more spartans to help them (troop surge. everything else i said may be a stretch. this is not). and of course, the whole movie is about fighting the iranians.
i'm probably over-anayzing this movie and making stuff up, but it seems odd that it would reference so many political issues in such an extreme way. also, the film doesn't shy away from the fact that sparta was essentially a facist state. one in which the government has been takin over by the military. the political leader dresses in uniform. they emphasize extreme patriotisme, and believe that cripples are a dead weight that can't contribute to society and should be gotten rid of.
i dunno. maybe there's nothing to it, but it's worth thinking about.
Originally posted by Rapscallion
don't know if this had been discussed yet, but did anyone else think that this movie was like conservative propoganda? The spartans are republicans. the king is of course george W, but " the laws that he is trying to protect keep him from acting" (supports more executive power?). the greeks who fight with them are the democrats (cut and run?). the king speaks with contempt about "boy-lovers" (anti-gay-marriage?). in one segment of the battle the king makes reference to all the foreign people(not persian either) who are invading their land(anti immigration?). at another point one of the groups of soldiers carry advanced explosive weapons like primitive bombs that the spartans do not have or use and deem amoral (wmd's?), and while they are all at war, the king's wife is trying to get the council to send more spartans to help them (troop surge. everything else i said may be a stretch. this is not). and of course, the whole movie is about fighting the iranians.i'm probably over-anayzing this movie and making stuff up, but it seems odd that it would reference so many political issues in such an extreme way. also, the film doesn't shy away from the fact that sparta was essentially a facist state. one in which the government has been takin over by the military. the political leader dresses in uniform. they emphasize extreme patriotisme, and believe that cripples are a dead weight that can't contribute to society and should be gotten rid of.
i dunno. maybe there's nothing to it, but it's worth thinking about.
of course...the fact that movie studios as a whole are against the Bush regime and that Zack Snyder himself said the people with the above theory are just being foolish...well...i'll stop there
This movie could have been pretty good. But it was not!
All that slow motion crap was irritating. People walking in slow motion, people thinking in slow motion, people getting killed in slow motion, the wind blowing in slow motion, people looking at each other in slow motion, people eating in slow motion, people having sex in slow motion, people dropping coins in slow motion, people falling off cliffs in slow motion, people throwing spears in slow motion, people putting their shoes on in slow motion.
The dramatic effect of slow motion movement is lost when the whole damn movie is in slow motion. This movie could have been about an hour long if it wasn't for all the slow motion scenes.
Like I said, it could have been an okay movie, as I'm not really all that into those types of movies, and it was a beautifully designed movie, but it gets a huge F in my book.
Originally posted by Devil King
This movie could have been pretty good. [b]But it was not!All that slow motion crap was irritating. People walking in slow motion, people thinking in slow motion, people getting killed in slow motion, the wind blowing in slow motion, people looking at each other in slow motion, people eating in slow motion, people having sex in slow motion, people dropping coins in slow motion, people falling off cliffs in slow motion, people throwing spears in slow motion, people putting their shoes on in slow motion.
The dramatic effect of slow motion movement is lost when the whole damn movie is in slow motion. This movie could have been about an hour long if it wasn't for all the slow motion scenes.
Like I said, it could have been an okay movie, as I'm not really all that into those types of movies, and it was a beautifully designed movie, but it gets a huge F in my book. [/B]
The slow motion fighting is what made the fight scenes awesome 😐
Most movies nowadays have fight scenes which are WAY to fast for the audience to know what the hell is going on, so slowing it down made sense.
i loved this movie, one of the best i've seen in a while , the slow motion bits were the best part and the way the story was told was amazing.
i dont know why people just cant sit down and watch a movie and enjoy it without brining all kinds of other crap into it. , it was adapted from a graphic novel which was partly based on history and thats all there is to it.
a good movie leave it at that, enough of this irag, bush propaganda stuff, just enjoy the movie!.
I Liked it, because I suspended disbelief for a while and thoroughly enjoyed a "loosely based on History" Fantasy Movie. If it was meant to be accurate Xerxes wouldn't have been 8ft tall, mutants wouldn't have blades growing from their arms, the Invincibles wouldn't have Fangs and resemble demons and the girls wouldnt have had 3 inch nipples 😉
And Im also a sucker for a strong and awe inspiring leader, and I would have followed King Leonidas to death in a heartbeat!
Originally posted by Grimm22
TMost movies nowadays have fight scenes which are WAY to fast for the audience to know what the hell is going on,
Like batman Begins 😐
Anyway 300 was awesome, and people need to stop reading in to it. That's like going to see an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie and expecting something philosophical.
Originally posted by Grimm22
The slow motion fighting is what made the fight scenes awesome 😐Most movies nowadays have fight scenes which are WAY to fast for the audience to know what the hell is going on, so slowing it down made sense.
And that's fine. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I, personally, found it irritating and distracting. I honestly wanted to get up and walk out. I mean, when it takes 10 minutes for a guy's head to get cut off and his body to fall to the ground, it's a little much.
Originally posted by Ignite
i dont know why people just cant sit down and watch a movie and enjoy it without brining all kinds of other crap into it.
There's nothing wrong with trying to find meanings in art! If he wants to find some sense in this cash machine, then let him do it!
And on that slow motion stuff... 😆 ......like i said before, this movie is clearly for the socially challenged who's life thrills and excitements are found in something like.... 😆 .....slow motion!!!
Originally posted by doomsday49
The director isn't the one who wrote it, you dumb fck!! How the fck would he know what the underlining theme is?
well considering the underlying theme happened 2700 years before Bush existed i would say that it is you that is the dumb "fck"
you may also have failed to notice that i quoted a post with the word "movie" in it twice...therefore i'd say the person who directed the "movie" would have a pretty good understanding of the underlying theme of the "movie"
Originally posted by jaden101
well considering the underlying theme happened 2700 years before Bush existed i would say that it is you that is the dumb "fck"
wrong...ya dumb 'fck', for all you or i or anyone else knows, 300, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, could've been written as a metaphore, using historical reference.