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BargainBinLaden
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Just saw it, so friggen awsomeeee, just like 2 hours of insane fighting with a little titty break here and there, everyone go see it!
Mar 9 2007 7:35PM
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petek
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Awesome flick man, totally awesome. There are so few movies that go all out nowadays. Everybody seems to be worried about historical accuracy, or looking silly, or whatever. Its good to see a film that some would consider "pompous" because it is just pure entertainment.

If anybody has actually read Herodotus' account of thermopylae (THE historical account), then yes you will find a shitload of discrepincies. This movie isnt supposed to be a fucking documentary though. Actually, if you are really well acquainted with Herodotus you will pick up on some interesting references throughout the film that no-one else will get. Miller has clearly read Herodotus.
Mar 10 2007 5:01PM
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LS.
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too much like troy
Mar 10 2007 5:11PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Yes, and some girl nipple. The girl nipples were sorta... not good ones.
Mar 10 2007 5:41PM
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Alexander_Keith
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The movie pretty much showed Spartans and Thespians.

Although for those who are concerned with accuracy you do see a united greek army at the end

Fucking siiiick movie

everyone see it
Mar 10 2007 5:43PM
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squeakywaffle
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 13
what? fuck you

get off my internets
Mar 10 2007 6:53PM
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squeakywaffle
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 13
also fuck you

the girl nipples were exquisite.
Mar 10 2007 6:57PM
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BargainBinLaden
Posts: 863 - Karma: 14
haha yeah what the fuck was that kid thinking?? those nipples were extrordinary
Mar 10 2007 7:02PM
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XtSurfMogulXt
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Herodotus was known for his exageration though.
Mar 10 2007 7:10PM
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J_Walk
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Amazing movie, i liked how epic everything was, and the use of visual effects in literaly every scene and how they dull some colours and bring out some colours.
Mar 10 2007 7:12PM
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SilkyJohnson
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This is a man's movie. Fight scene, battle scene, funny or whitty comment, titties. Best combination for a movie
Mar 10 2007 7:15PM
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twix_182
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near the end of the movie i heard a girl say "this is the gayest movie ever". needless to say i punted her into an exit sign
Mar 10 2007 7:39PM
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Sean...M
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AMAZING MOVIE!! honestly if you havent seen it, go see it. Amazing acting, picture, scenerey, fighting, cinematagrophy (sp), funny moments, action packed. so good. It being rated R made it even better because nothing was fake about it. all real. real sex, blood and gore.
Mar 10 2007 7:45PM
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Edward.
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yea the wierd dancing girl that gets licked by the ugly jedi monster dude
Mar 10 2007 7:51PM
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J.D.
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It actually kind of sucked. Had nothing on Sin City. At all. The writing wasn't there, there was no plot, there were a couple of incredibly silly moments, like the first conversation with Xerxes (people started laughing when he mentioned his divine power), the sex scene went on too long as was just awkward (laughs there too). There was more slow-mo than an MSP movie, and usually not to do anything all THAT cool. The bad guy politician character, whose name I don't even know, couldn't have been any more cliche. There were a couple of beautiful shots, like the oracle part, and a lot of the battle sequences were amazing. But they could've done those better, as well. The monologue over the top was okay, but forced. Nobody really had a great performance. I give it 2 out of 4 stars.
Mar 10 2007 8:02PM
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J.D.
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Herodotus isn't a documentary either, greek and latin historians basically thought their job was to tell the history as entertainingly as possible, which usually involved massively exaggerating numbers and making a lot of shit up.
Mar 10 2007 8:06PM
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HHB
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i want to see it at an IMax theater. that would be so dope.
Mar 10 2007 8:35PM
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petek
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It is the ONLY historically "accurate" account of thermopylae. Its not exactly a time with a lot of recording (especially from Sparta different story with Athens)
5th century BC and before were awful times for written records. Heck, the only information we have from the middle east (Israel, Lebanon, Syria, even some parts of Turkey) are from the old testament. The near east, and mesopotamia were nice enough to actually give us something.
Mar 10 2007 8:45PM
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tSki
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movie was fucking sickk
Mar 10 2007 9:24PM
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almostaskier
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have you read the graphic novel? if not, that may explain some of the choices they made.
Mar 11 2007 6:58AM
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newschooler8924
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j.d, i know your very smart but i honestly believe that 300 was too good for you to realize it yet, it was mind blowing and you have not yet realized it.  sin city was good but cuntshit compared to 300. 300=2nd best movie ever made. behind apocolypse now
Mar 11 2007 10:40AM
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clrumivier4life
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Nah, The Godfather is still #1.
Mar 11 2007 11:01AM
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norbastradamus
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yah definetlt the sickest movie I ever seen, spartans are the shit.
Mar 11 2007 11:11AM
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skier_boy26
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Eh, since it is based on the graphic novel (and they're emphatic that it is based only on the novel) the move works well. Visuals are great, batte sequences are great, and all that.
But for a movie of this magnitude, it's way too short. and my god the dialouge and characters outside of battle are dry and seriously underdeveloped. The queen's role is just rediculous...
So its good, but far from the best.
Mar 11 2007 11:15AM
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Sean...M
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aight so i dont know like any history about the spartan time but what were some of those like people/creatures? were those actual people and/or did they really exist cuz they looked soo wierd. like the ninjas, the guy w/ blades for arms etc
Mar 11 2007 11:26AM
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BargainBinLaden
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im pretty sure those weird creatures and everything were there to represent the heavy influence the gods had over the Greeks, they believed in a lot of like magical shit
Mar 11 2007 1:36PM
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dweezileast
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acting?!?!?!?! cinematography?!?!?! what acting??? sure the movie was cool, but the acting was so bottom rung, it was sickening. And the "cinematography" you speak of, is nothing more than color correction, and special effects. The final product came out nice, But very little real movie making talent went into this movie
Mar 11 2007 4:53PM
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Dr._TubesTied
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https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/286049/
Mar 11 2007 4:59PM
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III
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oh fuck i was logged in on the wrong account when I posted that. That was my post btw.
Mar 11 2007 5:01PM
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KillerMonkey
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lol, alias discoverd

anyway. I thought the movie was awesome. I dont care about plot or acting skills or any of that shit. If I wanted to see that I would go see something else. This movie was all about ass kicking and tits. Just pure entertainment for about 2 hours. One thing that did bother me was that there was like slow mo and sound exaggeration every 5 seconds even when they weren't fighting. It made the movie slow at parts where they were just talking. But the fight scenes couldnt have been better. I was like FUCK YEAH through the all the fighting. Blood gore and everything was included.
Mar 11 2007 7:44PM
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newschooler8924
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uhhh there was nothing wrong with the acting at all, its based on a comic book, they exagerated(sp?) on purpose. the movie was not supposed to have an oscar worthy script, it was supposed to be a kick ass visually beautiful movie and it was. i think it fucking delivered big time

Mar 12 2007 9:52AM
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BeerGoggles
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You gotta keep in mind that it was based on some exagerations. Like it was true that armies put disfigured people on front lines in order to intimidate enemy troops(mind you not all persians were so damn ugly....I imagine). By the ninja's, do you mean the guys with the bombs? That was there more or else to represent the empire's reach into the far east, where gunpowder had already been invented.
The dude with 2 blade arms.... they actual attached blades to amputies arms in coliseum fights in Rome so we can assume they may have done it too.
Mar 18 2007 11:03AM
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Ronix
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Me and my friends got kicked out cause we're not 18
Mar 18 2007 11:47AM
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ISkiSwitch
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only some of them. everyone's harping on about the queen's. ehh, no. Those things are way too massive for anything I'd like on a girl. My opinion though...
Mar 18 2007 12:23PM
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alh10
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best movie iv seen.
Mar 18 2007 1:36PM
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Jamesl48
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Not one of the best movies ever, but certainly one of the most epic movies ever.

Everything about 300 was epic, and the battle sequences were amazing.
Mar 18 2007 2:11PM
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EastcoastAR5
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i know everyone is gonna freak out, but i really didnt think it was tthat spectacular.It def had cool fight scenes, but the story plot was TERRIBLE! The fucking mutant spartan was so bizarre, and completely pointless. They depicted the persian army as a different species and that was totally hilarious/stupid. (i.e the man with the blade for an arm)

Basically the story was terrible, and although they tried it as impossible to feel any sympathy for the queen or the captian whose son died ect due to bad acting and story line.

Again the fight scenes were cool and i think they should have focused more on the battles adn less on a dramatic connections with the characters.

Oh also they totally ripped scenes from gladiator at the end when the queen is in the feilds and the "dramatic" conclusion was put apon her to as she found out her husband had died.

The only reason it is doing well in theaters is that people dont read reviews and there is nothing else good showing.
Mar 18 2007 2:15PM
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anomericas
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Cool fight scenes, nice nipples, SHITTY story.
Mar 18 2007 2:36PM
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[~_~]
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I dont know man, I couldn't even DREAM of chroma keying an entire movie that well. Plus the fight scenes were genius I though. The first one with the phalanx and they shot with a dollycam using the variable speed; it blew my mind!

I do think they tried too hard with the drama though, it didn't really seem to fit.

and Xerxes reminded me of the wannabe-transvestite from Silence of the Lambs.
Mar 23 2007 3:51PM
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mommy
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how ironic, because now i think YOU'RE retarded.
Mar 23 2007 4:09PM
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-+Siver+-
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I would like to see it very much
Mar 23 2007 4:17PM
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