Have you seen 300 (about the Battle of Thermopylae)?

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I want to see it bad but if you have seen it how many stars our of 5 would you give it?


http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I haven't seen it yet, no.

But I think to say it's about the Battle of Themopylae is a bit like saying Clash of the Titans was about the Battle of Marathon.

:shrug:

[usregimechange]

2. How can you say that if you haven't seen it? But...

I think from watching the trailer that the Persians likely didn't look like that and it looks dramatized.

[Little Wing]

3. IMAX next weekend - I'm psyched

[Richard Steele]

4. Nope. I was originally planning to, but.....

When the reviews shown in the last round of ads
started with some guy from Maxim magazine calling
it "the greatest movie of the last decade", I
immediately realized that it must really suck.

Looks great visually- I'll probably see it on DVD sometime.

[idgiehkt]

5. No

what does the title number refer to? Is it the year, or what? :shrug:

[usregimechange]

6. The number of spartans that defeated a much larger Persian force

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7. with the help of about 4,000 other greeks...

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8. Here is a good link to the history...

http://www.livius.org/a/battlefields/thermopylae/thermopylae.html

[idgiehkt]

9. thanks for that

It looked to me from the preview like there was some element of fantasy in the movie but I couldn't tell for sure because of all of the action. I prefer it when they stick to a straight historical telling.

[orestes]

10. they didn't defeat em

They did manage to hold em up in that pass for several days, buying time for the rest of the Greeks to muster, not to mention putting some serious doubt into the Persians minds. It would be best to think of Thermopylae as something similar to the Alamo.

[usregimechange]

11. Excellent analogy, although I think the greeks held out in the end

at the Battle of Salamis.

[Redstone]

25. Now, that one was a SERIOUS drubbing! What living hell it must have been to be

in ANY battle back then, on land OR sea. There certainly wasn't much option for surrendering, or surviving being wounded, either.

War is bad enough now, but that was some GRIM stuff right there.

Redstone

[usregimechange]

26. Brutal it was and still is to some degree.

[usregimechange]

12. This link has good history about all the battles connected w/

http://joseph_berrigan.tripod.com/id28.html

[Poiuyt]

13. From the previews, it looks like they really overdid the computer graphics

It looks like a cartoon.

We need another David Lean to make epic movies.

[DerBeppo]

18. It was supposed to,

[LostInAnomie]

14. I haven't seen it yet...

... but I have quite a few friends that have and they said it was awesome. Many of them have seen it twice already.

If you like that type of movie you will enjoy it. Pay no attention to what the prudes on here say.

[xmas74]

16. My brother said it's like a kick to the balls.

He loved it and plans on seeing it again tonight since Heroes isn't on.

I like Frank Miller and would love to see it but I can't afford a babysitter.

[DerBeppo]

17. did you just say your brother likes being kicked in the balls? -nt-

[xmas74]

19. Not that he liked it

but that it was so awesome he sucked in his breath and gasped.

When he says that a movie grabbed him like a "kick to the balls" it's a good thing. (At least in his opinion.)

And he's not a teenager-he's almost 30, married and a stepfather of two. (In case someone wondered about the age of a person who would say things like this.)

[Redstone]

15. I'm not interested in anything that glorifies those asshole Spartans.

They probably didn't mind dying in that battle, because their life at home sure wasn't worth living.

Redstone

[usregimechange]

20. Interesting, why do you say that? joking?

[Redstone]

21. They never had any fucking fun; their whole lives were devoted to war.

Who the fuck wants to live like that? Christ, even the Marines, you get to retire from. Even in the Marines, you get to go out and get drunk once in a while.

Redstone

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22. I see said the blind man.

[Redstone]

23. ...as he picked up his hammer and saw.

Redstone

[Redstone]

24. Not to put too fine a point on it, but go find someone who is living a "Spartan existence,"

and ask them how much they like it.

(Just thought it would be polite for me to give you ONE reply without all the swearing.)

Redstone