Go tell the Spartans that their sacrifice was not in vain; their long day's fight under the cooling shade of a million falling arrows safeguarded the West and guaranteed, all these years later, the right of idiots to make rotten movies about them. The story has been...
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Then we will fight in the shade! (Blog)
One word for 300: ASTIG. Ok, actually I've got more than just one word 😛 I love the storyline. It's actually a fictionalized account of the Battle of Thermopylae, where Spartan King Leonidas led 300 elite Spartan warriors against Xerxes' massive Persian army....
300’s graphic novelty calls for broad strokes
LOS ANGELES—Gerard Butler has spent two days talking to American TV and newspaper reporters about his new movie, 300. As the minutes wind down on his last interviews, being held in an L.A. hotel room, he is happy to talk to a Canadian. “Canadians are nice,” says the...
Sparta battles Persia in ripping graphic epic ‘300’
THREE OUT OF FOUR STARS Frank Miller has retained a modicum of control over how his graphic novels (don’t call them “comic books”) are brought to the screen, whether by holding out for the best offer and participating in the production. “Sin City” (2005) was a...
“300” freshens up history-telling
From the moments its trailer hit the Internet and theaters, "300" left people gaping at the beauty that could be found in 30 seconds of footage. Graphic novelist Frank Miller, also the mastermind behind "Sin City," divulges the epic tale of historical Battle of...
Action doesn’t retreat in ‘300’
Visionary fury rules battlefield in adaptation of graphic novel Being a Spartan was no picnic. According to the movie 300, which focuses on the battle between Spartans and Persians at Thermopylae, Spartan warriors trained for battle from an early age. To keep their...
Here Come The Spartans! R-Rated ‘300’ Stampeding Towards $60 Mil Weekend
Record For Biggest March Opening Ever SATURDAY AM: Here come The Spartans! I'm told Warner Bros.' much-buzzed 300 about the epic Battle of Thermopylae (even though most of target audience fell asleep in school during that history lesson) looks set to shatter the...
300 Makes $27.7 Million Opening Day!
Source: ShowbizData March 10, 2007 In what could turn out to be one of the most astounding box office stories of the year so far, ShowbizData is reporting that Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's Greek war epic 300 has earned an estimated $27.7 million on its...
Manly men part is right, but not full story in ‘300’
What's a historian to make of the new film "300"? It's based on a graphic novel, after all, a genre more suited to superheroes than Spartans. It also boasts a set of fantastical creatures -- ogres, trolls and the like -- who seem to have wandered in from a "Lord of...
EXCLUSIVE EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES: ‘300’ with $60 million
Spartan War Epic 3rd Biggest R-Rated Opening and 2nd Biggest March Opening; 'Hogs' Still Strong with $27.8 million The weekend belongs to Zack Snyder’s 300 (Warner Bros), which is fulfilling the months of internet buzz, marketing hype and fanboy anticipation with a...
Our triple threat
Only one thing stops the unstoppable Spartans in the blockbuster movie 300, and it's a child. A Canadian child, as it happens. Alexandra Beaton appears in a rare emotional moment in 300, wandering ghost-like into a scene of death and carnage as the only survivor of a...
Frank Miller Outdid Himself With ‘300’
Before leaving Friday evening for a particular movie theater in Orlando, I decided to read one last review of "300," which opens this weekend. It was from CNN, and they didn't like it. "It's not so much the body count or even the bloodlust that's disturbing," CNN's...
Leonidas, The Scot
Spent weeks trying to arrange a phone interview with Gerard Butler, and when it came, it was an hour and a half after my deadline, so what appeared in the paper today was a bit hasty 9a LOT hasty) and a lot less than I would have wanted to say, in quality and...
93.7 KRQ: Gerard Butler Interview (Audio)
Johnjay and Rich talk to the star of the new movie 300. Click link above for the audio interview! Thanks to Linda for the link!
300 Open for Business (Video)
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‘300’: Exiled In Guyville
Zack Snyder raises Frank Miller's brutalist comic-book aesthetic to a bloody new level. Also: The attack of 'The Host.' Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City" was an eye-frying accomplishment — the movie lifted Frank Miller's stark noir fantasy world straight off the...
Early showings for “300” film draw sell-out crowds
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The ultra-bloody warrior film "300," about a legendary battle between the Spartans and Persians, seemed headed for U.S. box-office glory on Friday with sell-out crowds flocking to early showings. Imax, the giant-screen movie chain, reported...
Hail to the Spartans
Neither history nor cinema is especially well served by "300," which is, nonetheless, a remarkable intersection of technology and imagination. The battle at Thermopylae in 480 B.C., a suicidal last stand by an army of Spartans and Thespians estimated at about 5,000,...
An Epic Flick Guys Can Count On
Mar. 9--Based on fact, inspired by a graphic novel and filmed in startling, computer-generated glory, "300" envisions a world of pain. It's a tale of noble sacrifice and brutal combat that will thrill over-aged adolescents everywhere. Drenched in testosterone,...
Strange world of Sparta is not for the meek
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) 300: Action drama. Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Dominic West. Directed by Zack Snyder. (R. 117 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. See complete movie listings and show times, and buy tickets for select theaters, at sfgate.com/movies.)...
Fan makes a film
The buzz is building for director Zack Snyder's film "300," with confirmation coming during a visit to Pittsfield, where his parents, Ed and Marsha, reside and where he often visits. "I was at Applebee's and a guy working there, his name was Mick, said, 'Dude, '300'...
Hard-core `300′ oozes action, blood, masculinity
{FACTBOX} Movie review "300" Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West Director: Zack Snyder Running time: 117 minutes Rating: R; graphic violence, nudity, sexuality *** 1/2 **** Excellent *** Good ** Average * Poor In the cinema, there have always been...
VANQUISHED HISTORY THE CONQUERED, BLOOD AND GUTS THE CONQUERORS IN VISUALLY SUMPTUOUS ‘300’
In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, boys are taken at age 7 from their families for years of, well, Spartan training, to become warriors of matchless strength and suicidal bravery. King Leonidas hails them as a breed apart from those wimpy "philosophers and boy...
Graphic & gripping: Adaptation pits Spartans vs. Persians, from the days when war was glorious
Mar. 9--Movies like "Letters From Iwo Jima" reflect the contemporary belief that any war movie worth its salt must capture the horror of armed combat. "300," on the other hand, believes it's enough to capture the fun of watching a war movie on Saturday afternoon. Some...
On the field of this battle, war is swell
With lots of gory effects, '300' is a faint-by-numbers tale (2 1/2 STARS) 300 (R). Digital effects, sweaty pectorals and cheesy grandiloquence are welded together for this delirious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which a small, doughty band of...