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Image driven film
Frank Miller was inspired by the original Battle of Thermopylae after viewing the 1962 film The 300 Spartansas a child. His perception of the concept of hero and heroism changed greatly after seeing the Spartans make their sacrifice. Later as a graphic novelist he...
300 slashes, spears theaters
Children exiled into the wilderness to fend for themselves, men who pride themselves on killing others, and a king who is fanatically obsessed with warfare – Welcome to Sparta! In 480 B.C., 300 Spartans fought against thousands of Persians in the Battle of...
and all the king’s mean
Directed by Zach Snyder Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and Rodrigo Santoro Zack Snyder's screen adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 is a high octane, testosterone driven tour de force that just may be the best action flick you'll ever see. It makes every other war...
‘300’ retells battle in stylish ‘war opera’
Finally, here is a movie that will have people cheering at beheadings more than a French mob. �300� is of a new breed of film � the cinematic graphic novel � that was first brought to the big screen in Frank Miller�s �Sin City.� It is a movie with no sets, no...
300: brutal, inaccurate, awesome
Gerard Butler plays the fericiously stubborn King Leonidas who valiently leads 300 of his bravest fellow Spartans to a "glorious" demise on the agrandized battlefield of Thermopylae. In case anyone's been living under a rock the past few weeks, 300 is now in theaters...
Movie Review: ‘300’
If definitive proof is ever required that special effects have improved the quality of movies, you need look no further than 300 . A marvel of modern movie-making, such a stunning piece of art could only have been realized thanks to the advancements in technology that...
‘300’ Is A Blood-Splattering Fun Time
The film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel "Sin City" took the world by storm in 2005, and now the adaptation of Miller's "300" is quickly becoming the movie of the moment. "300" delivers with epic larger-than-life performances and stunning visuals taken...
Film review: 300
Looking for blood and gore - this is just the film for you. Want any genuine feeling and you'll be disappointed. In media studies (something some Government ministers think is a waste of time), there is a phenomenon called desensitisation, which is when people, faced...
Kurt Blasts Escape Remake
March 22, 2007 - The news that New Line Cinema is remaking Escape From New York -- and have cast 300 Gerard Butler as Snake Plissken -- hasn't exactly met with universal approval from many fans of the original film. And one of those fans is the man who starred in it,...
300 – Spectacle Triumphs Over Silliness
Much has already been written about this so I’m not going to give it the full review treatment. I’ve been looking forward to seeing it since the first news began trickling out way back. Now I have, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s overlong, very silly in parts,...
Graphic battle’s a triumph
THE TWO may have been in existence for roughly the same amount of time, but 100 years on, the motion picture has at last caught up with the infinite visual possibilities of the comic strip. At least, that's how it feels after watching 300 (15) - Dawn of the Dead...
300: an epic bloodbath
There's an awful lot of blood in 300. Great cartoony splurges of the stuff seem to drip down almost every scene, to the extent that one rather begins to miss it when it's off-screen. But the high gore-quota should not come as a surprise. Firstly, this is a battle...
‘300’ Australian Review
[i]Decapitations? Naked women? Killer special effects? Sign us up.[/i] Australia, March 21, 2007 - After years of dodging film adaptations of his work, Frank Miller appears to have opened the floodgates, and to great effect. '300', the screen adaptation of Frank...
300 The Movie Reviewed (blog)
Spartans, what is your profession? (King Leonidas to his retinue) -Ahuou (300 Spartans scream together) -You see old friend, I brought more soldiers than you did. King Leonidas to a Greek general, complaining of the lack of Spartan soldiers. This movie is based upon a...
Movies – More Than the Sum of Their Previews? (blog)
I love movie trailers. In fact, sometimes I love the movie trailers more than the movies themselves. It just hit me the other day that there must be something terribly wrong with this recurring phenomenon. Lately, it seems to me that movie makers are pouring all their...
Never Retreat, Never Surrender
They’ve got arms and abs of steel. They live for combat, laugh at death, and hope only for victory, or a "glorious death" in service of King and country. 300, directed by Zach Snyder and based on the comic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City), follows the ferocious...
Defending civilization can be messy
[i]Thanks to Queen Jean for submitting the article![/i] For the defensive war they waged to be deemed righteous, the Spartans circa 480 B.C. would have had to adhere to the American Bill of Rights. The Spartans who fought at Thermopylae were Greek heroes and ours as...
Say Anything BlogFact or Fiction? 300 Gets the Big Ideas Right!
Victor Davis Hanson, historian, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution has this take on 300 Crowds are flocking to see the film 300 about the ancient Spartans’ last stand at the pass at Thermopylae against an invading Persian army. Yet many critics, in panning 300,...
Say Anything BlogFact or Fiction? 300 Gets the Big Ideas Right!
Victor Davis Hanson, historian, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution has this take on 300 Crowds are flocking to see the film 300 about the ancient Spartans’ last stand at the pass at Thermopylae against an invading Persian army. Yet many critics, in panning 300,...
Remake the Snake? Kurt Russell’s take.
For Kurt Russell, there's only one true ''Escape From New York'' Plissken -- and it isn't the Scottish guy that's been cast in the remake KURT REPLY ''People come up to me and say, 'You played Snake Plissken.' I didn't play Snake Plissken,'' says Russell, ''I created...