300

300 has to be the greatest movie i have seen in a really long time and it has made me realize that i do not eat enough red meat everyone needs to see this movie

Can't wait till I get the chance. And I dare not to see that movie with a woman in my entourage.

Saw it this morning. Visually stunning, very amazing!!! Something I will purchase to watch on a nice Hidef television. A true guy movie through and through. I enjoyed it.

I'm going to see it soon. I can't wait to see it. Looks badass.

saw it on friday, awesome movie but it reminded me why i never see movies on opening day. i loved it, everything about it was great, except that the theatre i was at cut off in the last 3 minutes during the intense speach, then after 10-15 minutes we got to see the last 3 minutes of the movie lol.

I'm going to see it tonight. Can't wait!

I just got back from the movie and it was AWESOME! Not a letdown at all. It kicked freakin ass! I highly recommend it to anyone who even considered seeing it.

Holy cow $70,025,000 weekend box office....:thumbsup:

The biggest recorded opening for March
The Third biggest opening ever for an R rated movie (behind Matrix and Passion)
and the biggest opening IMAX movie ever

Warner Brothers is sitting pretty right now lol

Saw it and didn't love it sadly. I know the story of Thermopalye (or however its spelled) and it stayed fairly close to it, but the problem with that story is that not much happened but one solid stand against the entire Persian army. Excellent act 2/3 for a movie, but not really a 3 act story arc you need to make a movie. The visuals stand on their own merit and the action sequences were of course teh shizz, but as an entire movie package, the storyline fell short imo.

Still a great job by Frank Miller on a benchmark in filmaking, but Sin City was way ahead of 300 as far as storyline is concerned. I'm sure the graphic novel does well by it though

this movie was teh secks. i will be buying it. the ONLY other movies i have actually bought are LotR trilogy, Orig. Star Wars trilogy, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Saw it and didn't love it sadly. I know the story of Thermopalye (or however its spelled) and it stayed fairly close to it, but the problem with that story is that not much happened but one solid stand against the entire Persian army. Excellent act 2/3 for a movie, but not really a 3 act story arc you need to make a movie. The visuals stand on their own merit and the action sequences were of course teh shizz, but as an entire movie package, the storyline fell short imo.

Still a great job by Frank Miller on a benchmark in filmaking, but Sin City was way ahead of 300 as far as storyline is concerned. I'm sure the graphic novel does well by it though

I agree that there wasn't much of a 'story line' behind it. But if you know your history, you don't need much a story to appreciate the movie. It took an single event in the timeline of history, and exploded it to the point where people can actually admire what the Spartans did and what happened.

IMO this movie lived up to the hype surrounding it. Once I got out of the theatre i wanted three things 1) A spear 2) a shield 3) abs like them. somethings were a little wack, like that dude with saws for arms, or the goat thing. but those aside, i really enjoyed it.

Yeah, the movie was based off a comic, and that's why there were some of those weird things in there. Regardless, still badass.

somethings were a little wack, like that dude with saws for arms, or the goat thing. but those aside, i really enjoyed it.


That is actually one thing that I really liked about the movie. See the movie wasnt a historical description of the events that took place. Instead it was more of the story being told by the guy with one eye (cant remember his name). You have to imagine it through the eyes of someone listening to the story. For example if I were telling a great epic story and I mentioned a horribly disfigured human you might imagine something like the creature in the movie....when in fact the person was only as horrid as janet reno.....which may be more horrible but thats another topic all together.

i agree that there wasn't a whole lot happening in terms of storyline, but i didn't really go in expecting a story to rival lord of the rings or any other movie. I went in to that movie expecting to see a bigass war between millions of persians against a few hundred spartans, maybe a bit of story to go with it, but the movie performed to my expectation and exceeded it in many ways. i was expecting spectacular fight scenes, lots of blood, maybe some dismemberment or beheadings thrown in, and i got that... and more.

That is actually one thing that I really liked about the movie. See the movie wasnt a historical description of the events that took place. Instead it was more of the story being told by the guy with one eye (cant remember his name). You have to imagine it through the eyes of someone listening to the story. For example if I were telling a great epic story and I mentioned a horribly disfigured human you might imagine something like the creature in the movie....when in fact the person was only as horrid as janet reno.....which may be more horrible but thats another topic all together.

good point and i understand that. it just sort of caught me off guard.

on a side note, i read somewhere that all the blood in the movie was all CGI

good point and i understand that. it just sort of caught me off guard.

on a side note, i read somewhere that all the blood in the movie was all CGI

i also heard that.. nevertheless this movie was the fucking balls.

I'm not at all suprised that all the blood was cgi. I wouldn't be suprised if they said that entire movie was cgi... how many guys you know with abs like that?

lol yea, i heard something like 80% of it was cgi

Haha... cgi ftw!

I'm going to try to catch 300 soon. I'm moving so I have no spare time. Sucks.

O/T - why is it that everybody has a pickup truck but when you need to use one they're all fucked up somehow?

cgi blood?
and there i was hoping they'd use gallons of the real stuff this time.

I'm not at all suprised that all the blood was cgi. I wouldn't be suprised if they said that entire movie was cgi... how many guys you know with abs like that?

I heard they (actors) had a few months of tough training to get in shape for the movie. Not saying that some of it wasn't "Hollywood", but they shouldn't lose any credit for their hard work. (Not that you were trying to take away from them.)

I'm not at all suprised that all the blood was cgi. I wouldn't be suprised if they said that entire movie was cgi... how many guys you know with abs like that?

you're tellin me you don't have abs like that? i'm shocked. i know myself i don't have a six pack, i got a keg...if you catch my drift

I asked how many guys you know with abs like that. The answer is 1... me :sunglasse

i heard will smith had to gain something like 30-40lbs to play in Ali. it all really makes sense, these people are supposed to be almost superhuman, they should look the part. if that means the producers have to get them trainers, supplements, etc. then they'll do it.

Well shit, if you were going to get paid millions to play a character who is suppose to be fit, and have someone else pick up the tab on all the personal training and supplements and stuff, wouldn't you take it? Shit, I could go for a free personal trainer right now. I need to get back into shape hardcore this spring. Already starting to get my 6-pack back though. Just need to start cutting the fat in the midsection and strengthen my core.

I'm gonn start going to the gym with a spear in my hand and see if that makes a difference

I'm gonn start going to the gym with a spear in my hand and see if that makes a difference



BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :rofl:

I'm gonn start going to the gym with a spear in my hand and see if that makes a difference

Don't forget a huge-ass shield. :icon16:

I considered a shield but I figure with abs like that... why would i need a shield?

Well, they've said that it would be historically inaccurate on most parts - for example, they changed the weaponry because the original ones used didn't look cool enough for the audiences today.

Besides the whole historical aspect, it was damn entertaining. Made me want to go get a red cape and leather underwear.

^^haha. I finally got to see it this weekend. I agree it that it was entertaining. The visual effects were rediculously awesome. The storyline was pretty simple but still had the necessary elements to move the plot along at a nice pace. I read some comments on imdb I think about the actors with their English accents. I really didn't find that to be a problem.