As you may have guessed from the title, Hublet and I finally made it to see (The) 300 in theatres this weekend. I loved it.
Manly men kicking ass in capes and underpants - check!
Limbs--Both Attached and Not! Flying! Through the air! - check!
Sweeping declarations of every single intention, delivered by bellowing men with the gravitas of Hamlet! - check!
Random crazy freakshow villains that seem to have wandered out of Lord of the Rings by accident - check!
And on a related note - seamless CGI! - check!
If nothing else, that movie was a visual treat. And not just because every single actor in the film appears to have done nothing but work out for 2 years prior to filming.
Cannons to the left of them, cannons to the right of them, into the valley of death rode the three hundred
Chicks who kick ass without seeming out of place for their time! - Check!
Pissing off all the right overly-earnest, snobbish, and delusional people! - Check! Made me pay to see it twice!
Posted by: Emily at April 10, 2007 11:28 AMDefinitely. The Queen of Sparta is my new hero(ine)!
Posted by: BAW at April 10, 2007 11:40 AMThat movie was a hoot. I could have sworn I saw the Emperor from Star Wars and Gollum in there.
I think the hunchback Gollum-like person made out like a bandit. He leaks to the Persians the back path, and in return gets hot chicks who like to kiss each other (and him) plus a cool dunce-like battle cap. A true fashion statement.
I was actually rooting for the villians the whole time, liking their attitude and fight outfits better. The Greeks looked a little too pumped and should have had a leaner Bruce Lee type of build. They all looked like bodybuilders during the off season, with one twinkie too much.
Posted by: Finn at April 11, 2007 02:41 AM