300 Morons
I really tried to come up with a sharp and snappy analysis of Zack Snyder's film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 300. But I just can't. It's just that the movie is so... dumb. It's just not worth it.
I will say this: the aesthetics of the film are interesting. All that super slomo and the stylized colors are sort of neat. Also, there's, like, one location shot in the film (says IMDb), the rest is all blue/green screen. It would be interesting to spend a day at a set of such a movie. 300 blokes in Speedos prancing around in front of a giant blue screen, pretending to heroically fight off the non-existent hordes of invading Persians...
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I also read that they basically used one piece of rock for all the interaction between actors and rock. From different perspectives it was steep for climbing, round for running over etc. There is a clip online somewhere.
@Schrumpfkopf:
Well, that only goes to show that you have to have a really good imagination as an actor in the 21st century...
@GayBlogger:
Oh, I'm not saying you can't like a movie like that. If you're into "perfectly shaped" half-naked men in tight thongs--knock yourself out!
That´s it. The Brotherhood revokes your membership: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/21
@bluesblogger
"looks like someone is acting a little homophobic here..."
Yep, and judging from your first post, that must be you, right? Right?
Seriously, though, 300 is what happens when Riefenstahl's fascist propaganda of the perfect body crashed headlong into a collection of gay porn videos. Sure, it looks cool, but any film celebrating a fascist society which prides itself on its use of Eugenics (killing undesired or undesirable children) as the defenders of freedom has some serious, serious issues.
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