300 (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of 300 (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Great fun, great action, good story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great action film, very good visuals and some superb violence.
Strongly recommended.
Movie Review: Sucks
Summary: 1 Stars
Man was I disappointed after purchasing this. A friend of mine talked me into watching this movie and since supposedly its visually stunning I decided to get it on BlurRay. Well, that was a big mistake. First of if you read the back of the cover it states that only portion of the movie is in High Definition - Translation I think there were only a hand full of scenes in HD the most of the movie was shot in standard definition. Second of all the movie it self SUCKS big time. Very simple, basic right down dumb story line. You can accurately predict the whole movie along with the ending after the first 10 minutes of it. The movie has absolutely no historical or mythological values what so ever (like The Gladiator or Troy for example). And from the beginning to an end it's filled with bloodshed which gets old after the first 15 minutes of the movie.
Over all I must say stay away from this movie BR or DVD.
Movie Review: This is Sparta?
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was visualy amazing. Charactors and the sound track drew you in.
The downfall was it heavily reminded me of the "Lord of the Rings" movies and "The Chronicles of Narnia" movie during the CGI fight scenes. I had this feeling of "I've scene this before". 300 had a new slow motion visual added to the fights which was interesting. 300 was also more violent. (loping off legs etc.)
Some of the dark sceens appeared "grainy" on my plasma. I was disapointed in the video transfer.
Over all it was a great movie with high impact action
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Summary: 1 Stars
Dear Sirs,
Question!
How can I adequately review a product that I ordered but never recieved?
Rodney Kase Tyrone
10-6-2008
Movie Review: Beautiful violence
Summary: 4 Stars
I am not a lover of mindless or unnecessary violence but violence even worse than what is depicted in the movie actually did take place in history. War was a very gory thing in the past, a time when they did not have guns, bullets and cannons. War was more painful and bloody. Death wasn't instantaneous either.
The most important thing to remember is that 300 is based more on Frank Miller's novel than historical facts.
Using Special FX and computer graphics 300 shows warfare beautifully and in surreal colour tones. Watching a movie as this one wonders whether in reality the battles were so perfect. The action is gory.
However the bravery of Leonidas and his men cannot be forgotten. But what the movie does not mention is the fact that some 700 Thespians also laid down their lives after pledging their alliance to Leonidas. Some others Helots and Thebans also died for Leonidas although a good number of Thebans deserted him and defected to Xerses in the final moments of the battle.
Another important aspect that most war movies tend to miss and one aspect that cannot be avoided in a movie as this is supplies. In most war movies the audience is supposed to assume how food and supplies reached the soldiers, where they bathed (of course where/how they eased themselves cannot obviously be shown). Where were the 300 getting their food from? Are we to believe that Spartans in those times could do without food for days? That would have been ridiculous. In one scene Leonidas is shown eating an apple while his men are finishing off the wounded and the dying. But in all the shots of all his men there is no such scene as to where their food is coming from. An elaborate scene is not what is expected but certainly without food where did they get their energy
from. In more than one scene the entire lot or most of them are shown just with their armour, 6 packs, spears and swords.
In History one of the bravest stand off's took place when the Mughals were trying to capture the brave Banda Bahadur. When nothing worked for months, the enemies blocked and destroyed the supplies. The starving Sikhs killed their horses and ate them and finally when no food was available they surrendered and got killed. So cutting of supplies IS a major move in warfare.
One more thing that movies of the past aren't good at showing is this. In hand to hand sword or lance combat is it very possible to kill a man with just one stroke? Most of the war movies show it that way. Probably dispatching an enemy in one stroke was the quickest thing but that ain't the truth. Bear in mind that even a vanquished enemy soldier was made a fighter, to fight unto the death. So many a time more than one stroke of the spear, sword or dagger is needed to kill a soldier although the movie claims that the fighting-loving Spartans were the best of fighters or killers able to dispatch enemies with almost fatal single blows.
Leonidas's wife giving in to the advances of Theron and finally the confrontation with him in the Senate could have been avoided. The historically inaccurate Xerxes was also a let down adding unwanted glamour to the brave story.
Gerard Butler as Leonidas did a splendid job though.
Some other last stands are noteworthy to be mentioned. Perhaps the biggest in history is when it comes to the ratio of soldier vs the adversary (1:476) was the Battle of Saragarhi where just 21 Sikh soldiers, of the 36'th Sikh Regiment, then part of the British Indian Army, fought off 10,000 Afghans. All of the 21 soldiers got killed and were awarded the Victoria Cross posthomously.