Moobies
Literary, Watched March 14th, 2007I can’t wait till 300 is out in Australia! Gah, we have to wait till 5th April till it premieres here. -_- Anyway, I’ve been hearing mixed opinions (already generated a healthy dose of fandom wankery!) but still I’m terribly excited. While the people-eyecandy (both the men and the women in the movie) is formidable, I’m basically all excited over the action sequences. Come on, they openly admitted that they weren’t going for historical accuracy in fight scenes (though that’s forgivable, as the movie is based off the comic book rather than the historical event) but were DELIBERATELY aiming for the fights to look AWESOME. Given how enjoyable Sin City was (both on a story level and visuals) I have high hopes for 300.
Given this fangirly excitement and the heavy tiredness I’m feeling, I can’t help but be irritated by this review on the movie. In particular, where the reviewer said,
“Snyder created the movie on computers a la “Sin City” and the stylized action, set to crunching guitar riffs, feels suffocating in its artificiality.”
Since I haven’t seen the movie, I can grant that the movie might very well have big holes in the plot and/or character development. But still… WHAT? Suffocating in its artificiality?? HOW POMPOUS CAN A PERSON SOUND!? Does ANYBODY, EVER sit watching a movie while restlessly fretting that they feel SUFFOCATED by a movie they find SHALLOW? Believe me, I’ve watched shallow movies before (that includes Epic Movie and Get Rich or Die Tryin’) and the feeling is definitely not suffocation. It’s usually frustration, possibly anger, boredom, disbelief (at the incredible badness of it), disgusted etc etc… suffocation is not on the list. Heck, I don’t even know if they mean artificial to mean shallow… what do they mean artificial?! That it’s made with computer effects? That it’s heavily stylised because, I dunno, it’s based off a comic book? Are comic books suffocating? Is this reviewer just a wordy/malapropistic snob?
In other news, I watched American History X the other day. Mmm good movie, very very gritty. I’d say it has a bigger emotional impact than Crash but I haven’t seen the latter in a while. The latter movie plays out many interconnected stories while the former focuses on one… which nudged me to feel that the former has a “simpler” but more personal or at least more direct approach to the issue of racism. Both movies would be fun to study for English class… and I say this because I haven’t been in an English class in a long long time. *nostalgia*
And now it’s exactly 3am, I have to be awake for work in 5-6 hours so it’s time for bed.
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I’m rather fond of the braindead movie variety. In fact, the less I have to think about the plot and the storyline the better. Which could possibly be why action, comedy, and chick flicks are my favourite type of movie. xP
Trust me. After seeing 300, you will have no regrets whatsoever. If you liked Sin City, you will definitely be head over heels for 300.
I totally LOVED 300. Not just eye candy, either. Good story and acting. Incidentally, I actually saw Gerard Butler in person last year in the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival where he was promoting his flick at the time - “Beowulf and Grendel” (bit of a snoozer movie, slow-paced, JUST OK). Gerard Butler, in person, LOOKS HOT.
You already know what I think about 300. :P But by all means, go watch it! The battle sequences were really good. The Spartans’ battle strategy was played out real well. I gotta give props to that at least.
I hope I’ll be able to watch 300 this weekend. My companion still suffers trauma after watching Sin City some time ago. :D I never knew it was based on a comic book… the movie kinda reminds me of the PS2 game God of War.
I’ve seen it already, and I am not a fan. Probably because I went in thinking it was going to be something that it wasn’t — a historical moving epic. I had no idea it was, well, what everyone else seems to already know it is. If I had known in the first place, I wouldn’t have gone to watch it :-P There wasn’t much hype about it here, so I only knew the basic storyline.
300 was the greatest movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I’m serious. It’s fantastic - the movie actually does have a plot if you consider a battle a plot, but, really, that doesn’t matter. It has much to offer. And, like, people die. A lot. Oh my gosh.
And yes, that reviewer is a wordy/malapropistic snob. No doubts about that.
Watch this movie. You will like it.