2006 Directed by Zack Snyder
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Gerard Butler Lena Headey Dominic West David Wenham Vincent Regan Michael Fassbender Tom Wisdom Stephen McHattie Andrew Tiernan Andrew Pleavin Rodrigo Santoro Giovani Cimmino Tyler Neitzel Eli Snyder Tim Connolly Marie-Julie Rivest Peter Mensah Arthur Holden Michael Sinelnikoff Kelly Craig Greg Kramer Alex Ivanovici Tom Rack David Francis James Bradford Sebastian St. Germain John Dunn-Hill Dennis St John Neil Napier Show All…
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THIS IS SPARTA!!!!
Well, no, it isn't. Let me try this.
*clears throat* *deep intake of breath*
'THIS IS A 117 MINUTES OF HOMOEROTIC VISUAL FLUFF IN SLOW MOTION WITH CGI SIXPACKS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HISTORY WHATSOEVER. THEY WEAR TINY LEATHER PANTS AND CAPES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!'
Yup, much better.
And yes, you can 'like' a 2 1/2 star film.
I feel a little bit ridiculous watching and enjoying this movie, like I'm a little boy seeing something naughty on late night telly, hoping that my mum won't walk in and embarrass me.
It's all so exaggerated and pompous you have to hand it to Snack Zider for pulling it off. I think anyone that doesn't enjoy the 300 on some level is either lying to themselves, lying to others or is just a little dead inside. My advice...embrace your inner child, cut your fruit into small chucks , boogie to the wiggles, snuggle a teddy bear and purchase 300 on Blu-Ray.
To totally ruin a beautiful quote from holly horror who stole it from LB-user BodyBoy, in reference to…
an eerily convincing formal attempt at making fascism is cool as hell. still unsure how much of this is supposed to be intentional (snyder's use of imagery + mythmaking is too good to ignore) vs. a peek into a terrifying subconscious (certain online users that use this as an ethnostate model don't make it easy to go to bat for) but it is truly something to behold regardless. love the gay persian sex party—it's like the "this is the future liberals want" meme but unironic.
The only part of this I liked was when the coins fell out of the guy’s pocket and everybody shouted “traitor!” and I thought they were shouting “treasure!”
My dude-bro marathon is complete!
... wait... what do you mean there's two new Zack Snyder projects coming out in the next two months...!?
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where's the Trojans?
In which Zack Snyder finds his calling.
Could be read as fascist propaganda, but like, so could Iron Man, and that's much less abstract in its parallels to the real world. Plus Snyder loves the masculine form so goddamn much that this turns into the most homoerotic comic book movie since Batman & Robin!!
Not that I want to completely overlook the hate (Miller's original intent is obviously still there) but it's framed in such a way that it's easier for me to appreciate for what it is. Our main plot is quite literally a myth within the film itself, and Leonidas exposes contradictions left and right with his incoherent ideology and utterly ridiculous presence.
Consequently, it's hard for me to take serious, and very easy for me to enjoy.
Zack Snyder’s 300 is a true epic. This 2006 “historical” action film based on the 1998 comic series by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley was a joy to rewatch after so many years. Whilst it may not hold up like it once used to and may not be 100% historically accurate it does follow the army of 300 Spartan Soldiers, lead by King Leonidas, as they go into battle against the invading Persian army during the Battle of Thermopylae in the midst of the Persian-Greco War.
Films like 300, Gladiator and Troy really work wonders for me. Whilst the latter may not have set the world alight, 300 and Gladiator are arguably some of the best historical epics ever put…
300
“People who succeed at the highest level aren’t lucky; they’re doing something differently than everyone else.”
Tony Robbins
Zack Snyder did his undergraduate studying painting at the Heatherly School of Fine Art in England and the Art College of Design in California. In the 90s, he started out in film by working as a director and cinematographer on music videos and commercials for companies like Nike, Budweiser and BMW. He was given the Dawn of the Dead remake as his first feature film and after making that a box office hit, he was given the chance to make his second feature in 2004. Snyder’s second feature film, 300, had a huge cultural influence at the time and even inspired…
I have to say that I much prefer a movie that's earnest about its fascism to the ways that it's often nervously and secretly smuggled in. Snyder's operating without a trace of irony here, he loves comic books and intuitively understand the aesthetics of a splash page if not their mechanical function. This movie is money shot after money shot of near-nude men and it feels like being jerked raw by the hottest hunk in the world who has no idea he's gay. What if Paul Schrader had directed this. He would totally make it about the tension traditional modes of masculinity have with their own latent homosexuality.
The Journey to Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
300.
"What should a free man do?"
This feels like the film where Zack got show what all his aesthetics are. This has everything you want in a Zack Snyder film. Slow motion. Stylized violence. An epic soundtrack. A unique color gradient throughout. Heroes who are fighting for something greater than themselves. An evil tyrant. And memorable images. That’s something that people have to admit, he always creates memorable images that people will talk about years to come.
Generally speaking, this is actually a really good movie. My 12-year-old self loved it, and my 21-year-old self still loves it.
You can watch it as a straightforward action film, and it holds up to…
I'm confused. Is this a movie to make you feel like a man or a movie to make you question your sexuality?
Ofrece un entretenimiento genial durante casi dos horas. Visualmente es alucinante, nunca he visto (ni creo que vea) algo igual, aunque entiendo que el estilo es demasiado especial (Watchmen ya era visualmente comiquera pero 300 es ya otro nivel). Es cierto que el CGI se nota en cada poro de la peli (y no digo que sea malo, forma parte del estilo) pero si consigues entrar en el mundo que Snyder propone, narrativa y visualmente (no solo a nivel de fotografía es especial, también en el uso de la cámara lenta...), será una experiencia maravillosa.
Gerard Butler como Leónidas está espléndido y Lena Headey como la reina Gorgo también. Rodrigo Santoro como Jerjes también mola mucho.
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