"300" opens tomorrow....weeee excitement. One of favorite movies from childhood was "The 300 Spartans", so it's really cool to have a new version of it finally made. Trailers look great.. I hope it's good.
http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/

I luv these kinds of movies... sorta historical action drama flick
Infact last one I was excited about was "King Arthur" and "Kingdom of Heaven" which was awhile back.

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Anyone else catch that show about the battle of Thermopylae on the HistoryChannel? Good stuff.

heres an interesting bit I didn't know:Male warriors who die in battle and females who die during childbirth are the only Spartans given grave markers with names on it.

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It looks really cool, but it is getting really bad reviews. Most of them complaining about how absurdly homoerotic it is.

I might see it. I liked Sin City, and the commercials look cool.

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The Spartan society is absurdly homoerotic?? Ohmygosh whatever gave the film makers that idea


Whatever the case my be, I just hope they stick to mostly battles and not too much of the talking stuff. 'Alexander' was an incredibly chatty snooze fest topped off with showing whats his name's butt one too many times made it unbearable for me.. big disapointment that movie.

That and the goofyass helmet Alexander wore



They looked very cool.. I just hope it works because I have a hard time getting into these new fangled full CG movies.

One thing I do have an issue with is the Hoplite warriors not wear chest armor in this movie. They were Heavy Infantry, which gave them great advantage against the persian Light Infantry.

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The reviewers hated Ghost Rider too. - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghos.../showtimes.php -

I have no idea. I am not a huge history buff, so maybe you can tell me: Did Spartan society really look like a gay porno? heh heh

From what the reviewers are saying, the talking stuff is definitely the movie's weak point.

This is definitely a fantasy movie, not a documentary. So I wouldnt bank on seeing too much historical accuracy.

The bullet-speed combat sequences do look really cool though.

Here's a review of it - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/ - Not great, but not awful. They gave it a 62...Ghost Rider got a 26.

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after the rating they gave borat, i don't take rottentomatoes seriously anymore.

300 is going to kick ass. there's just no way it can't. the visuals alone are what i'm paying 10 bucks for. i'm pretty sure anyone who goes in wanting to see it will not be disappointed.

I'm leaving to go see this right now. I have the tickets and everything.

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Cool, let us know how it goes, Ivan. Although I'm already pretty sure the '300' will get the youngens all gungho to do battle with the persia err Iranians.



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ick.. I dunno about that. But from what I've read about ancient sparta, it's a pretty alien society compared to the norms of the present.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_pederasty
Sparta was, above all, a militarist state, and emphasis on military fitness began virtually at birth. Shortly after birth, the mother of the child bathed it in wine to see whether the child was strong. If the child survived it was brought before the elders of the tribe by the child's father. The elders then decided whether it was to be reared or not. If found defective or weak, the baby was left on the wild slopes of Mt Taygetos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta

After that the boys are sent to live with the older males to start military training at age 7... only at age 30 are they allowed to live with a wife.


The whole ancient Greek society seemed kinda ummm, gay. Take this for instance:

The Sacred Band of Thebes was a troop of picked soldiers, numbering 150 pederastic couples, which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. ...The reasoning behind the Sacred Band was that lovers would fight more fiercely and more cohesively at each other's sides than would strangers with no ardent bonds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes



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lol.. "a comic book version of Gladiator". Heheh sounds like stoopid fun. I'm going to see it next week.. just need to turn off some braincells so the cliched lines don't make me cringe

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That was AWESOME! (*)(*)(*)(*) I wanna go see it again! Hell, right about now I feel like kickin' some Persian ass myself.

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