300 *spoilers*
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AJUK said:I am not sure about that, almost every Greek statue and later Roman ones showed idealistic male images (Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Discobolus, Poseidon and the Elgin Marbles as examples). Perhaps normal men didn't have six packs, much like today, but as with all legends the participants are elevated to near god like status. As stated in the story, Spartans were supposed to be descended from Hercules himself - they would have to have six packs, a gut from too much wine and whenching wouldn't have the same impact.
What strange reading material for a teenage boy!
A six pack isn't down to large muscle mass though, it's down to low body fat, so six packs in the greek times were probably common.
Loving the "Extreme muscular development" caption, it's funny how things change.
Phate said:
Just smacked of how can we end this film really quickly without any sort of thought. If so many walked away, they cant have been that surrounded, whats the point of waiting till you are to die for glory. Pah, who wrote this.
And the character plot of that guy and his son, i could have told you that was coming instantly. Not to mention the, oh sending the freak away, im sure thats not going to somehow play in your demise.
please!Im 50/50 at the moment on if this was any good. Credit goes out to the filmography and the way it created, but if i wrote this i would hang my head in shame.
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were we watching the same film? the only ones i remember were the leaders wife's.Scam said:There was a surprising amount of lady-boobs
ChroniC said:
Its Spartan culture
ChroniC said:And the character plot of that guy and his son, i could have told you that was coming instantly. Not to mention the, oh sending the freak away, im sure thats not going to somehow play in your demise.
Although I do agree that the plot was a little weak, yet the whole story was about the battle of Thermopylae and anyone who knew about it beforehand would have seen those things coming! Like many here have said, its a blokes film that centres around the fight scenes and not an "epic" on the scale of Lord of the Rings (which many people ive spoken to were expecting!).
As its a blokes film it doesnt really want you to think, youre just supposed to sit back and watch the Spartans fight, be inspired and love the cinematography.
amazing film, thoroughly enjoyed.
The only thing I can criticise is that even though there's loads of blood flying out of the persians, if you look at the ground, there's actually none on the floor what so ever even though its pouring out of the bad guys.
The only thing I can criticise is that even though there's loads of blood flying out of the persians, if you look at the ground, there's actually none on the floor what so ever even though its pouring out of the bad guys.
Phalanx said:
I noticed that, like he slashed a guy across the throat and there was no wound there! Although I then saw a leg come flying across the screen and that caught my attention
The blood didnt quite look real, to much textured like water, sort of spoiled it but at the same time gave it Frank Miller style. Still IMO a superb film.
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yeah that bugged me too. it looked as though it was magnified. hard to explain, but suffice to say it just didn't look right.Benny06 said:
top movie nonetheless though.
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I watched the 1962 version earlier today and didn't think much of that so I haven't got very high hopes for the new version. I think I'll probably find myself agreeing with tom_nieto and Nitefly after watching it next week.
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Scam said:The Oracle too?
And it also appeared to be very cold in Greece... The phrase, "chapel hat pegs" springs to mind...
mks2005 said:
I have to agree. After watching the trailer I was expecting something to rival Troy with the special effects of LOTR. It looked to fake almost like a video game.
I don't think the actors where much good either, I just couldn't get involved with the characters.
It was an okay film, just back from watching it now.
My friends didnt really like it though, one of them said he would have rather gone and watched sandra bullock!
My favourite bits were when the arcadians were asked their professions and then the spartans went HOOOOOO in their war chant voice. And the other is when they actually used tactics near the beginning of the way with the shields.
The film could have been about 200 times better though if half the slow motion was not slow motion and then they used the gained time to implement more instances of the tactical side of war. The film was otherwise a massive massacre of individual skill, mixed in with various forms of monsters. There was too much slow motion and that really made the cgi blood look awful.
Its a shame really as the trailer looked amazing, but overall, an okay film that for me was a dissappointment!
My friends didnt really like it though, one of them said he would have rather gone and watched sandra bullock!
My favourite bits were when the arcadians were asked their professions and then the spartans went HOOOOOO in their war chant voice. And the other is when they actually used tactics near the beginning of the way with the shields.
The film could have been about 200 times better though if half the slow motion was not slow motion and then they used the gained time to implement more instances of the tactical side of war. The film was otherwise a massive massacre of individual skill, mixed in with various forms of monsters. There was too much slow motion and that really made the cgi blood look awful.
Its a shame really as the trailer looked amazing, but overall, an okay film that for me was a dissappointment!