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Anyone gonna see this? It looks amazing.
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Probably not in the theatre, but I do want to see it. :-k




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This is probably the most anticipated movie right now at the film school I'm attending. The visuals look awsome, but I probably won't go see it.
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I'll see it depending on sexual content. The battles and everything look amazing.
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I have the graphic novel, my dad got it from work for free. I never really payed any attention to it and forgot I had it. Recently I've been interested in the movie and remembered that I had it, so I dug it up and read it, WOW. The movie is going to be great.
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No.

And here is why.

Judging from the look of the movie on the trailer, which I conceed is not a fair evaluation for any movie, I have a theory on how the movie will progress.

1. Sex.
2. Violence.
3. A speach.
4. Sex.
5. More violence.
6. The end.

I don't feel like watching that... at all.

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It's a direct translation of the graphic novel which contained no sex, but some nudity.

The movie will progress like this. (SPOILERS, highlight to read)

1. Marching
2. Camp fires, stories
3. Back at sparta, brief in-bed scene between king and queen, kicking dude down a well
4. Military tactics
5. Woah, crashing ships.
6. Make a wall!! Of BODIES!!
7. Combat
8. Combat
9. Combat
10. Combat
11. Combat
12. Brief character introduction
13. Wound healings and characters leaving
14. Combat
15. Combat
16. Combat
17. Combat
18. Wrap up the combat
19. Camp fire stories telling of the combat that happened in more then half of the movie

oh and of course during some of this combat there is a subplot of a hunchback attempting to kill himself and then joining the evil Persians, being per swayed by fine women and shiny golden sparkling tassels.

sounds like a recipe for success!!

Oh and of course, for you "oh noez the deval will taek my sole if i wathc this mofie" people, here's what to expect content wise (don't take my word for this though)

Violence. Holy poop, violence. Heads flying, limbs flying, spears impaling, guys falling off of cliffs, much of this is slow-motion and it takes up about half the movie. But it's REALLY REALLY COOL VIOLENCE. \:D/

And nudity. There will be plenty of dudes giving the screen a butt picnic. As well as some naked women as well (or at least women wearing transparent clothing.... this is sparta after all) And, a brief (married) post-sex scene that probably contains no nudity.
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If the sex is easily avoidable and short (like just turn away/close your eyes for a few seconds) I'll go see it.
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Read my edit, I typed more about the sex stuff. And I doubt that you're going to need to close your eyes when there's a naked chick, as opposed to seeing someone's head sliced off in slow motion, complete with realistic bloody results flying all over the place.
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It to me looks overly stylized, like Sin City or something. But any movie with naked guys killing each other has to be great!!! \:D/

But seriously, I haven't looked into this but I know V for Vendetta (by the same author as 300) was HORRIBLY chopped up and changed when it was made into a movie... so much so that he didn't allow his name attached to the film. Hopefully 300 will be closer to the original story...

Though for anyone who cares, the graphic novel is based on a TRUE historical event! \:D/

But yeah I may rent this or see it at the dollar theater... I honestly am just not that excited about it for some reason and have other movies I'd rather spend money on seeing in theaters... :boohoo:
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At wikipedia it says "It is a direct, frame-for-frame conversion from the graphic novel."

I have the graphic novel, and from what I've seen in the trailers, every single shot is a DIRECT shot straight from the graphic novel.

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xiao wrote:I doubt that you're going to need to close your eyes when there's a naked chick, as opposed to seeing someone's head sliced off in slow motion, complete with realistic bloody results flying all over the place.
That all depends on what's causing you to sin. I don't mean to get off topic, just had to reply.
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I liked Kingdom Of Heaven so 300 should be cool.
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I thought it looked REALLY good
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IGN reviewed it. Gave it a perfect 5/5!!

“Combining old-school mythmaking with ultramodern technique, Snyder has crafted a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that is unlike any movie audiences have seen, and in so doing he may have sealed his own fate as a possible redeemer of modern moviemaking.”

http://movies.ign.com/articles/763/763580p1.html
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Holy carp, this movie is awesome.
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I probably won't see it... Maybe on DVD where you can fast forward a few scenes.. But then that might kill the plot, so I probably won't see it. :p
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It does contain nudity, so if you're like me and don't want to see it I can say it is easily avoidable. There are three parts and all of them are pretty mucha give away when it's about to happen. The benefit of the rest of the movie without that stuff is absolutely amazing, very stylized and well done.
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I will never see it and that is a promise! Forever!
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StupendousMan wrote:It does contain nudity, so if you're like me and don't want to see it I can say it is easily avoidable. There are three parts and all of them are pretty mucha give away when it's about to happen. The benefit of the rest of the movie without that stuff is absolutely amazing, very stylized and well done.
Yeah.. I'll probably get it on DVD...
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