Apparently the cast spent 2 or 3 months in a Montreal studio in front of blue and green screens and without context must have reacted like simple-minded people do when speaking to the hearing-impaired - they shout and gesticulate broadly. Sad really, because properly-used CGI is a valuable tool in support of the prospective story, but a lame substitute if there is nothing on which to hang the action.
Considering that about 9 years ago novelist / screenwriter Steven (The Legend of Bagger Vance) Pressfield wrote an impressive, literary account of the Spartans and the battle in the novel Gates of Fire, which I have been hoping would be done as a more-than-worthy follow-up to the original film, this dully-shot, loudly-shouted, characterless vanity-piece comic is a pale, unhappy experience by comparison. Read a book! What a thing to say to a movie crowd. Craig, Vancouver ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirby McDaniel To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] I Saw 300 Last Night Sounds dreadful. Give me HELEN OF TROY. Or at least CLASH OF THE TITANS. Hell, I'd even settle for ALONE AGAINST ROME. I'll just stay home and watch ROME on HBO. In HD. and HIFI. Kirby On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Craig Miller wrote: > At 03:45 PM 3/10/07 -0800, channinglylethomson wrote: >> It was a terrific night at the big Imax theatre. One thing >> crossed my >> mind -- celebrating Sparta is a little like toasting Nazi Germany. I >> hope the film inspires young viewers to learn about the reality of >> the >> times and some of the deeper meanings of the history involved. > > I saw 300 a few weeks ago, albeit not in Imax. It was pretty > amazing although, as drama goes, pretty poor. No one > speaks. Everything is shouted. There's pretty much no > characterization. And it's like a video game, except you > don't get to actually play. Half an hour of story set up > followed by level after level, oops, I mean wave after wave of > different enemies come marching toward our heroes who > fight them off. First one kind of soldier than another kind of > soldier than this kind of animal than that kind of behemoth > then that kind of animal. The only interesting parts -- other > than visually -- were the encounters between Leonidas, the > leader of the Spartans and Xerxes, leader of the Persians. > > It's visually stunning, well capturing the Frank Miller imagery > from the comic it's based on. The movie will do huge > business with the high school and college set. But it is > strictly a violent popcorn movie. > > (A friend said "two hours of homo-erotic action", which it > surely is.) > > Craig. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 28/04/06 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
