300

[thenimirra]

did anyone see that this weekend? If so, how was it but no spoilers please!

[Dave McDonald]

did anyone see that this weekend? If so, how was it but no spoilers please!


The persians did it...


:)

[Conrad]

It Was Awesome!

[Gunter]

all of the 300 dies,except 2.one killed himself later,and one was injured in the eye.
i am sure the movie missed those 2 details.:D

[thenimirra]

who wants to go see it with me?

[Leon Phelps]

all of the 300 dies,except 2.one killed himself later,and one was injured in the eye.
i am sure the movie missed those 2 details.:D

Not by much... they tell that part of the story fairly well. Dont expect a script and its much like Gladiator style fighting with a worse story line.

[thenimirra]

Courtney you went without me....damn it!

[Gunter]

Not by much... they tell that part of the story fairly well. Dont expect a script and its much like Gladiator style fighting with a worse story line.

well no shit!! LOL
it was actually 300 spartans,700 thespians,and a few others,but damn against 100,000 enemy?those guys had some bulls!(say the last one in a new york accent and you will have what i am meaning :P)

[SUPERGILDO43]

Godammit No Spoilers You Asshjoles!!!

[Tiffany]

Tried twice this weekend with the club...sold out at IMAX, sold out in the Springs.

[WhtJeep]

Awesome awesome. THe fight scenes are incredible.

[thenimirra]

If you go, then I want in....

[Blake Shepherd]

I want to see that...

[Tiffany]

We are going to IMAX this weekend...I think.

[Eryl Flynn]

I really don't like Frank Miller's cinematography and style, but despite that I liked it for the most part. Wasn't as excited as many of my friends though, if you liked Sin City you likely will enjoy 300.

[thenimirra]

I really don't like Frank Miller's cinematography and style, but despite that I liked it for the most part. Wasn't as excited as many of my friends though, if you liked Sin City you likely will enjoy 300.

I LOVED Sin City! One of my old roommies walked out of the room while I was watching it. I laughed my way through the whole movie...but as someone else previously posted...I am just that evil.

[satan]

... so some guy bowls a perfect game and it's shown in Imax! That oughta so be thrilling :flipoff2:

NOT an Excellent movie trailer for 300 bad parts are cut, but maight be slightly NSFW (http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/6431/Strip_Bowling) :rolleyes: bowling :rolleyes:

[Jake_Blues]

I definitely want to see it, but you are all down there in the Springs! If you all wanted to meet up in Denver or something, I'd go along ;) Otherwise I'll probably go find the nearest IMAX and hit it!

-E

[thenimirra]

well, lets set it up. Who in Denver hasn't seen it yet? Snotty? Did you see it?

[acejeeper]

I saw it this weekend and it was awesome. My buddy sent me this review of the movie and it basically sums it up for me....

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I just saw a movie that?ll give your eyes boners, make your balls scream and make you poop DVD copies of THE TRANSPORTER. It?s called 300. I don?t know what the title has to do with the movie, but they could?ve called it KITTENS MAKING CANDLES and it?d still rule.

It?s about these 300 Greek dudes who stomp the sugar-coated shit out of like a million other dudes. I have a feeling that a lot of high school sports coaches are going to show this film to their teams before they play. Also, gay dudes and divorced women are going to use screen captures for computer wallpaper.

The movie takes place about a million years ago, and it?s sort of like a prequel to SIN CITY. Except way less guns and cars but twice as much skull splitting. If you watch this movie and go into a Taco Bell, and say to the cashier, ?I need some extra sauce packets? guess what? You?re getting twenty sauce packets because your face will punch him in the brain.

I can?t spoil the plot because THANK GOD THERE ISN?T ONE. Just ass kicking that kicks ass that, while said ass is getting kicked, is kicking yet more ass that?s hitting someone?s balls with a hammer made of ice but the ice is frozen whiskey.

TWO COOL THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE AND ONE THING I DIDN?T LIKE:

COOL THING ONE:
HEAVY METAL DURING BATTLE SCENES

Who gives a shit if the music isn?t historically correct? LORD OF THE RINGS could?ve used some Journey. This movie has that chu-CHUNG kind of metal that you hear in your head when your shift supervisor at Wetzel?s Pretzel is telling you that you?ll have to stay for clean up and you wish you had a sock filled with quarters in your hand.

COOL THING TWO:
FOES, MINI-BOSSES AND A BIG BOSS

Basically, the Greek dudes are fighting these Persian dudes, but the director, who must have a dick made of three machine guns, does it all like a video game. The Greeks fight every death metal video from the last ten years. There?s wave after wave of giants, freaks, ninjas, mutants, wizards, and a hunchback who looks like he?s got Rosie O?Donnell on his back

Would I have been happy if Dom DeLuise from HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I had shown up? Maybe, but this movie more than makes up for that glaring oversight.

NOT SO GOOD THING:
DUDE NUDITY (?DUDE-ITY?)

These are Greek times, when there were a lot of naked women around. And there are some naked women in this film, but almost every naked woman scene has a muscular dude giving the screen an ass picnic. Dude-ity is something directors put in their movies so people will think they?re serious, I guess, and not just throwing in naked hotties.

Any directors reading this ? IT?S OKAY TO JUST THROW IN NAKED HOTTIES.

Can?t someone make a movie about naked Amazons and call it PAUSE BUTTON?

My final analysis is 300 the most ass-ruling movie I?ve seen this year, and will probably be the King of 2007 unless someone makes a movie where a pair of sentient boobs fights a werewolf.

[thenimirra]

I don't care who he is....that was just funny right there!

Hey, I'm all for dude nudity! I've seen my share of boobs this weekend and I still say: OVERRATED!

[Jake_Blues]

I just saw a movie that?ll give your eyes boners, make your balls scream and make you poop DVD copies of THE TRANSPORTER. It?s called 300. I don?t know what the title has to do with the movie, but they could?ve called it KITTENS MAKING CANDLES and it?d still rule.

That is positively the best movie review I have ever read. This man needs a Pulizter.

-E

[thenimirra]

well, from the sounds of that review, maybe we should leave the boys at home.

Come on lady wheelers...we should hit this movie up....

Can you say, "Eye Candy." That was one of the best things about Troy....seeing Eric Bana nearly naked....

[WhtJeep]

I really don't like Frank Miller's cinematography and style, but despite that I liked it for the most part. Wasn't as excited as many of my friends though, if you liked Sin City you likely will enjoy 300.

I think thats what sets it apart from other movies is how he does it. I thought it was one of the most beautiful looking films out there. Even with all the CG, it didnt look too fake like Star Wars did.

[thenimirra]

That is positively the best movie review I have ever read. This man needs a Pulizter.

-E


"I feel comfortable enough in my (relative lack of) masculinity to say that if I had to stand in the presence of these men for more than ten seconds, I?d spontaneously grow a pair of ovaries."

I just read that in a review on Rotten Tomatoes...

[Jake_Blues]

must have a dick made of three machine guns

It's poetry... Tears are coming to my eyes unbidden, my heart filled with child-like joy.

-E

[FirecrackerKTM]

It's poetry... Tears are coming to my eyes unbidden, my heart filled with child-like joy.

-E

Does male genitalia always affect you so profoundly? :tisk:

[Jake_Blues]

Does male genitalia always affect you so profoundly? :tisk:

Mine affect me constantly. Hell, they just about affect the tides; my loins nearly have their own gravitational field.

-E

[FirecrackerKTM]

Mine affect me constantly. Hell, they just about affect the tides; my loins nearly have their own gravitational field.

-E

I was more worried about you being so affected by OTHERS' genitalia.

[Jake_Blues]

I was more worried about you being so affected by OTHERS' genitalia.

Well, it was the magic of the author's description that I was referring to, but come to think of it, being forced to look at another man's package would probably make me cry, too.

-E

[Jeepindog]

...seeing Eric's Banana nearly naked....

What the hell?

[supremebeholder]

I saw it and I didn?t particularly care for it. It didn?t suck, but seeing it once was good enough for me.

The thing that bugged me was the way they chose to show the beasts and the mystics in the movie. I know it fits with the graphic novel style, but I didn?t really like it. They also took some liberty with the plot and it isn?t anywhere near historically accurate. That?s okay too. Ultimately, half the movie was fight scenes and that?s just too much for my tastes.

Was it me or was the picture grainy as hell? Maybe that's a product of the unique filming style that they used.

[starbreaker666]

Tried twice this weekend with the club...sold out at IMAX, sold out in the Springs.


x2 Went to town to take dad to the movies... SOLD OUT!

[Snotty]

Going to try and go this weekend if I can. As for spoilers, how in the heck do you spoil it? Its a movie based on an actual historical event. Watch the history channel and you get the whole thing.

[Jeepindog]

Going to try and go this weekend if I can. As for spoilers, how in the heck do you spoil it? Its a movie based on an actual historical event. Watch the history channel and you get the whole thing.


She's a journalist, Snotty- they don't deal with actual events! :D

[thenimirra]

She's a journalist, Snotty- they don't deal with actual events! :D

that was LOW!!!!

I just meant I didn't want anyone to spoil anything significant. Yes, we know what the story is...but I've been told it's no where near accurate.

So Bill, when are you going to see it? Wanna get a Denver group together?

[thenimirra]

What the hell?


that's pretty funny!:flipoff2:

[Jeepindog]

I guess that's why I didn't get invited! :flipoff2: Is it true what they say about the Greeks? A true Greek never leaves his friends behind.... :lmao:

[thenimirra]

it would be better to go with a group than go alone..who's in?

[freestyle_6981]

ok...I just have to say this movie was freekin awesome!!!! Thats all.

- Jason

[potter]

the movie is incredible, i'll prob see i a couple more times in the theaters

[Jake_Blues]

it would be better to go with a group than go alone..who's in?

I'll go, especially if it's IMAX.

-E

[Snotty]

We are going to try and get to it this weekend. But I can't commit to a time, as I am stacked up. Heading to Wyoming Friday night, installing new suspension on the jeep on Saturday and have to work on Sunday. If we make it, it would be Saturday night...

[BeastXJ]

I've seen my share of boobs this weekend and I still say: OVERRATED!
Wow :eek: where was this?

[thenimirra]

Wow :eek: where was this?

I spent the weekend in Vegas with 12 other women. Need I say more?

But I will say more...then there were the naked chics playing around in the bathtubs at Tao. I got my pics downloaded last night, but they are a little dark...

[thenimirra]

I know that Tiffany is supposed to be going with her club too...probably on Saturday but I haven't been given the details. I'm down for the Imax on Saturday. I'll bring the Brazilian.

[Dave McDonald]

:worthless:

Of the Brazillian, not the Spartans' phalanxes.

[Matt]

Extremely entertaining! I was a little turning off by the dudity as well but it got better from there. Not the best movie I've EVER seen but worthy of seeing it in the theaters. The fights were amazing.

I saw it in Castle Rock, not sold out and was about 1/3 full.

[jeepn4evr]

Awesome movie. Saw it opening night. Might not have been totally historically accurate, but one thing they got right was Spartans attitude, basically they were soldiers & men first, no room for cowards. Rule was you either came home with your shield or on it. No retreat or surrender. If you retreated first thing you dropped was your shield & as soon as you got home without your shield everyone knew you were a coward. Every time they were given a chance to surrender they basically told the Persians to make peace with their gods as they were gonna die next. You might be bigger & stronger but I will still win. You might kill me but alotta your people are gonna die before that happens. I want to see it again.

[thenimirra]

then let's so THIS....Saturday night at Colorado and I-25, Imax all the way...pick a time

[Tiffany]

then let's so THIS....Saturday night at Colorado and I-25, Imax all the way...pick a time
7:30 or 10:15

[Jake_Blues]

I'm good for any time.

-E

[Ooompa Loompa]

I really don't like Frank Miller's cinematography and style, but despite that I liked it for the most part. Wasn't as excited as many of my friends though, if you liked Sin City you likely will enjoy 300.

This is my take on it EXACTLY. I hated Sin City, I'm not a big fan of Frank Miller's cinematography, but even despite that, I thought it was a pretty good movie. Not super duper extra great, but worth the $9 at the theater.

[thenimirra]

My vote is for 7:30. Dinner before or after?

[Tiffany]

10:15, i'll eat at the movie...they have nachos right?

[thenimirra]

crap, I don't care. I will be hitting Dave and Busters then...

10:15 is cool with me too.

[MReetz]

IMAX is definetly the place to see it!!

[kevh]

frank miller doesnt have a "cinematic style", he is instead a graphic novelist. when his novels are recreated in a movie they use styles that are meant to portray the graphic novel it is based on, hence the use of color to highlight certain things, and the way the scenes are laid out (especially the use of slow motion within scenes).

now, for those who do like it, you should check out the graphic novels for sin city and 300. i dont think 300 is available in the individual volumes anymore, but they combined them all into a nice (expensive) full color hardback. sin city on the other hand can still be found in the original 7 volumes (3 of which were in the movie)

[Snotty]

Awesome movie. Saw it opening night. Might not have been totally historically accurate, but one thing they got right was Spartans attitude, basically they were soldiers & men first, no room for cowards. Rule was you either came home with your shield or on it. No retreat or surrender. If you retreated first thing you dropped was your shield & as soon as you got home without your shield everyone knew you were a coward. Every time they were given a chance to surrender they basically told the Persians to make peace with their gods as they were gonna die next. You might be bigger & stronger but I will still win. You might kill me but alotta your people are gonna die before that happens. I want to see it again.

Check the history on how the Spartans were raised. Hell, even the babies were left to die if they were found to be inferior. Brutal society, I kind of like it...

[thenimirra]

so... are we looking at the 10:15 showing at IMAX then? My roomie wants to come too...

[Jake_Blues]

so... are we looking at the 10:15 showing at IMAX then? My roomie wants to come too...

Sounds good to me!

-E

[sumoweezle]

You guys mind if i join you for the movie? I wanna see it but dont have anyone to go with.

[thenimirra]

come on down...

OK...10:15 Saturday night at IMAX....

[sumoweezle]

saweet, buying my ticket now before it sells out... :D





oh, and if anyone needs the link: https://www.fandango.com/purchase/movietickets/process03/ticketboxoffice.aspx?row_count=279730214&mid=102408&tid=AAFXW

[thenimirra]

saweet, buying my ticket now before it sells out... :D





oh, and if anyone needs the link: https://www.fandango.com/purchase/movietickets/process03/ticketboxoffice.aspx?row_count=279730214&mid=102408&tid=AAFXW

that's a damn fine idea...

[potter]

The girlfriend gets off work in about an hour. I'll ask her if she wants to go, we both still need to see it at imax.

[SUPERGILDO43]

just saw it, I liked it a lot, very cool.

[potter]

err, i went to buy tickets and realized sat night is st paddys day.. i will be in the middle of getting wasted at 10pm. :(


maybe next time everyone!

[thenimirra]

I just bought tix for the 300 showing on Saturday, March 17 and 10:15 p.m.

My roommate and I were going to hang out at D&B's for dinner, drinks and fun before the movie. Anyone want to join us? I'm thinking we should get there around 7 p.m. or so...

[Jake_Blues]

I just bought tix for the 300 showing on Saturday, March 17 and 10:15 p.m.

My roommate and I were going to hang out at D&B's for dinner, drinks and fun before the movie. Anyone want to join us? I'm thinking we should get there around 7 p.m. or so...

I might get in on that, although I'm supposed to be saving money for EJS.

-E

[sumoweezle]

Hey, that sounds like fun, I'd be down for dinner first.

[thenimirra]

Since I have no clue what most of you look like, should we have a meeting place or a sign saying...

"Where my wheelers at?"

Elisa likes to play pool, so I guess we'll be doing that. I, myself, like to play video games where I get to kill stuff. I dig that boxing game too!

[Tiffany]

Depending on weather, look for the group of folks on motorcycles...

[thenimirra]

Depending on weather, look for the group of folks on motorcycles...



nice! will you take me for a ride, Tiffany? You look so cute on your bike...

[sumoweezle]

im hoping it will be nice enough to bring the bike as well. I actually got to ride every day this week (yes i even road in the rain this morning :D )

[hert@Patriot4x4]

fawking badass... anyone who hasnt seen it... see it!

[Ranger91XJ]

this is a must see film, saw it in IMAX loved it

[thenimirra]

Final plans for 300...

sounds like dinner is a go at 7. Movie following at 10:15.

Can I get a head count?

[sumoweezle]

Aye! 1 here

[thenimirra]

Aye! 1 here

s'up!

[Jake_Blues]

Final plans for 300...

sounds like dinner is a go at 7. Movie following at 10:15.

Can I get a head count?

One for sure, possibly 2.

-E

[thenimirra]

That movie was great! Dare I say I thought it was beautiful....inspite of the violence and the awesome dudity (Gerald Butler...yummy) I thought the background and colors were lovely. I enjoyed it when they slowed down the fight scenes. If a guy is getting his a$$ beat, I want to be able to see it clearly, unlike the incredibly blurry scenes from the Bourne Supremacy where you couldn't see anything. Those Spartan fighting scenes were awesome...

Thanks for all the hot guys that showed up to escort myself and my roommate through the evening. But what happens at Dave and Busters stays at Dave and Busters.

All you other suckers MISSED OUT!!!!

[Eric]

Saw it this weekend :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Jake_Blues]

Saw it this weekend :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Should have come with us to IMAX! Other than thenimirra needing one of those "Lobster Bibs", it was great!

-E

[thenimirra]

Should have come with us to IMAX! Other than thenimirra needing one of those "Lobster Bibs", it was great!

-E


hey now...I did my best to control the drool factor!

But damn, didn't you just want to lick their abs?

Well, you probably didn't since you are a guy and all.

I'm telling you lady wheelers...this is THE movie to see! I felt like I was in Vegas again at a Chippendale show... all muscles and Speedos with flowing red capes...

[Jake_Blues]

hey now...I did my best to control the drool factor!
But damn, didn't you just want to lick their abs?

Well, you probably didn't since you are a guy and all.

I'm telling you lady wheelers...this is THE movie to see! I felt like I was in Vegas again at a Chippendale show... all muscles and Speedos with flowing red caps...

I was more interested in the queen smuggling grapes under her toga (she could have poked an eye out with those things!), or the hot oracle girl. :hail:

-E

[thenimirra]

I was more interested in the queen smuggling grapes under her toga (she could have poked an eye out with those things!), or the hot oracle girl. :hail:

-E

yes, yes...Chris assured me there were some nice bewbie shots.

X2...The Queen was pointy-much...wouldn't you say. A fella could get hurt.

Fun could be had by all genders while watching this movie...

[JKTODD]

The invading force looked like they knew how to party.

[Jake_Blues]

A fella could get hurt.

Hurt me. Go ahead, I can take it. Bring the pointy-nipple pain.

-E

[thenimirra]

The invading force looked like they knew how to party.



oh yeah baby, the hunchback had it goin' on! I love my men to have multiple ridges, love handles and extra eyes in wondrous places...:flipoff2:

[thenimirra]

that reminds me...I know you cads are comparing notes regarding my roommate.

Keep it in PM cuz I've talked so highly of the board that she's been lurking on the site.

[JKTODD]

LOL DOn't piss her off 'cuz she'll aikido that a$$!:D

[Jake_Blues]

:drool:

-E

[thenimirra]

LOL DOn't piss her off 'cuz she'll aikido that a$$!:D


are you kidding....with my Jujitsu and my roommies Aikido...we can totally make a boy cry for his Mommy!

[JKTODD]

are you kidding....with my Jujitsu and my roommies Aikido...we can totally make a boy cry for his Mommy!

Careful-Steve will have to move this thread to the adult blue star section.:P

[thenimirra]

also, don't go through me to get to her number.

be a man and ask for her number your damn self!

<insert evil grin>

of course if you have another single buddy for me, I can be bribed...

the first digits are XT*&^GHKH...

[thenimirra]

Careful-Steve will have to move this thread to the adult blue star section.:P

I'm talking pain not pleasure...

those Jujitsu pressure points and joint controls hurt like a mother tucker...

[Jake_Blues]

are you kidding....with my Jujitsu and my roommies Aikido...we can totally make a boy cry for his Mommy!

I'm a master of drunken boxing! Well, drunken something...

-E

[Tiffany]

Very good movie, must been seen on IMAX!!!

Now for SpiderMan 3 in the IMAX Experience...

[thenimirra]

Very good movie, must been seen on IMAX!!!

Now for SpiderMan 3 in the IMAX Experience...


x2...here, here...

[potter]

Going to go see it in IMAX at that theater tonight. Can't wait to see it on that huge screen!

[sumoweezle]

:D I do concur, the bewbers were very nice, but I do have to concede the pointy factor was a bit much on the queen. Tone them down just a tad, and we'd be set

I can't wait for Spidey3. I'll definately be going to see that one on the IMax (and probably a couple more times on the regular screen :flipoff2: )

[CannonBall]

Holy hell, I just saw it on IMAX, the death and destruction is galactic with blood spurts 25 feet high. I think a kid next to me ACTUALLY was struck by a stray arrow but I wouldn't dare peek out from behind my cardboard shield. I wet my pants at least twice. In a fit of excitement I stabbed the woman behind me and threw her carcass into a 50 foot tall pile of dead bodies, it was a great experience. The movie wasn't too bad either.
-Nate

[JKTODD]

Holy hell, I just saw it on IMAX, the death and destruction is galactic with blood spurts 25 feet high. I think a kid next to me ACTUALLY was struck by a stray arrow but I wouldn't dare peek out from behind my cardboard shield. I wet my pants at least twice. In a fit of excitement I stabbed the woman behind me and threw her carcass into a 50 foot tall pile of dead bodies, it was a great experience. The movie wasn't too bad either.
-Nate

Note to self-don't go to the IMAX with Nate!:beer:

[sumoweezle]

At least be armed and ready for battle if you do.... :D

[thenimirra]

Holy hell, I just saw it on IMAX, the death and destruction is galactic with blood spurts 25 feet high. I think a kid next to me ACTUALLY was struck by a stray arrow but I wouldn't dare peek out from behind my cardboard shield. I wet my pants at least twice. In a fit of excitement I stabbed the woman behind me and threw her carcass into a 50 foot tall pile of dead bodies, it was a great experience. The movie wasn't too bad either.
-Nate


Thank you! I so needed to laugh this morning! :hail:

[Tiffany]

Holy hell, I just saw it on IMAX, the death and destruction is galactic with blood spurts 25 feet high. I think a kid next to me ACTUALLY was struck by a stray arrow but I wouldn't dare peek out from behind my cardboard shield. I wet my pants at least twice. In a fit of excitement I stabbed the woman behind me and threw her carcass into a 50 foot tall pile of dead bodies, it was a great experience. The movie wasn't too bad either.
-Nate
You are my hero Nate!!!!!!

[DaJudge]

Leather undies and cloaks - let battle commence

By Sam Leith

Last Updated: 12:01am BST 26/03/2007

Notebook

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American
public, as Mencken's saying almost has it. Heh heh. Cruel, but true.

And never truer than in the case of 300, the film adaptation of Frank Miller's
comic book about the Battle of Thermopylae.

I went to see it weeks ago - being a comics nut, an enthusiast for all things
violent and stupid in cinema, and the friend of a film critic who happened to
have a spare ticket for a preview.

My film-critic friend Larushka and I reeled out of the preview screening more
or less breathless with laughter. Here was a film, we agreed, that had
nothing whatsoever to recommend it.

The script was risible, the CGI absurd, the acting as hammy as a boiled and
brined pig's leg, and the historical accuracy sketchy at best.

Did the ancient Persians - really, truly, swear to God - have orcs, ninjas and
battle rhinos in their army?

Did Leonidas really have a beard that looked like that, and an accent that zig-
zagged crazily between Russell Crowe and Sean Connery? This, we agreed,
was going to sink without trace.

Anyway, the damn thing has now broken pretty much every box-office record
going. And it has given rise to what Mrs Merton used to call a heated debate.

Before returning to the old game of kidnapping bootnecks on the Shatt al-
Arab waterway, the government of Iran denounced 300 as "anti-Iranian"
and "the result of cultural and psychological warfare".

This is, apparently, because it's a film in which the villains are Persians -
some of whose descendents are, presumably, Iranians, or at least live in
roughly the same part of the world (2,500 years later, give or take).

So, obviously, it's anti-Iranian propaganda.

In America, too, brows have been beetling over what it all means. Most
stupid people seem to agree that it's some sort of allegory. It's about war. It
must, therefore, be about Iraq.

Unfortunately, so oblique is its message that nobody is able to agree on
whether it's the Spartans or the Persians who are supposed to stand for
America.

The key thing about 300, actually, isn't its international politics, but its
sexual politics.

It's a film that manages to be profoundly homoerotic and profoundly
homophobic at the same time - a classic instance of what Freud called
a "reaction-formation".

Our Spartan heroes are a gang of hardcore muscle Marys, all firmly in denial -
equipped with rock-hard pecs, abdominal muscles so super-segmented they'd
have to count as eight-packs, and dressed in nothing more than swooshy red
cloaks and leather underpants. These are the heteros, apparently.

Presenting a threat to the future of all red-blooded Spartan manhood,
meanwhile, are the Persians. They have multiple piercings. They have
anything-goes orgies.

Their leader, Xerxes, is kind of buff, but has a suspicious tan, an all-over
body wax, painted-on eyebrows, and exactly the sort of pout that was the
making of Terence Stamp in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

So the battle is, basically, butch v fem, and at stake (according to the
dreary nonsense surrounding the movie) is the future of civilisation.

Larushka, my film-critic pal, found herself shortly afterwards at one of those
group interviews to promote the film. She asked David Wenham - a bluff
Aussie actor who plays one of the Spartans - whether, looking around himself
at his colleagues, buffed and oiled and clad in their leather Speedos and their
strappy sandals, he at no point thought: "How super-gay is this?"

Wenham laughed: "I'd be lying if I said no." Then he said something along the
lines of "but don't print that". So, obviously, that was the first thing she
printed.

And quite right, too. Dammit. I have argued myself round. I find myself, now,
starting to wonder if 300 is, in fact, an important window into our cultural
unconscious. God help us.

[Jake_Blues]

It's a film that manages to be profoundly homoerotic and profoundly
homophobic at the same time - a classic instance of what Freud called
a "reaction-formation".

Sometimes a cigar is just a damn cigar :D

-E

[Captain]

Sweet, I have to go see this. Needless to say, the wife isn't too interested. I'll get around to it sometime! Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I loved the review posted by acejeeper, and it reminded me of THIS (http://www.realultimatepower.net) website. Same type of humor...

[Ooompa Loompa]

Just came across this 300 spoof and had to post it. http://mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com/spoofs/United300/110883;_ylt=ApVdqz2FU0ai7E0wjFNNNhJA7IZ4

[starbreaker666]

Never did get to see 300.