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sophieisgod) wrote2007-03-24 01:26 pm
sophieisgod) wrote2007-03-24 01:26 pm
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Last Night I Dined In Hell...
And it was TASTY. Sweet Jesus, 300 was incredible. I mean, I knew it was going to be good, but WOW. Just... Ach.
That was possibly the most cliched of any pull quote ever, but if they can pimp it shamelessly in the trailers than why the devil not?
Okay, so obviously the visuals were incredible. There was never any doubt about that. It's a film that completely needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible (Louise! IMAX!) because it is that fucking beautiful. The lighting, the fact that the blood looked like red poster paint, that there were shots that were ripped straight from the graphic novel...
Gerry Butler as Leonidas was a bit good. I loved that he kept his accent, that Scottishness just made him sound like he was snarling. And is it wrong that I quite liked his little braid thing? Anyway, the fact that they made him slightly warmer than his character in the book melted my bronzed, bloodlusting heart completely...
"My queen... My wife... My love" Oh Leonidas, the things you do to me.
The Captain was Eudoras from Troy! The guy seems to be building his career on playing the right-hand man to legendary hard bastards. However, this definitely shows progress from Troy. For one thing, he wasn't Leonidas' eager bitch. And he got to do some very hardcore fighting indeed. And he got to be very anguished when his pretty son got decapitated.
Stelios! Fucking yeah. He was obviously the coolest Spartan of all time, ever. Evidence?
The cheeky glint in his eye
The line "Then we will fight in the shade."
The crazyinsane jump and then slicing off WhipGuy's arm.
Leaping out of the shield formation and then OVER Leonidas.
Hell, even his fucking king thinks he's awesome.
Astinos was very, very pretty. I really loved his relationships with Stelios and his father. Especially with Stelios, it was rather Legolas/Gimli... And he was pretty. So very pretty.
I liked that they kept cutting back to Sparta, and the whole Gorgo/Theron struggle. And they did try to empower Gorgo to a reasonable extent. I mean, it's completely a boy's film, what with all the gratuitous female nudity and suchlike, but I think she held her own.
Hee! Karl from Love Actually playing a piercings freak with a god complex. Beautiful. And camp as Christmas!
Ahh, Daisy Wenham. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Dilios VS RandomPersianGiant was beyond awesome. And I do love to see Daisy leading a charge... I got quite emotional at the end of the film, started having RotK flashbacks and everything. Plus, he was sporting a rather lovely head of hair. And the pecs! Good lord.
Which leads me nicely to my next point. The ripped, honed, digitally enhanced male flesh on display in this film was actually breathtaking. And it was set off rather nicely by the fetching leather underpants and red cloaks combo they were rocking. Hey, if I had it, I'd flaunt it too. And it wasn't just that it was exposed, it was that it was oily and sweaty... And I'm going to stop now before my laptop explodes.
Now, I know I've been desensitized by the media, but it surely isn't healthy for me to appreciate stylized ultraviolence as much as I did. I mean, when you find yourself thinking 'That decapitation was fucking beautiful', is it time to seek help?
And the soundtrack! I must own it.
So, yeah. I'll be seeing that again.
And the Sunshine trailer was incredible. Excited now!
That was possibly the most cliched of any pull quote ever, but if they can pimp it shamelessly in the trailers than why the devil not?
Okay, so obviously the visuals were incredible. There was never any doubt about that. It's a film that completely needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible (Louise! IMAX!) because it is that fucking beautiful. The lighting, the fact that the blood looked like red poster paint, that there were shots that were ripped straight from the graphic novel...
Gerry Butler as Leonidas was a bit good. I loved that he kept his accent, that Scottishness just made him sound like he was snarling. And is it wrong that I quite liked his little braid thing? Anyway, the fact that they made him slightly warmer than his character in the book melted my bronzed, bloodlusting heart completely...
"My queen... My wife... My love" Oh Leonidas, the things you do to me.
The Captain was Eudoras from Troy! The guy seems to be building his career on playing the right-hand man to legendary hard bastards. However, this definitely shows progress from Troy. For one thing, he wasn't Leonidas' eager bitch. And he got to do some very hardcore fighting indeed. And he got to be very anguished when his pretty son got decapitated.
Stelios! Fucking yeah. He was obviously the coolest Spartan of all time, ever. Evidence?
The cheeky glint in his eye
The line "Then we will fight in the shade."
The crazyinsane jump and then slicing off WhipGuy's arm.
Leaping out of the shield formation and then OVER Leonidas.
Hell, even his fucking king thinks he's awesome.
Astinos was very, very pretty. I really loved his relationships with Stelios and his father. Especially with Stelios, it was rather Legolas/Gimli... And he was pretty. So very pretty.
I liked that they kept cutting back to Sparta, and the whole Gorgo/Theron struggle. And they did try to empower Gorgo to a reasonable extent. I mean, it's completely a boy's film, what with all the gratuitous female nudity and suchlike, but I think she held her own.
Hee! Karl from Love Actually playing a piercings freak with a god complex. Beautiful. And camp as Christmas!
Ahh, Daisy Wenham. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Dilios VS RandomPersianGiant was beyond awesome. And I do love to see Daisy leading a charge... I got quite emotional at the end of the film, started having RotK flashbacks and everything. Plus, he was sporting a rather lovely head of hair. And the pecs! Good lord.
Which leads me nicely to my next point. The ripped, honed, digitally enhanced male flesh on display in this film was actually breathtaking. And it was set off rather nicely by the fetching leather underpants and red cloaks combo they were rocking. Hey, if I had it, I'd flaunt it too. And it wasn't just that it was exposed, it was that it was oily and sweaty... And I'm going to stop now before my laptop explodes.
Now, I know I've been desensitized by the media, but it surely isn't healthy for me to appreciate stylized ultraviolence as much as I did. I mean, when you find yourself thinking 'That decapitation was fucking beautiful', is it time to seek help?
And the soundtrack! I must own it.
So, yeah. I'll be seeing that again.
And the Sunshine trailer was incredible. Excited now!
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Essentially, the Spartans were really badass warriors defending this tiny pass, and they would hav won if they hadn't been betrayed and then outflanked. Anyway, the film is based on this awesome graphic novel by Frank Miller, very stylized and VERY violent.
It's magnificent, although probably not one for the squeamish.
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Sounds interesting. And dont worry; years of CSI has meant that I am completely immune to being squeamish over blood and gore. However, FNL proved that I can still be squeamish over older-woman, very young boy relationships. Go figure.