300 in red

Just got back from watching the midnight showing of 300. Going into the movie I had no idea what to expect because I hadn’t heard anything about it. However, a bunch of friends of mine convinced me to go.

First thing I noticed right off the bad was the clothing, or lack there of. Almost every character in the movie had about 1/3rd of their bodies covered or less. Most of the men were wearing leather underwear and a cape. I’m sure the women will like at least that aspect, mostly because every actor in the movie was built. Ripped stomachs and huge pecks. All the women in the movie were very trim as well. You will also notice during the first few scenes of the movie that the director liked breasts, he flaunted them from the start. Just about every woman had THO going on, and in 2 scenes in a row there were a few topless. There was also a very interesting sex scene, nice and graphic what everyone likes.

The cinematography was excellent, the colors, lighting, everything was excellent. The director really knew what he was doing. Also, the choreography was very excellent, the moves were well thought out.

There were a few things that I did not like all that much. First the CG blood got to me after a while. It just didn’t look right, reminded me of recent movie Kung Pow, they had a bunch of CG blood and was very cheezy, although it was supposed to be cheezy. Also the guy who played the king had a weird jaw, and would talk almost as if he was trying to look like a cow chew’n it’s cud. Best analogy I’ve got.

Other than that, a great movie worth seeing on the big screen. Some good humor mixed into the utter blood bath as well.

2 Responses to “300 in red”

  1. TennesseeJed Says:

    Just saw this over the weekend. Was torn on it…glad I read your review before seeing it…I wholeheartedly agree with your cheezy CG blood, how much time did they spend on the droplets of blood? What was with the goatman and lobsterboy? They could/should have done so much more with those 2 characters!

    The oracle’s THO went a long way towards saving the movie, though. If the director’s cut DVD has that scene extended I’ll probably break down and buy it.

  2. Technohawk Says:

    Haven’t seen it yet, probably won’t til it comes out on DVD. I think the blood and look of some characters has to do with the fact that it’s supposed to be a comic book made “real” so that everything has an off-centre look to it.

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