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9th December 2006, 09:17 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Yorkshire
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| re: 300 (2006) A new trailer has turned up for this, looks even better. - 300 on Yahoo! Movies |
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2nd January 2007, 10:33 PM
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| Scottish Roman  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Perth and Kinross
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| re: 300 (2006) Errr, hang on, 300 Spartan warriors, defend the pass at Thermopylae, until they are betrayed, surrounded by a Persian army of c500,000 and subsequently wiped out as they refuse to surrender. This hardly slowed the Persians who advanced on Athens to find the Athenians were out, but giving them a grandstand view of their fleet being cut to pieces at Salamis. As they stagger home, they are met at Platea by a united Greek army who, following the Spartans' example, have ditched the old quarrels and united against the common enemy. The Persians were so badly mauled that they never attacked Greece again, thus permitting the rise of Western Civilisation. HOW THE HELL CAN YOU IMPROVE ON A STORY LIKE THAT? I'll probably see the film, but for historical accuracy, I'll bet it'll be another "Gladiator." |
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19th February 2007, 05:28 PM
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| I Do Not Sow  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada
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| 300 300: During the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fight to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army in an effort to inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy. Have you seen the trailer for this movie coming in March? I saw this preview before watchin The Departed on DVD. And it's based on a Frank Miller novel, which after Sin City, is a good thing. All I can say is holly #%$@, it looks amazing... Apple - Trailers - 300 - Teaser Trailer 2 300 (2007) - Multimedia - Movies.com |
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19th February 2007, 06:03 PM
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| Scottish Roman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Perth and Kinross
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| re: 300 (2006) You've plenty of time to watch, "The 300 Spartans," first and compare notes. This was one of the few occasions when Hollywood didn't go overboard when making an historical epic. |
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20th February 2007, 04:53 PM
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| Ice...Mon...Key!  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hampshire
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| re: 300 (2006) The graphic novel is good and there's no doubt it could be turned into a great movie. Let's just hope it is! Steven Pressfield's novel Gates of Fire is an excellent telling of this event. If you like Greek history, Spartans, the story of Thermopylae and want a good read, go get it. |
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22nd February 2007, 02:42 PM
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| This world is not my home  | re: 300 (2006) Can I curb everyone's enthusiasm here? Why do we have to make a movie that looks like X men, when we are talking about one of the great historical moments in Western History. Let me see the ordinary men making great sacrifice. Oh, and let's not go overboard on the "liberty" aspect either. Sparta was closer to the USSR than the UK. |
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22nd February 2007, 05:37 PM
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| Red Rane  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Greater Manchester
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| re: 300 (2006) I do understand the excitement surrounding the film, but may I ask, roddglen, what kind of research you were doing? From the traliers I've seen, this film is going to be as unrealistic as it's possible to get. Yes, it's probably the comic's fault, not the films, but it's so frustrating when you see people thinking thats how Spartans fought. As Parson alluded to, this battle changed the entire course of Western history, by giving time for the Athenians to mobilise and face the Persians at Marathon. If it touches on that, I shall be very suprised. Thermopolae, from what we can work out, was certainly not an all-action affair  |
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22nd February 2007, 07:16 PM
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| I Do Not Sow Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada
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| re: 300 (2006) Quote:
 There are many ho-hum movies based on important historical events or people. Alexandre, Troy, King Arthur, The Three Musketeers, Kingdom of Heaven, Braveheart, Flyboys, The Last Samurai, The Messenger, The Patriot comes to mind.But, once in while, there comes such a movie that changes everything and that is just different and unique. Platoon, Excalibur, Amadeus, Elizabeth, The Mission, Lawrence of Arabia, The Thin Red Line, Ghandi, Patton, Spartacus, Cleopatra, Shindler's List, Apocalypse Now, JFK, The Crucible, The Pianist are all movies that come to mind that were very important in their day and gave a unique outlook on an event or historical figure. I am hoping to add 300 to this partial list. | |
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