 | 300 | Mar 26, '07 9:31 AM
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 | Category: | Movies | | Genre: | Action & Adventure |
From the pages of a comic book by Sin City's Frank Miller comes the most visual motion picture to ever hit the big screen... 300 it is!!!
Thanks to Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) tricks, 300 is such an eye candy in totality. Indeed, what the movie lacks in substance story-wise, it makes up in its almost unimaginable replica of what transpired in the fierce and blood-soaked Battle of Thermopylae. The plot is quite boring and predictable... SPARTANS refuse to submit themselves to the Persians, they fight for freedom and eventually lost the battle. That's it. Typical right? But what amazes everybody the most is how 300 Spartans armed with spears, shields and unbelievable wits in combat overpowered the gazillion Persians in hair-raising, spine tingling and heart-stirring battle!!! Whew!
Also hail to the only woman character in the movie, Queen Gorgo of Sparta!!! It surely pays to be bitchy sometimes. Hehe... =)
So I say, get ready to be overwhelmed not only by stunning and enticing bodies of the 300 Spartans (hahaha) but of their extraordinary combat skills that proved that QUALITY truly outmatches QUANTITY.
Memorable quotes from 300:
Spartan King Leonidas: This is where we fight. This is where they die.
Spartan King Leonidas: Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.
Spartan King Leonidas: We're in for one wild night.
Spartan King Leonidas: We Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death in the battlefield is the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. Spartans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known.
Stelios: Then we will fight in the shade.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Cast:
Gerard Butler as King Leonidas: King of the Spartans
Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo: Leonidas' wife
David Wenham as Dilios: Narrator and Spartan soldier
Dominic West as Theron: A corrupt Spartan politician
Michael Fassbender as Stelios: Young and spirited Spartan soldier
Vincent Regan as Captain Artemis: Leonidas' loyal captain and friend
Rodrigo Santoro as King Xerxes: King of the Persians
Andrew Tiernan as Ephialtes: Deformed Spartan outcast
Andrew Pleavin as Daxos: Arcadian soldier
Tom Wisdom as Astinos: Captain Artemis' eldest son
Giovani Cimmino as Pleistarchos: Leonidas' son
Peter Mensah as Persian messenger
Kelly Craig as Oracle girl
Tyler Neitzel as young Leonidas
Running time: 117 mins
Budget: $65 million
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