Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!

[Jeff The Ninja]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afyNbog-MCg

Am i the only one psyched for this movie?

[sloth]

i dunno what is it again

[darkvare]

really amazing flick looking foward to it

[the_dudefather]

baby skullz ^_^

[Zomboid]

Nice title ya fucking dork.

[rocketsauce]

I'm gonna laugh so hard when he says that line.

[Sethomas]

The line "'Our arrows will block out the sun'--'then we will fight in the shade'" is actually historical. I encountered it both in Wheelock's Latin and Mastronarde's Greek. Which makes me think that this movie would be totally much better if it were all done in the original languages.

[mew barios]

i thought this moovi was sposeda be based on something what happened, i unno where the bladearmed mutants an stuff fit into it

[Zomboid]

The "graphic novel" took liberties, obviously :O

[Grislygus]

Wasn't the "Then we will fight in the shade" line actually in a letter correspondence? I distinctly remember it tying in with the whole 'Simple and Direct' Spartan writing and speaking style.

[ItalianStereotype]

blade armed mutants? I've looked at every page in the graphic novel and have yet to find any such thing.

the "tonight we dine in hell" bit is from Wheelock's as well, I believe.

[HickMan]

I'm pretty pumped for this movie. Hopefully not too pumped...but the last time I was so excited for a movie had to have been Episode I. But this has to be infinitely better

[Grislygus]

The nice thing about this is that, even if it's insufferable crap, it will be very, very enjoyable to look at.

[the_dudefather]

300 seconds of 300, its looking pretty cool
http://www.moviewalah.com/news-gossi...seconds-of-300

[MetalMilitia]

Just saw that - looks great! The big monster dude is fucking cool.

[HickMan]

This movie delivered exactly what I wanted. Brutal and bloody. ALSO SOME TITS! But yeah, this movie is disgustingly awesome

[DeadKennedys]

IT WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME

[Zomboid]

Yeah, it was really, really good. I also thought of jefftheninja and the title of this thread when that line came up. Thanks for ruining that for me

[MetalMilitia]

Anyone that's interested can read up on the real battle of thermopylae here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae


Really interesting stuff. Can't wait to see the film.

[Grislygus]

Already knew about the battle, one of the reasons I was interested. Liked the movie a lot, the high contrast visuals were kickass. Also planning on lifting the soundtrack.

Of course, the movie spoilers ends right before the real asskickery happens. Ah, well.

[rocketsauce]

Saw it in IMAX and the visuals were amazing. The action was complete over-the-top mayhem. Lots of mutants (mutant ninjas ha!, etc) Dialogue was pretty comic book-ish as to be expected and it was more shouting than acting. Definitely recommended.

[Protoclown]

Definitely one of the most enjoyable and awesome movies I have seen in a long time and EASILY one of the best comic book movies ever made.

[GADZOOKS]

Can someone who DOESN'T read comics books give me their opinion before I invest in this film?

[Zomboid]

I went with 2 friends who don't read comics and they both loved it. It's really fun to watch for anyone and it's not like the comics were even that great and you need to have read them to get this movie.

[rocketsauce]

It's not a typical comic book (i.e. superhero) movie anyway. I never read 300 and I enjoyed it.