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Worst CGI wolf this side of Van Helsing.
Worst CGI blood effects, possibly ever.
All the subtlety and nuance of being sodomized with a tent peg.

See 300 if:
- you're into manflesh
- you don't know dick about history

It is, not to put too fine a point on it, poorly-done sword porn.

I'm looking forward to reading the graphic novel in hopes of enjoying it. I've liked everything else of Miller's that I've read so far.

Yeah... something like that.

Comments

[tomakins.livejournal.com]

I only read a bit of the graphic novel a few days before seeing the film. They seemed to be filming it in a very stylized way. Similar to the whole Sin City thing. I didn't expect anything realistic about the effects going into it. And I am not sure if the huge mutants with blades on their arms were historically accurate.

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

I thought the movie was great. On the level of Ray Harryhausen's Jason and the Argonauts.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I tend to not give a damn for period pieces. I thought "Gladiator" was OK, and don't ever need to see "Troy," because I've read the m15m treatment. ;-)

It just seemed... clunky, and not in the fun, I-fuck-toasters kind of way.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

For all the talk of the heavy metal video aspect of it... I only noticed about twenty seconds' worth of guitars (and the IMAX we were in was turned up to something approaching eleven).

It was basically ninety minutes of Boris Villejo drawing men and mutants, interrupted by five minutes' worth of him drawing women.

[megiddo-lj.livejournal.com]

It's not meant to be "historically accurate*". It's meant as an allegory to our current times (per Frank Miller himself). Nor was it meant to be subtle. I think a lot of people missed the point of the movie and were expecting some kind of 'Troy' type flick which has vague semblances of historical fact and realistic costumes and fight reenactments.

No.

This was based on graphic novel. It was SUPPOSED to be cartoonish and it was supposed to hit you over the head with Miller's belief that Western Values are all that's good and right and we should fight against the immoral decadence and evil from the East.

*whatever the f*ck that means considering our primary sources on the battle are nebulous at best

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Noted.

Thesis: "Leonidas is GWB, letting his stubborn hubris get a lot of good men killed in an unwanted war."

Thesis: "Xerxes is American Imperialism, a god complex attempting to conquer parts of the world he has no business trying to."

Thesis: "Karo syrup and food coloring is cheaper than CGI; the director's reliance on shitty-looking special effects was a commentary on how willing audiences are to be led by the nose ring through a trough of shit if it's marketed well."

Discuss.

[the-tatyana.livejournal.com]

thank you thank you thank you

Everyone except me seems to love this movie and I hated it!

bleh

cartoony, crappy, unrealistic

bleh

Ya know....

[smaugchow.livejournal.com]

As simple a souls as I am, and as someone who still wishes he could be a Republican but can't because most of the tryuly heinous bastards are running that place, and as a proponent of most things "over-the-top," and finally as someone who is still very in tune with his inner 15-year old....I didn't care much for this film. Knowing me you'd think this would be just about perfect for me, but yeah...not so much. It looked (and acted) TOO MUCH like a comic book.

Although, I did hear some arab SOB on NPR rip this film a new one more levels than just about anybody involved in the making of the film ever wondered about. THAT guy was digging deep for extra ways to be offended, specifically he was upset about the "bad guys" being demonized. Hell, what war ever FAILED to demonize the enemy? It's a lot easier to kill a monster than a guy who was forced into the army and whose greatest hope is that he'll get to go home some day to see his children, you know?

hee hee hee

[mpeace.livejournal.com]