k so i finally saw it yesterday, and if i'm remembering correctly, almost everyone on here loved it. i give that one big
honestly, it was one of the worst movies i've seen in a long long time. last movie i saw that was actually worse? war of the worlds, although the 300 gives it a run for its money.
this movie had the most half-hearted plot i've seen, even for an action movie. there was no emotion fueling the action, and especially with leonidas' unexplainable scottish accent, every speech he gave seemed like he just saw braveheart and decided to go play william wallace with his friends
lol and don't even get me started on the sex scene at the beginning, that was without a doubt the most gratuitous, pointless, and fucking epic sex scene i've seen in a while, and that's not a good thing

so seriously, to the people who saw this and liked it, what did you see in it? i'm honestly baffled

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Originally posted by mezzir k so i finally saw it yesterday, and if i'm remembering correctly, almost everyone on here loved it. i give that one big honestly, it was one of the worst movies i've seen in a long long time. last movie i saw that was actually worse? war of the worlds, although the 300 gives it a run for its money. this movie had the most half-hearted plot i've seen, even for an action movie. there was no emotion fueling the action, and especially with leonidas' unexplainable scottish accent, every speech he gave seemed like he just saw braveheart and decided to go play william wallace with his friends lol and don't even get me started on the sex scene at the beginning, that was without a doubt the most gratuitous, pointless, and fucking epic sex scene i've seen in a while, and that's not a good thing so seriously, to the people who saw this and liked it, what did you see in it? i'm honestly baffled

Possibly, the best film review ever!

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i'll be straight up honest and say i mainly liked the visuals... the plot was straightforward so hard thinking wasn't needed. i'd watch again though!

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Originally posted by inconspicuous AndreaCKY772. just. so. dumb.

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Originally posted by AndreaCKY772 i'll be straight up honest and say i mainly liked the visuals... the plot was straightforward so hard thinking wasn't needed. i'd watch again though!

but..but...noooooo
the shots that were directly taken from the graphic novel and embellished a bit (aka the shot of the spartans pushing the dudes off the cliff, the boy and the wolf, the messenger (MADNESS!), etc) were all fucking great. HOWEVER, everything in between was so bland and lackluster that it seemed that they put all their good men on these couple shots and just rushed through the rest. this great gap between amazing cinematography and boring camera work really just distracted me from the plot and the action, although i can't say i didn't want to be distracted

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yea i saw it recently too and laughed more than anything during it. my date and i were adding our own gay dialogue to it the whole time. haha

it was a little too much, but still entertaining. but in no way am i like, "OMG!! GO SEE IT EVERYONE!! F'N AWESOME MOVIE"

more like, "ehh, it was aight"

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Originally posted by notelfreak man i can't believe i tried to come off as responsible in that other thread, i am so full of shit just don't tell anyone

its a mindless comic book action movie. take it for what it is and dont try to look any deeper and youll enjoy it

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Originally posted by RapidFire its a mindless comic book action movie. take it for what it is and dont try to look any deeper and youll enjoy it

exactly, but it's just that it's not living up to its hype is what we're trying to say i think.

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Originally posted by notelfreak man i can't believe i tried to come off as responsible in that other thread, i am so full of shit just don't tell anyone

this is sparta not

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Originally posted by mezzir but..but...noooooo the shots that were directly taken from the graphic novel and embellished a bit (aka the shot of the spartans pushing the dudes off the cliff, the boy and the wolf, the messenger (MADNESS!), etc) were all fucking great. HOWEVER, everything in between was so bland and lackluster that it seemed that they put all their good men on these couple shots and just rushed through the rest. this great gap between amazing cinematography and boring camera work really just distracted me from the plot and the action, although i can't say i didn't want to be distracted

this film reminded me a lot of sin city with the visuals (thanks to frank miller?). i think i get what you mean about the awesome cinematography and then casual/plain camera scenes. i don't know, i really liked how they showed scenes like the wolf and the young king, the woman who was "possessed" or whatever in an undersea looking theme and making a play on grandiosity. i lied how they made use of emphasizing certain people or certain backgrounds, objects, etc.

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Originally posted by inconspicuous AndreaCKY772. just. so. dumb.

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Originally posted by AndreaCKY772 this film reminded me a lot of sin city

Which was just as awful.

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Originally posted by RapidFire its a mindless comic book action movie. take it for what it is and dont try to look any deeper and youll enjoy it

if they sell it as a mindless comic book gorefest, sure i'll enjoy it for that
if they sell it for a masterful war epic with some of the best cinematography in a while (cept mbbe the fountain), well then i'm gonna see it and be completely dissapointed
even as a stupid action movie, which is what i expected, it still let me down
even shitty action movies have a plot that keeps the action engaging

i give you, a movie summary:

leonidas: omg sparta, i kill peepz!
persian messenger: don't kill peepz?
leonidas: i kill peepz!
spartan people: yo we might not need to kill peepz...
leonidas: i kill peepz!
300 random spartans: HAA HAA HAA!!!
leonidas: omghi2u, buttsechs?!?!?!
queen: lolk
arbitrary hunchback: yo lmme fite?
leonidas: i kill peepz!......you don't
arbitrary hunchback:
random persians: lol we're lepers!
leonidas: yo guys we gotta battle soon, lets watch the speech from braveheart
arbitrary spartan soldier: we forgot the vcr
leonidas: aw fuck. um..... FREEDOM> GLORY> I KILL PEEPZ!!!! then i prolly die, but w/e its cool
xerxes: not all persians are leperes...i am superhomo!!!
leonidas: lol i fight u?
xerxes: gay people are loving and compassionate. AND HAVE ANGRY EYEBROWS PAINTED ON THEIR FACESLOL!!!!
leonidas: IIIII KILLLLL PEEEPZZZZ!
*fight for a while*
a few spartans: shit guys!
*they die*
arcadian leader: Fight? Against that? No, we will run; and we will live.
leonidas: aye, fight and you may die. run, and you'll live - for a little while. and dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that SPARTANS KILL PEEPZ11!!!!!!!
spartan soldiers: HA HA HA!
*everyone dies*
/movie

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