300 [Blu-ray] starring Gerard Butler,
Lena Headey, David Wenham
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Like Sin City before it, 300 brings Frank Miller and Lynn Varleys graphic
novel vividly to life. Gerard Butler (Beowulf and Grendel, The Phantom of
the Opera) radiates pure power and charisma as Leonidas, the Grecian
king who leads 300 of his fellow Spartans (including David Wenham of The
Lord of the Rings, Michael Fassbender, and Andrew Pleavin) into a battle
against the overwhelming force of Persian invaders. Their only hope is to
neutralize the numerical advantage by confronting the Persians, led by
King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), at the narrow strait of Thermopylae. More
engaging than Troy, the tepid and somewhat similar epic of ancient
Greece, 300 is also comparable to Sin City in that the actors were shot on
green screen, then added to digitally created backgrounds. The effort pays
off in a strikingly stylized look and huge, sweeping battle scenes. However,
its not as to-the-letter faithful to Millers source material as Sin City was.
The plot is the same, and many of the books images are represented just
about perfectly. But some extra material has been added, including new
villains (who would be considered bosses if this were a video game, and it
often feels like one) and a political subplot involving new characters and a
significantly expanded role for the Queen of Sparta (Lena Headey). While
this subplot by director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and his fellow co-
writers does break up the violence, most fans would probably dismiss it as
filler if it didnt involve the sexy Headey. Other viewers, of course, will be
turned off by the waves of spurting blood, flying body parts, and surging
testosterone. (The six-pack abs are also relentless, and the movie has
more and less nudity--more female, less male--than the graphic novel.)
Still, as a representation of Millers work and as an ancient-themed action
flick with a modern edge, 300 delivers. --David Horiuchi
Features:
* The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with
the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated
in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient
Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas
(Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes
(Rodrigo Santoro) and his ma
If you're thinking about buying 300, you already want it for the action and
special effects: I don't think anyone needs to reflect on the plot again.
The blu-ray did the best parts of 300 justice: felt like we were in the theater
again. Relive the insanity!
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