300: The Complete Experience (Blu-
ray Book + Digital Copy and BD-Live)
[Blu-ray] starring Gerard Butler, Lena
Headey
Action Packed!
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
This movie is a gripping masterpiece not only because of its action but also
because of the way in which if is filmed. I believe that this was shot with
Citizen Kane in mind. The dramatic screen shots to the slow motion
capture emotion that if not used might have categorized this as a B movie.
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