so fellows what is this '3oo' movie all about

Orikaeshigitae

I saw a preview of it before The Departed, and the gf and i immediately had art student orgasms about the art direction and cinematography.

"Inspired by Graphic Novelist Frank Miller"? What's up with that?

Was there a GN about Persians that I missed?

Fencingsax

It's 300.

It's about Thermopylae.

The Luggage

You mean 300?

Edit: FUCK YOU FIGHTINGFLUTE

Orikaeshigitae

Fuck that, arty motherfucking font I can't read

fixed



looks like 'zoo' with a bloodstain on it if you ask me

Lux

http://www.amazon.com/300-Frank-Miller/dp/1569714029/sr=1-1/qid=1160760402/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5742199-3144866?ie=UTF8&s=books

It's a very wide book.

Munkus Beaver

The battle of Thermopylae is the battle in which 300 spartans defeated 100,000 Persians via tactics, superior fighting, and choosing to fight in a narrow passageway. They only lost because a Greek traitor led the Persians around so they could surround the Spartans.

When told that he and his men would receive quarter for their valiant fighting if they laid down their weapons, the king of the Spartans replied "Come get them."

DMAC

He also said "This time it's personal."

Toji Suzuhara

The book is very Frank Miller.


Also, not worth $30.

Mai-Kero

Munkus Beaver wrote:

The battle of Thermopylae is the battle in which 300 spartans defeated 100,000 Persians via tactics, superior fighting, and choosing to fight in a narrow passageway. They only lost because a Greek traitor led the Persians around so they could surround the Spartans.

When told that he and his men would receive quarter for their valiant fighting if they laid down their weapons, the king of the Spartans replied "Come get them."

It was more like a million persians. 700,000 is the conservative number.

I'm not sure if this quote is historically accurate, but it is the best one ever:

Persian: "Our arrows will blot out the sun."
Spartan: "Then we shall fight in the shade."

This will be the best movie, badassity-wise, ever made.

Caveman Paws

I have to admit I've been watching the trailers for this movie almost daily for a week now. Even if it turns out to be a bad movie the visuals alone will be worth the price of admission if you ask me.

But I have faith it will be a fun, violent action flick steeped in the inky goodness of its comic book origins.

Marathon

Mai-Kero wrote:

Persian: "Our arrows will blot out the sun."
Spartan: "Then we shall fight in the shade."

:^:

The Muffin Man

Munkus Beaver wrote:

The battle of Thermopylae is the battle in which 300 spartans defeated 100,000 Persians via tactics, superior fighting, and choosing to fight in a narrow passageway. They only lost because a Greek traitor led the Persians around so they could surround the Spartans.

When told that he and his men would receive quarter for their valiant fighting if they laid down their weapons, the king of the Spartans replied "Come get them."

That's like uppercutting Jesus.

You have to be a special kind of badass to do that.

Munkus Beaver

Mai-Kero wrote:

Munkus Beaver wrote:

The battle of Thermopylae is the battle in which 300 spartans defeated 100,000 Persians via tactics, superior fighting, and choosing to fight in a narrow passageway. They only lost because a Greek traitor led the Persians around so they could surround the Spartans.

When told that he and his men would receive quarter for their valiant fighting if they laid down their weapons, the king of the Spartans replied "Come get them."

It was more like a million persians. 700,000 is the conservative number.

I'm not sure if this quote is historically accurate, but it is the best one ever:

Persian: "Our arrows will blot out the sun."
Spartan: "Then we shall fight in the shade."

This will be the best movie, badassity-wise, ever made.

The Spartan King is the spartan that said that. Close enough.

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

Cariblue

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I saw a preview of it before The Departed, and the gf and i immediately had art student orgasms about the art direction and cinematography.

"Inspired by Graphic Novelist Frank Miller"? What's up with that?

Was there a GN about Persians that I missed?

I am an art student and think that it looks terrible and the art direction is also terrible.

I have a huge hard on for the battle of Thermopylae, this just looks so bad.

Vapid

The Muffin Man wrote:

Munkus Beaver wrote:

The battle of Thermopylae is the battle in which 300 spartans defeated 100,000 Persians via tactics, superior fighting, and choosing to fight in a narrow passageway. They only lost because a Greek traitor led the Persians around so they could surround the Spartans.

When told that he and his men would receive quarter for their valiant fighting if they laid down their weapons, the king of the Spartans replied "Come get them."

That's like uppercutting Jesus.

You have to be a special kind of badass to do that.

HAHAHAHA That is quite a line sir. I would lime it if I knew how.

Orikaeshigitae

Cariblue wrote:

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I saw a preview of it before The Departed, and the gf and i immediately had art student orgasms about the art direction and cinematography.

"Inspired by Graphic Novelist Frank Miller"? What's up with that?

Was there a GN about Persians that I missed?

I am an art student and think that it looks terrible and the art direction is also terrible.

I have a huge hard on for the battle of Thermopylae, this just looks so bad.

oh, you are one of those terrible art students

hm yes


[spoiler:0376422ec2]just kidding, everyone's entitled to his opinion[/spoiler:0376422ec2]

SO ANYWAY

I think I'll watch this movie! It looks pretty good.

hughtron

Just in case anybody didn't know, the guy who directed this is slated to direct Watchmen. All signs point to it being maybe a pretty rad adaptation, and at least a faithful one. He's said if he has his way the movie will be set 1985.

Orikaeshigitae

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

hughtron

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

It sort of stalled for a while and Paul Greengrass moved on and did United 93. I think it's actually kicking into high-gear now though. Supposedly there's a script by David Haytor that's really good, or so the internets tell me.

Dollarsign42

hughtron wrote:

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

It sort of stalled for a while and Paul Greengrass moved on and did United 93. I think it's actually kicking into high-gear now though. Supposedly there's a script by David Haytor that's really good, or so the internets tell me.

Is this Solid Snake David Haytor, or some different one?

hughtron

Dollarsign42 wrote:

hughtron wrote:

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

It sort of stalled for a while and Paul Greengrass moved on and did United 93. I think it's actually kicking into high-gear now though. Supposedly there's a script by David Haytor that's really good, or so the internets tell me.

Is this Solid Snake David Haytor, or some different one?

The very same. He's written quite a few screenplays including the first two X-Men movies.

Dollarsign42

hughtron wrote:

Dollarsign42 wrote:

hughtron wrote:

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

It sort of stalled for a while and Paul Greengrass moved on and did United 93. I think it's actually kicking into high-gear now though. Supposedly there's a script by David Haytor that's really good, or so the internets tell me.

Is this Solid Snake David Haytor, or some different one?

The very same. He's written quite a few screenplays including the first two X-Men movies.

According to the wiki, Alan Moore said Haytor got as close to the book as he could get. It's not an approval, but you would never get Moore's approval on a film adaption of any of his books. Also considering the quality of the X-Men films, this may not be a fuck-up.

hughtron

Really, I think the director being willing to set the movie in 1985 shows that he understands that this is not the kind of thing to mess with. I don't know if the setting will work, but it's a ballsey move.

Olivaw

Dollarsign42 wrote:

hughtron wrote:

Dollarsign42 wrote:

hughtron wrote:

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I thought Watchmen got cancelled?

It sort of stalled for a while and Paul Greengrass moved on and did United 93. I think it's actually kicking into high-gear now though. Supposedly there's a script by David Haytor that's really good, or so the internets tell me.

Is this Solid Snake David Haytor, or some different one?

The very same. He's written quite a few screenplays including the first two X-Men movies.

According to the wiki, Alan Moore said Haytor got as close to the book as he could get. It's not an approval, but you would never get Moore's approval on a film adaption of any of his books. Also considering the quality of the X-Men films, this may not be a fuck-up.

I heard Hayter's script got thrown out and he got fired. They had the screenwriters and director and everything all ready and they had a cool script and everyone was excited but then the studio came in and threw everything out.

hughtron

Last I heard from either AICN or CHUD.com, they were going on a draft that some guy had done that was based mostly on Haytor's script. Snyder was apparently looking to maybe ditch it and go back to Haytor's because this new one was trying to turn it into an action movie.

I also read an interview with Haytor a while ago where he talked about Watchmen and how dedicated he was to getting it made, and made right.

I just want to say that I would have absolutely killed to see Paul Greengrass adapt Watchmen, but Zack Snyder sounds pretty damn capable.

august

hughtron wrote:

Really, I think the director being willing to set the movie in 1985 shows that he understands that this is not the kind of thing to mess with. I don't know if the setting will work, but it's a ballsey move.

Woah woah WOAH.

Are they really setting this in an alternate 1985? Without trying to force it to be "relevant?" Holy SHIT. I am all over this now.

Marathon

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/300_hd.html

Not trying to raise this from the dead, but a new trailer is available and I thought you guys might wanna check it out.

DouglasDanger

300 looks like it could be a cool movie.

Watchman should never be a movie. It is damn close to the perfect comic book, and uses the medium so perfectly that I cannot imagine a movie working nearly as well as it should. Perhaps a big HBO series or something, but not a movie.

Hensler

I really dont have anything to say in this thread, but 300 is my favorite thing ever, so I felt I should post something. This is what I came up with.

Malkor

DouglasDanger wrote:

300 looks like it could be a cool movie.

Watchman should never be a movie. It is damn close to the perfect comic book, and uses the medium so perfectly that I cannot imagine a movie working nearly as well as it should. Perhaps a big HBO series or something, but not a movie.

Its a good thing Hollywood has literally hundreds of ideas from comic books to pilfer. I'm really looking forward to seeing this though. Im gonna see if I can find it in a shop before the movie comes out.

Langly

Toji Suzuhara wrote:

The book is very Frank Miller.


Also, not worth $30.

Those two sentences don't make sense when you put them together.

Hensler

That's because the 2nd one is a lie.

RazzleDazz

I believe Dienekes said the fight in the shade line.

Torso Boy

I haven't read the graphic novel, but I've read enough Miller to know what to expect going into the theatre: over-the-top, sickeningly indulgent fun.

I think I'm going to enjoy the fuck out of this movie.

Toji Suzuhara

Langly wrote:

Toji Suzuhara wrote:

The book is very Frank Miller.


Also, not worth $30.

Those two sentences don't make sense when you put them together.

They do if you're not in love with everything he's ever done. No matter how much Hensler and I disagree on the subject, it's still not work $30 to me. It's worth $17.82, I guess, but not much more.

Garlic Bread

I haven't seen the new trailer but the old one had awful acting

Regina Fong

This movie is about hot, sweaty mens in little leather codpieces fighting and shit. This is what I gleaned from the trailer.

I plan to see it, possibly more than once.

A duck!

Keith wrote:

I haven't seen the new trailer but the old one had awful acting

Pretty much status quo for the new one. I still want to see this something fierce.

Diablo Fett

Toji Suzuhara wrote:

Langly wrote:

Toji Suzuhara wrote:

The book is very Frank Miller.


Also, not worth $30.

Those two sentences don't make sense when you put them together.

They do if you're not in love with everything he's ever done. No matter how much Hensler and I disagree on the subject, it's still not work $30 to me. It's worth $17.82, I guess, but not much more.

I agree. I work at a Books-A-Million and decided to go through the book during one of my breaks. I definitely wouldn't pay $30 for it. It's an interesting read, but it's really nothing too extraordinary or ground breaking (like most of Miller's work).

Now the movie, on the other hand, looks like it could provide a solid 1 1/2 - 2 hours of awesome fun. Also, as competent a filmmaker as Zak Snyder seems to be, i hope he drops out of the Watchmen film just like everyone else has. It really shouldn't be made. The only way i could see it happen is if it were to be made into an animated limited series. No live action, well-cast voice actors and a good amount of time to actually tell the story.

Regina Fong

Just in case you all haven't seen it yet, the second trailer is out. It is very sweaty man-chest and codpiecetastic.

I, at least, have high expectations.


http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/

Caveman Paws

Approx 14 seconds into Trailer 2 I questioned my sexuality.

No seriously, that movie looks so good it might have activated my gayness gene.