After watching 300, I was not impressed. The movie is plethora of killing scenes interrupted by weak back stories. Overall, the movie was exhausting, laughable, and unbelievable but many think it is a cinematic masterpiece.
Am I out of touch? Agree or Disagree
2007-03-28 07:02:08 · 13 answers · asked by Chuck 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I kind of agree with you. i think the best description of it would be as fairly good, escapist pap on a par with the better Batman movies.
Special computer effects just dont impress me anymore, they are in almost every other film that come out and no longer have the "wow " factor they did even ten years ago. Ultimately, a film has to stand on its human elements...script and acting...and in this case they rate no more than a five out of ten at most. The way its filmed is really just a sideshow and does not justify the hype that has been lavished on it.
Its just a decent friday night popcorn movie aimed at teenage boys, in my opinion. It'll be forgotten in six months time.
...oh. and sorry to disappoint the Gerard Butler fan above , but even those pecs are just a CGI effect as well.
2007-03-28 07:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I haven't read anywhere that it was considered a 'cinematic masterpiece'. It's entertainment. Good or bad is a matter of opinion. If you went there with an eye to criticize and find every flaw possible then I would venture to guess that there are very few movies you would deem worthy. Cinematic masterpieces are films that withstand the test of time and generations. There's no way to determine that at this point. Many films receive such scathing criticism that become works of art.
e.g. The Godfather, Cleopatra, Dances with wolves, Sophie's Choice and a host of others.
So you didn't enjoy it? Big Deal. Many did and did so not because they are "out of touch" but because they went to see a graphic battle movie. They remember "The Gladiator" and enjoyed that as well and like that genre.
You went to see a film about a man taking 300 soldiers into battle. Did you think you wouldn't see a "plethora of killing scenes"? THAT is LAUGHABLE.
2007-03-28 14:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by GrnApl 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
DISAGREE!!! VEHEMENTLY!!! I just loved 300!! I used to say GLADIATOR was my favorite film but now I love 300 more! What an awesome movie! Yes, better than TROY, better than BRAVEHEART, better than any other "swords and chaos" film that I've seen, I can honestly say that I was fascinated every minute! The script, the costumes and sets, the music, everything was just PERFECT!!!
I was most impressed by the action scenes, they were choreographed very nicely and looked pretty realistic. (OK, OK, the arterial spurt was wrong, there wasn't enough gushing blood and no sword, no matter how sharp, stays sharp long enough for you to hack that many people to death but let's overlook little details like that, OK?)
I own swords and I know it's not easy to swing those babies for long, you really have to be in good shape and these guys really looked it! Like real warriors not the weekend warrior type. I mean, you could believe that they'd been training as warriors since they were kids. I know people say it's all digitally enhanced but I don't care. It looked pretty real when it needed to look real.
OK, there was some gratuitous nudity (young "oracle" in flimsy gown, the Queen of Sparta flashing flesh, the king and queen in the bedchamber) to keep the young, testosterone laden men interested until the carnage but I guess that's only fair as we women were treated to the sight of all these buff guys in skimpy war outfits.
The bad guys were suitably bad, LOL! It cracks me up to see the people posting here at YA that are saying it's an anti-Iranian film or whatever. It's fiction for Pete's sake and it's a good story!! It was told from the viewpoint of a survivor, someone who came back to Sparta and told the story. Of course there will be embellishments!
Ah, but it wasn't just a good story, it was just a spectacular feast for the eyes in many respects and was very inspiring. It was a story about duty and loyalty, courage and honor. Who doesn't like that?
No question, 300 is the best movie of 2007 so far. I've seen several: WILD HOGS, 23, GHOST RIDER, CATCH & RELEASE, MUSIC & LYRICS, DEAD SILENCE.... um, some other horror flick whose name I can't even remember now... in fact, several movies that I can't name now because they were so mundane but 300 is awesome! I'll buy it on DVD as soon as it comes out.
2007-03-29 23:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
THANK YOU! OMG! I've been tellin that to everyone and they all like, "you crazy, that movie was great," and I'm like "whateva." I was not impressed. I gave it a C+ for effort. It seemed so overexaggerated and cliche and obvious. I could tell what was gonna happed b4 it happened. Me and my friend saw it together at the AMC and he wasn't impressed either. If i new it was gonna be like that I woulda saved my movie ticket for somethin better and waited for that to come on Stars.
2007-03-28 16:05:01 · answer #4 · answered by Glamorous 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think most people are talking about the way the movie was made. The style of the movie is new and exciting. Kind of like Matrix or Kill Bill just a different way of telling a story. I personally loved it!
2007-03-28 14:05:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is a movie based on a comic book based on a movie based on the tale of a real battle.
the entire story is about that one battle and the events that surrounded it, were you expecting Shakesperean dialogue from a group of guys who had trained as warriors for the last 20-30 years of their lives?
2007-03-28 14:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by Keethe 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It's completely overrated. Some people are saying that it's revoluntionary filmmaking? Excuse me, why? Because we have close-ups of spears from different angles? Comparions with "The Matrix" shouldn't be happening. "The Matrix" had a great story behind it combined with new techology in filmmaking. "300" had neither. Without the famous graphic novel behind it, this film would have been a direct-to-DVD release.
2007-03-28 14:27:04 · answer #7 · answered by MovieGeek 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It probably is true that is overrated. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED 300. Some people maybe just saying it was great just to fit in. Others may really think the same thing that everyone else does. If that's what the people REALLy see from it than -- no, I guess it isn't.
2007-03-28 14:12:31 · answer #8 · answered by Mike I 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It was art! Every scene like a unique canvass. It's not PBS or the History Channel for chrissakes! It had a decent plot, good acting, interesting story.
I completely disagree with you. I loved the story!
2007-03-28 14:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by Marisela 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Most Definitely. The only thing good about it was the eye candy
2007-03-28 16:56:57 · answer #10 · answered by Luxurious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋