checked out frank miller’s “300″ yesterday and i have to say it was pretty amazing. direction, editing, and the manner in which certain scenes were executed was simply brilliant. acting was a bit cheesy, but then this was one of those “mean to inspire” type of flicks, and to a certain degree, it did just that.
the story, about the legendary battle of thermapolaye between a few courageous spartans and the endless armies of persia, did offend in one way. i may be stretching this story too far into politics, but i did not much appreciate the idea of a pristine, idealistic “white” army against a hedonistic, obsessive “brown” one - again, perhaps my mind is too preoccupied with real world events and politics, but there was just too much of a par
allel with current world affairs for me to not draw the comparison. of course, in it’s rawest form, someone here had to be the good guy and someone had to be the bad guy - and that i understand.
this is definitely one of those you have to catch in the multiplex - dvd/television will not do justice to most of the larger-than-life scenes here. be warned: this is not a flick for your kids! i was surprised to see little children accompanying their stupid parents to see this movie - something social services in other countries could take your baby away for. although this film does have it’s share of gratuitous violence, it is picturised very tastefully a la frank miller, sin city, et al. some scenes here will remind you of the timeless classic, the gladiator, but those comparisons, given the epoch, storyline, costumes, etc. are natural.
curious to hear what others thought of this, so crumb away!
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Is it just me or what? The guy in the picture looks like Aftab Shivdasani