So last night I went to see "300". About two weeks ago, the movie "300" came out. Many of my friends went to see it on the day it debuted, and at about 7:30 at Ward, all of the showings for it that night were sold out. I didn't really understand why so many people wanted to see it...especially on the opening night. But I guess it was hyped up so much that it's hard not to want to see it as soon as possible. I chose to wait until I could use a GMT to see it because I didn't want to spend nine dollars on a movie that I could see a week or two later. So I went to see it last night. There was a very basic plot about the Spartans and the Persians fighting. Blood, gore, violence, nudity, and monster creatures with warts. It was basically what I expected, but I didn't think the special effects were THAT good. They were good, but I thought the Lord of the Rings effects were better. But I would definitely recommend it to people who like war movies. After the movie, I was reminded that it was a true story. This made me appreciate it more because it was a pretty intense battle, and to know that it actually happened in real life made it that much more epic.
While on the topic of war movies, I would have to say that my favorite war movie would be "Troy". You know the one with Brad Pitt in it? It isn't my favorite just because Brad Pitt is in it, but because I really liked the story and morals depicted in it. It sucked how Brad had to die at the end though...but I would really recommend that movie as a good war movie!
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My favorite war movie is Gladiator. I heard that 300 is a mixture of LOTR and Gladiator, but I doubted that it would meet those expectations, just like you said. LOTR's special effects are amazing, and it's hard to find an equal, I think.
I like Gladiator, but I have to say that 300 was the best war movie ever. First of all, it was pretty close to the true story of what happened at Thermopylae back in the day (I don't know the actual date, maybe I should have payed more attention in Plato that day), and it pretty accurately represented the culture of Sparta: war-oriented and never-surrendering!
Second of all, LOTR did have better special effects, but 300 got my emotions all rhiled unlike any scene in LOTR. Thirdly, Troy did not follow the historical account of the battle (although Homer wrote it like what, more than 100 years after the fact? But it's credited with being an accurate account nonetheless). Yes, Brad Pitt made the movie better, but Astinos in 300 was just great, if not greater than Brad Pitt.
But that's just me, I'm a 300 fan.
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