So there was a pre-screening at my College just now...

[Anyway]

"You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to MY city steps.

You insult my queen.

You threaten my people with slavery and death.

Oh, I've chosen my words carefully persian, maybe you should have done the same."

This is blasphemy, this madness!

"THIS. IS. SPARTA!"

[Misterjingles]

ugh there is one part where they slow down the action a bit and focus on one Spartan as he kills an entire line of like 15 persians in a row. It made me cry the sweet tears of manliness

God dammit if you're going to ruin the movie then you might as well tell them the part where they broke all their weapons and just pulled out their dicks and blugeoned everyone to death. FUCK.

But seriously, my penis is now in envy for the joygasm that you have just watch, and is also jealous that we have to wait a week. Asshole. D: <3

[netz]

While not related to the graphic novel on which the movie is based, or even involving any of the same characters except Leonidas and Xerxes, a book called Gates of Fire, written by Stephen Pressfield, is an excellent read about the Battle of Thermopylae.

[GraveRobberX]

I'm a big history buff when it comes to the wars between Persia and the Spartan "alliance."

Obviously, since it's Hollywood a lot of the real history is going to be skewed.

BUT WHO CARES THIS MOVIE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO KICK ASS AND I CAN'T WAIT.

best line I've seen the commercials so far:

'Something about arrows that will cover the sun'

"Then we'll just have to fight in the shade."

I know that commernt from the commercial by heart
[watch the trailer 50+ times, Sony Store on PS3 lets you DL the 1080p version of 300 trailer]

"The thousand nations of the Persian Empire, descend upon you, Our Arrows will Block out the Sun" - Persian General

"Then we will fight in the Shade" - Kick Ass Spartan Warrior

[Epical]

Wow, check out these trivia bits about the movie from IMDB:

* The film was shot in 60 days.

* The film was shot on green screen in Montreal.

* There are 1500 cuts in the film, and about 1300 involve some sort of visual effect.

* The work was photographed completely in Montreal, with the exception of two days of insert shooting in Los Angeles.

* Ten visual effects vendors contributed to the film, spread over three continents.

* The filmmakers used bluescreen 90% of the time, and greenscreen for 10%. They chose blue because it better matched the lighting paradigm (green would have been too bright) and because red garments (a la spartan capes) look better when shot over blue.

* There was one day of location shooting, which was for the horses that were shot for the 'approaching sparta' scene.

* Post production took almost a year. The film was edited on an Avid, with an HD cut also maintained in Final Cut Pro The 3D was made using Maya, XSI, and Lightwave The 2D composites were made with Shake, Inferno, Fusion, and Combustion. The filmmakers prefer Macintosh, but large portions of the movie were made under Linux. Asset management was handled by custom software written in the Panorama development environment, made by Provue. Color management was handled by Truelight software. The film was scanned on a northlight scanner and was recorded on the arrilaser. Most of the film was shot at high speed, between 50 and 150fps. Normal film is at 24fps. The film was transferred to HD SR tape and quicktime, and HD quicktimes were the basis for the HD preview cuts. The working resolution for the film was 2K, at a working aspect ratio of 2.11 and a projected aspect ratio of 2.35.

* The script demanded that most of the male cast spend the majority of their screen time bare-chested, as per Frank Miller's original graphic novel. Therefore, in order to adequately present themselves as the most well-trained and marshalled fighting force of the time, the entire principal cast underwent a rigorous and varied training regime for 6 weeks prior to shooting.

* Sienna Miller and Silvia Colloca were each considered for the role of Queen Gorgo.

* According to an interview with IGN.com, Director Zack Snyder says that fighting styles and formations (particularly the Spartan's phalanx) were purposefully changed - making them historically inaccurate - so they'd "look cool" and work better for movie purposes.

* The movie never claims to be historically correct. It is based somewhat loosely on Frank Miller's 1998 comic book mini-series. Changes from history were made by Miller and Snyder so as to appeal to a wider audience and create a more exciting and visually stunning action movie, rather than a typical historical epic.

* Frank Miller was inspired by the original Battle of Thermopylae after viewing the 1962 film "The 300 Spartans" as a child. His perception of the 'hero' concept changed greatly after seeing the Spartans make their sacrifice.

[Tekki]

XB 360 has some exclusive, free clips to download off the marketplace, including the shot where they slow the action down so he can hack through about 15 persians.

[Xfaustx]

i really dont have any interest in seeing thing movie, call me crazy. for some reason just doesnt seem appealing. ._.

[Anyway]

i really dont have any interest in seeing thing movie, call me crazy. for some reason just doesnt seem appealing. ._.

fucking GET OUT OF HERE

[Xfaustx]

dead serious o.o;;

[Anyway]

dead serious o.o;;

so am I. GET THE FUCK OUT

[Xfaustx]

YOU GTFO.

*edit* btw i totally saw your comment coming

[Miltani]

Omg managed to reserved two ticket to next wednesday sneak preview. I can't wait

[Tekki]

i really dont have any interest in seeing thing movie, call me crazy. for some reason just doesnt seem appealing. ._.

Here ya go then

That should keep you entertained while we watch an ancient killing spree

[Norelco]

i really dont have any interest in seeing thing movie, call me crazy. for some reason just doesnt seem appealing. ._.

fucking GET OUT OF HERE

lol...reminded me of 40 year old virgin

[Xchelsx]

this movie doesn't even look mildly interesting. based on the previews.

[finale23]

this movie doesn't even look mildly interesting. based on the previews.

are you fucking kidding me?

[Xchelsx]

this movie doesn't even look mildly interesting. based on the previews.

are you fucking kidding me?

nope.

[finale23]

this movie doesn't even look mildly interesting. based on the previews.

are you fucking kidding me?

nope.

sorry i was being too subtle. it wasnt really a question, it's more like why you bother commenting at all if you don't like the movie and plus gtfo.

[Denchi]

SMU- home of the protests against the Bush library and a pretty horrible football stigma

edit: that's not on the east coast*

I know some people that go there......

Keenan Olson ring a bell?

And yes... I'm very much seeing that movie

[Jefe]

I can't wait to see this movie. I checked "The Bridge" (some place in Los Angeles <3) and the movie will be shown in Imax; I just hope they don't sell out or it will totally suck ballz.