300 observations: I got nothing.

[intertribal]

- Man, there were a lot of monsters in 480 B.C. Like, serious, Rawhead Rex stuff.* Fangs and goat heads and all that. Look cool though. I'd probably be creeped out in a theater.
- The Persians are definitely way more interesting in design than the Spartans. They've got all the monsters and exotica. Nice fancy bull-head thrones. The Spartans are, well, spartan.
- Yeah, this is pretty racist. Especially considering Frank Miller's comments, yowza. Frank Miller, a black mark on your name. Now I feel bad for liking Sin City.
- Leonidas is definitely a basket-case. Somebody's got a little General Ripper in 'im.
- Was I supposed to find the whole Gorgo stabbing Rapist Guy empowering? I must have missed it.
- The political ideology presented in this movie kind of defies reason. I'm with Roger Moore. This is pretty much the definition of fascist art.
- Cool fight scenes? Sort of.
- Oh fantastic. Now I get to watch Mission Fucking Impossible III.

*: Of all the Clive Barker stories I've read, how is RAWHEAD REX the one I can't get out of my head?

Comments

[mhaolain.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad. Deconstructing 300 Losers would take an epic quest; there's so much crumminess going on it's hard to know where to start.

All you need to know is that Leonidas, whose own men could strike a monster rhino into slow-mo' death from across a football field, who is supposed to be the ultimate hardcore macho-man, chokes when the chips are down. He misses the leader of the enemy from what, twenty-five feet away tops?

The very definition of "no payoff", not even in the most mindlessly primitive way.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

LOL! So grazing Xerces' cheek with the spear wasn't supposed to be some kind of inspirational moment?