me and my friends were in the car and we were talking about the film.

We said "it was sick"

"then my friend say what the F&*& was that goat in the Lesbian Stripclub"

I laughed so hard i almost went off the road. Man that goat scene was the most wierdist crap i saw.

I liked the thing with the ax for its hands, I want one of those.

i think people are giving 300 far less credit in the substance department than deserved. it had all these little subtle moments everywhere. it wasn't just 300 warriors fighting because thats what they do against a persian army that conquers for no reason whatsoever.

my grade has moved up to A++

you suck

i can talk about the merits of this film all day

I don't.

I'm sticking with my A- grade.

There was no substance.

there was shit loads of substance in that film.

you guys see half naked people obsessed with war and you all start screaming shallow. you guys see over the top action and start pointing out historaical inaccuracies without even knowing what the historical version was.

you're all frustrating me.

with your permission, i'd like to do a lone podcast about this film.

once again, substance is not limited to emotional impact.

I agree with bababa...
People are super quick to point out how this is all style no substance, but the fact is, that's just wrong. Maybe the non-action stuff didn't work for you, but it was there and on more than a few occasions I thought the melo/drama was quite strong. It just so happens, though, that the action is soooo much more obvious/intense/whatever, that everything else gets overlooked. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, or it isnt strong...it just means either A, it didnt work for you, or B, you were so overwhelmed by the bicep piercing that you thought it was weak.

i agree with you on this one. i do not think the film was all style like people are making it out to be.

and thats where in my opinion you were wrong. the reason why i loved the film was not just limited to style.

Of course the movie had substance.

It has a transsexal goat rocking out and playing some weird instrument. Come on now.

Oh, I kid.

I want to see 300 on IMAX.

aaaah the goat.

the goat was one of the best visual personification in this film.

i loved the goat.

the visuals are great. the way its choreographed is great. its all special.

its just not "OH MY FUCKING GOD CHECK OUT HOW GREAT EVERYTHING LOOKS SPECIAL"

though i must say, those 2 guys fighting together is one of the best choreographed fight scenes i've ever seen.

Shame my local IMAX isn't playing it. I can't even imagine how it look so many feet high.

Count me as another goat lover.

Also, don't kid yourselves with the whole PS2 game thing.

No game, and very few films, have ever looked so good.

hear hear

not at all

watch the whole sequence again. unlike other films that spend time sending one guy one by one towards the good guy, the choreography of that scene depicted 2 guys in complete synchrony fighting hordes of people coming towards them simultaneously and the 2 fighting like they're on automatic .. without spending too much time analysying situations but working on instincts.

you are kidding me right!?!?

I mean i've been thinking youve been playing with me but honestly .. everything you just said ...

wow. i'd expect you to understand what those visuals represented.

we SO need a podcast. ask me stuff and i'll answer it in that.

you sir .. are a festeezio!!

i feel the need to point 1 thing out.

in the film xerxes is 9 feet tall
in the film, the elephants are the size of oliphants
in the film, there are grenades
in the film, there is a goatman

but they were all visual depictions and all of them existed in the film as a representation of one thing or another that were best communicated through visuals.

That is the last word I would use to describe anything that happened in this movie.

And like you are an expert on the Battle of Thermopolae. I can't spell.