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300: Rise of an Empire
300: Rise of an EmpireQuote: 300: Rise of an Empire is an upcoming 2014 American fantasy action film directed by Noam Murro. It is a follow-up to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the events of that film. Zack Snyder, who directed and co-wrote the original film, acts as writer and producer on Rise of an Empire.
The cast includes Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Hans Matheson, and Jack O'Connell. The cast also includes Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Andrew Tiernan and David Wenham, reprising their roles from the first film. It is scheduled to be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on March 7, 2014.[7] The composer for the film is Junkie XL.
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Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:13 pm |
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trixster
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
yes, eva green shows her boobies
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:17 pm |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
WELL IT'S SETTLED THEN
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:18 pm |
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
also it's fucking awful
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:31 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Did you like 300?
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:36 pm |
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trixster
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Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
nope. and this is even worse. it essentially gets rid of the only thing the first one had going for it.
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:39 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Well I, and a lot of others, loved 300. So... I'm sure this is decent entertainment.
Also, BOOBIES.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:46 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Ridiculously enough, I had to sign an NDA until March 5th...
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:01 pm |
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trixster
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Chippy wrote: Well I, and a lot of others, loved 300. So... I'm sure this is decent entertainment.
Also, BOOBIES. oh i'm sure you'll love it
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:26 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
I think the way you perceive the second film hinges entirely upon what you thought of the first.
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:39 pm |
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Dr. Lecter wrote: I think the way you perceive the second film hinges entirely upon what you thought of the first. PECCIES
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Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:33 pm |
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Chippy
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
For Magnus (and myself) Quote: There is a sex scene in '300: Rise of an Empire' that is an all-timer.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:20 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
It's alright. The sex scene, that is.
I liked the film, but then again, I liked the first too. This is really more of the same. The hero is worse than Gerard Butler's Leonidas, but the villain is of course much better here.
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xiayun
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Pretty everyone is praising Green's performance. Could see a WOKJ MPA nomination.
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Chippy
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Yes, from the reviews I've read, she dominates her screentime.
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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The Dark Shape
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Eva Green wins the movie. Flawless victory.
She's so good I'm kind of upset that I was supposed to be cheering against her. I spent the whole finale hoping she'd switch sides so I wouldn't have to see her die.
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Price
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Gamaur wrote: I had 0 interest in this until I knew Eva's tits were involved. Maybe I'll just wait for the DL, that way I won't get kicked out of the theatre for indecent exposure. Just buy The Dreamers DVD and put it on an infinite loop. Not only tits involved, but also bush.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
The Dark Shape wrote: Eva Green wins the movie. Flawless victory.
She's so good I'm kind of upset that I was supposed to be cheering against her. I spent the whole finale hoping she'd switch sides so I wouldn't have to see her die. I was cheering for her anyway, so what. :-D
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David
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
As it became a surprise global mega-hit, 300 must have given at least one studio executive a headache: can a film in which almost every principal character is dead by the final frame still result in an ongoing franchise? (Similar questions arose regarding Gladiator and The Departed, among others.) Anyone with at least a modest knowledge of Herodotus' history, however, knows the deaths of Leonidas and his Spartans is part of a grander story. So, several years later, we have 300: Rise of an Empire, an ultra-violent, high-style depiction of the sea warfare which pit the heroes of Greece against a much larger Persian fleet.
On the surface, this is not an awful film: in regard to both aesthetic and tone, it fits alongside the prior film. The frame is populated with almost nothing but musclebound male beauties, even though it is said Greece's central force consists, in the nation's desperation, of farmers, townspeople, and unprepared youths. (This dialogue lands with an extra loud thud when contrasted with the chiseled soldiers on display as it is said.) Every death is punctuated by a slow-motion geyser of computer-generated blood. The dialogue, often shouted by the characters, is defined by broad graphic-novel notions of masculinity and nobility. Yet where I found the original 300 amusing and even hypnotic, 300: Rise of the Empire is dull and exhausting. Why? It is hard to say. Perhaps because so many largely inferior films have utilized the same stylistic tics in the intervening period, rendering the cinematic combat here rote rather than inventive, and perhaps also because the storyline is not as engaging and focused as the 300 Spartans' doomed final stand nor is the Gerard Butler stand-in, studly Australian actor Sullivan Stapleton as Athenian general Themistocles, as overheated and iconic (he cannot brood his way to a moment of wonderful absurdity on par with "THIS. IS. SPARTA!").
The one element which does elevate Rise of the Empire, if not save it: Eva Green, who is an electrifying presence as a sexy and volatile version of Persia's sole female naval commander, Artemisia, portrayed here as a slave girl who rises to power under Darius the Great and later Xerxes through betrayal, murder, and general wit. The gifted and gorgeous Green, who should be a top-of-the-A-list star by now, has received praise even in mixed and negative reviews, and it is not hard to understand why: she rips into the role and devours it without hesitation, exuding convincing lust and rage at every turn and easily (I repeat, easily) outshining the storyline around her and its other players. If only she were in every scene; alas, this film does not realize it is a one-woman show.
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Caius
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
The consensual rape was entertaining. Otherwise boring. Broad agreement with David's post.
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Dil
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
As a big fan of the original I thought this was a solid follow-up to say the least. Nothing amazing, but I was entertained for the most part. It can't touch the original, but I still found it hell of a lot better then the other crappy 300 wannabes over the past few years.
Also, Eva Green has never shined as much in a role as she does here. Badass and sexy all at the same time and by the later half of the movie you will definitely feel like rooting for her character to win.
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Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:31 pm |
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BJ
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
BJs Grade:
B/B+
Green was fuckin badass.
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publicenemy#1
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
was so weird seeing that dude from Skins in here, along with the fact that he was the only who wasn't "ripped".
The movie has some cool connections with the first flick but it's not very compelling. Not completely terrible but not memorable at all.
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Shack
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Unless Butler somehow turned it down, Leonidas not being in this is stupid... when you're a graphic novel movie like 300, getting around death is so easy... Just introduce a necromancer warlock or make him lead the army as a ghost. This movie with Leonidas is a much bigger event
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: 300: Rise of an Empire
Shack wrote: Unless Butler somehow turned it down, Leonidas not being in this is stupid... when you're a graphic novel movie like 300, getting around death is so easy... Just introduce a necromancer warlock or make him lead the army as a ghost. This movie with Leonidas is a much bigger event That's retarded.
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