Commence Pants Wetting...

LGM · Fri 08/12/2006 19:28:47

...I know I had to change my pair.

Check out the latest and final trailer for Zack Snyder and Frank Miller's outing with the graphic novel "300." The film, with the same title, will be adapting the novel almost frame by frame, somewhat similar to the way Sin City was produced. But I must say, "300" makes Sin City look like A Merry Muppet Christmas.

Just watch this trailer to see the awesomeness that is "300."

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1529799&sdm=web&qtw=480&qth=300

The release date is in March. Anyone want to get in line with me now? This one's gonna be huge.

Oh, what's it about you ask? Well, uhm... Let's just say it's about some Spartan warriors that kick some opposing army ass. It's full of violence, language, and big muscley men killing each other in the name of glory. The trailer is chock full of great lines and AWESOME imagery and oh my God I just cannot wait.

Anyone else as excited as I am (and need to change their pants again)?

Darth Mandarb · Fri 08/12/2006 19:51:31

I'm right there with ya man ... when I saw this I was blown away!

Historically accurate? Hell no.

Awesomely ass-kickingly cool? Hell yeah!

I'm already in line posting this from my wirelessbluetoothwi-fi-interwebs-cellular thingee...

Evil · Sat 09/12/2006 05:00:44

Shit. Yes.

The whole thing had a strange 3D render feel too it. Sweet lighting and color. Definitely a release day see.

scotch · Sat 09/12/2006 08:17:27

"Rated R for graphic battle sequences throughout"

Trailer is painfully OTT... bit too much for me to take with all the straight heroics and glorified warfare packed in. The massive epic CGI battle thing that LOTR heavily featured has worn a bit thin now that everyone else has their crowd animation systems. I'm sure the "300 men vs a BAJILLION persians" idea was a hit back at the render farm. The idea of two hours of that doesn't appeal to me, but if they're being faithful to the source material I expect there's more to it than the trailer suggests. It does look pretty. The best thing about all these comic book adaptions is that a lot of them experiment with translating the source style to film, even if results aren't always perfect.

Nikolas · Sat 09/12/2006 08:29:03

I like it!

I like it!

And it is historically correct:

Greeks: Beauty gods with amazing bodies.
Persians: Ugly mother fuckers...

See? It is!

Honestly I'll go and see it, sounds at least itneresting... and as far as I can tel lfrom Frank Millers pervious works, the trailer is just the top of the iceberg...

Andail · Sat 09/12/2006 10:51:33

Quote from: Nikolas on Sat 09/12/2006 08:29:03

Persians: Ugly mother fuckers...

Hmhm?

ManicMatt · Sat 09/12/2006 11:16:12

Erm... well Nik is just joking! The silly bugger!

That film looked alright, I imagine I'd prefer it to Sin City, which I only watched once and never felt like watching it again. Yet a mate of mine watched it about twenty times in one week.

It DOES have a weird fake render feeling to it!

At one point I thought I was looking at a videogame though, oh dear.

I've never been a fan on over reliance on CGI. Specifically when they CGI people.

Nikolas · Sat 09/12/2006 11:22:17

Of course I was joking! No doubt about it...

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 09/12/2006 12:16:30

Jesus christ! Visually extraordinary. No way I'm missing this one.

Andail · Sat 09/12/2006 13:30:32

Hehe, what a pile of crap...spartans were warmongers, obsessed with strange ideals and a perverted will to fight, why make them into some sort of freaking freedom force (aren't we all tired of hearing the "we fight for freedom!"?), and why do all "persians" look like either robots or weird aliens?
Sure, if a mixture of Troy, Alexander and whatever other grand "historical" warepics from the recent 5 years - along with some awkward racial eliticism - is all you crave from your cinema experience, then congrats.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 09/12/2006 13:49:49

Weeelll, what I crave from an actual cinema experience is something like World Trade Center, or Donnie Darko, or Twelve Monkeys. But sometimes it feels damn good to watch a Love Actually, or a F4 or a Spiderman 3 or a 300 purely for the visual factor, yes?

Andail · Sat 09/12/2006 13:57:23

Donnie Darko and Twelve Monkeys are excellent movies, I applaud you for those example.
I don't see how you could watch Love Actually "purely for the visual factor", though

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 09/12/2006 14:04:27

Heh, I thought that sentence might be mis-interpreted... It feels good to watch a "Love Actually" sometimes, a style of film very different from Donny or Monkeys. Similarly, it feels nice to watch some films purefly for their visual factor, sometimes.

Becky · Sat 09/12/2006 15:01:42

It looks like the kind of purely indulgent film-type that Sin City was. The heavy reliance on blue screen filming makes me feel a bit squicky. Though I'm sure some people out there will enjoy it for the extreem effektz, it looks incredibly over the top for me.

MashPotato · Sat 09/12/2006 15:34:59

I think that you could get some very nice screencaps from this, but when it moves it seems too fake and over-directed, at least in a trailer format. I hope there isn't that much slo-mo in the actual movie $:-\$

Darth Mandarb · Sat 09/12/2006 15:36:39

Quote from: Andail on Sat 09/12/2006 13:30:32Sure, if a mixture of Troy, Alexander and whatever other grand "historical" warepics from the recent 5 years - along with some awkward racial eliticism - is all you crave from your cinema experience, then congrats.

I would say it's all I'm really craving from this one! I mean, I like "deep" movies as much as the next guy. But if every movie I ever watched were as deep as the last it'd get very tiring and repetitive. Occasionally, as Rui stated, I like to go to a movie I can just enjoy for the sake of enjoyment. Variety.

And I never judge a movie just from the trailer ... I've learned from lots of movie-going experience that trailers can sometimes be VERY misleading. I mean, the trailer for Showgirls made the movie look interesting!

Andail · Sat 09/12/2006 17:31:22

Don't get me wrong, I like occasional mind-absent violence and action as well. Not to mention silly cartoon spin-offs and whatnot. Spiderman is one of my favourites all time. If I made a list of favourite movies, the majority would not be classified as "deep" or philosphical at all.
I'm criticizing this one because it just looks completely unoriginal and weird, and, as I said, characterised by some sort of racial elite concept.

Raggit · Sat 09/12/2006 19:16:29

Looks pretty cool, I guess.

I love the saturation and color of the film. Films based in distant history seem to lean towards that. I'm trying to think of what the first movie to really use that style was. First time I noticed it was "Gladiator." (Fantastic movie, too.)

Darth Mandarb · Sat 09/12/2006 19:32:45

Quote from: Raggit on Sat 09/12/2006 19:16:29
Looks pretty cool, I guess.

I love the saturation and color of the film. Films based in distant history seem to lean towards that. I'm trying to think of what the first movie to really use that style was. First time I noticed it was "Gladiator." (Fantastic movie, too.)

Saving Private Ryan ... that was the first time I really noticed the "washed out color" style. Though I'm sure it's not the first time it was used.

LGM · Sat 09/12/2006 19:49:11

Well Andail, the Spartans were racial elitists... So, that's not a conscious decision by the filmmakers... It's an adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, so that means of course it won't be wildly original in it's plot but the characters, style, and the overall film will be original. I can't wait to see it.

If all else fails, it still looks effing beautiful.