October 17, 2006

Thermopylae

This is a trailer for the upcoming movie 300, an adaptation of Frank Miller's (author of last year's Sin City) graphic novel of the same name. It's about Thermopylae, one of history's most legendary last stands. 300 Spartans fought to the death in a narrow pass against an overwhelming Persian army, and inflicted sufficient casualties that Xerxes was unwilling to prosecute the war after the subsequent defeat at Salamis.

The movie doesn't look that great as such, but for sheer vitality, the story is hard to beat. This seems a much more faithful portrayal of ancient Greece than that other movie.


300 Trailer - video powered by Metacafe

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Posted by ryan at October 17, 2006 10:15 AM | TrackBack
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We saw the trailer when we went to see "The Departed". It was more intense on the big screen (no surprise there). I was wondering if you'd see the latest Scorsese piece and if so, what id you think?

Posted by: jolie at October 17, 2006 06:19 PM

Wow. I just reread what I wrote. It SHOULD read: "if you'd seen..." and "what did you think?"

Posted by: jolie at October 17, 2006 06:21 PM

Man, 300 looks like a one SICK film. if it's not good, let's hope it's at least be a decent time killer...

Posted by: jCave at October 18, 2006 06:39 PM
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