Elliott C. Back: In Aere Aedificare

Directed by Sin City director Zack Snyder, 300 is a real treat. I had the pleasure of viewing it about two weeks ago, and I was visually impressed. The plot is quite simple, based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Xerces is coming from Persia to conquer Greece, and Sparta must stand against it. They attempt to drabble palace intrigue, prophecy, love, and betrayal onto the canvas of the plot, but it fails. 300’s true power isn’t in the story itself, but the brilliant saturated way it’s told.

In this massive picture post I’m going to try and tell some of the story of 300 in linear order. If you haven’t seen the movie go away now because it will spoil the glory of seeing its scenes for the first time!

There’s plenty of boyhood flashbacks and children in the movie, enough to make you wonder about the innocence of humanity.

But then the Persians come, make their demands, and are thrown into a well in this climactic, but expected scene. After all, they used it as a clip in their previews.

There are some initial skirmishes; of course the Greeks slaughter them. The imagery is mundane to prepare you for the next tumultuous scene:

GLORY!!!!!! This is maybe the best battle scene I’ve seen; it’s almost like a dance. The style is identical to the fight scenes in the Matrix, but less artificial and more visceral.

Here there be dragons. And other monsters. For some reason, having killed large numbers of Persian soldiers, 300 decides to throw nightmares at the Greek force.

300 also has a small tragedy. Father and son shouldn’t fight together; it’s a recipe for sorrow.

The emperor of Persia is evil, has a voice which is too low, and effeminate facial features. He can’t be more scary.

But he gets what he deserves…

Especially when 10,000 SPARTANS decide to join the fight!! GO!

5 Responses to '300 Movie Rocks!!!! SPARTA!!!!!'

1. J2 said:

   on April 19th, 2007 at 11:02 pm

   This movie will be the reason I buy a Bluray DVD player.

   Truly Amazing.

2. Ken Savage said:

   on April 24th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

   WARNING: spoiler alert.

3. PIMP said:

   on May 7th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

   Bluray DVD player?? that doesnt exist

   its a Blu-Ray Player!!! dvd and blu-ray are different formats.

4. PIMP said:

   on May 7th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

   btw this movie rocks!!! i watched it on the cinema, but i wanna buy it in a blu-ray disc, so i can watch it again on my PS3 + my Sony Bravia Full HD lcd. it will be fabtastic.

5. Chicken head said:

   on May 20th, 2007 at 3:03 pm

   that movie sucked!! i have seen pornos better than that

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