300 [Blu-ray]

Product Details

Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0085391199434
Product Group : DVD
Release Date : 2007-07-31
Studio : Warner
UPC : 085391199434

ASIN : B000R7G9HE

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Super Special Effects (2008-05-02)

This film is full of non stop action and amazing special effects. Recommended to any fan of action movies.

Big Disappointment (2008-04-09)

While this isn't horrible, it isn't very good either. When you have a supposed king of Sparta with a Scottish accent you know something's wrong. I don't mean to be picky, but you'd think someone would take care of trifling details like that... is this 'professional entertainment' or what? What bugs me most about this movie however, is it's attitude. It glorifies war. This is obscene. There is nothing glorious about people killing each other. There is no nobility in butchering people. It's a sick attitude and my slightly paranoid brain cannot help but link this movie to the current war in Iraq. I don't know if this movie would have been made if the U.S. wasn't currently butchering people abroad. Maybe by glorifying war the citizens of that country can feel somehow justified in what their government is doing in their name. But then again.. some people just enjoy watching people being hacked to bits.. have you ever asked yourself why?

"This Is Madness!" (2008-02-12)

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel(Sin City was also adapted to the big screen a few years ago),"300" is a movie about glory,war and courage.This movie is more than your regular movie,it was done in such a beautifull and strong artistic way that you can't help but just be stunned by it.This is one of the most visually stunning experiences and it goes further than anything you've seen before.I admit that's saying quite a lot,but that's the truth."300" tells the story of the Spartan people and the thirst for defending their country.King Leonidas guided 300 Spartans to a march to glory.The Spartans had no other hope than to "die beautifully for their country" and fight until death would take them.There was only 300 Spartan and over a thousand Persians and there wasn't much hope,but they gave the Persians a great fight.While it isn't historically accurate and was never meant to be,300 remains impressive in its own right.300 doesn't have much of a story,it has one but it is quite simple : 300 Spartans making their last stand fighting for their land.I'm sure you've heard that a lot by now.It is an epic story about the ancient Grece and it makes a great hommage to the Spartan people.It shows how strong the Spartans were but also how only the strong ones were allowed to fight.In fact the babies were looked carefully for weaknesses,and if they had any they would kill them and only the strongest survived.Those who were kept alive were trained vigorously to fight and to not feel pain.They were and still are often talked about as "barbarians" and ignorants.I don't think 300 could have been done much better from a visual perspective,the novel was amazing and the movie is even more and done near flawlessly.From the first to the last scene this movie is a complete chef d'oeuvre(big words never hurt!).This is by far one of the purest movie today,not designed to give any judgements and it doesn't try to make you have an opinion,neither was it intended to be a box-office hit(well I say that but we never know)it's just amazing.King Leonidas(Gerald Butler is impressive and gives a truthfull and honnest performance of the character that can only impress you)chooses 3000 hundred Spartans to go to war and conquer the Perse territory make the glorious name of the Spartan a famous and respected one.With his army he will try to take the Persian people and their god Xerxes by surprise,wich failed.Yes there are more Persians and statistically the Spartans shall loose,but they won't until they have given all they've got and killed the last Persian.Its a true story of dedication and hope,the warrior code the Spartans had is respected in its entirety here even making us wonder if it really is true as it seems like too much.Historians will know right from the start that this ain't accurate history but will still love it for all the historical references and how they manage to make a great movie related to history.It is also interresting to see the power that the queens had and how they were respected,most of what you see in movies are slave females so it is nice to see one who has power.Troughout all of it,there is also love,friendship and betrayal of their country wich adds a more human touch.The Spartans seem not like average humans,but rather like gods in this film.Expect to see plenty of abbs and muscles in this movie as they fight bare-chest so you do have to see that quite often.The acting in the movie is quite convincing and is nothing to complain about,every actor does a great job here.The movie is mostly focused on visuals and the amazing battles it had rather than actual script.The battles are outstanding and very well executed with lots of action in them.Every battle is stunning and seems yet so realistic for a movie.That is one great thing about 300,it looks very real.Those fights seems to have a certain rythym alternating between fast and slow and at times slow motion to give some of the desired effects.There doesn't seem to be lots of computer effects but there are some,I'm just glad there isn't too much of it to the point that all it does is rely on those effects.There is more than one battle and many characters die,also there is a lot of violence and blood so now you know that not anyone can watch this.The final comfrontation and the ending remains touching and made the Spartans look proud of what they have achieved.To conclude,how can you not like this movie?You can but you can't deny that its is a piece of art and a fine masterpiece.There is something to like about it for everyone wheter it's the fight scenes,the impressive artistic result or the overral story.It reminds me a lot of the "The Gladiator" wich was similiar to 300 in some ways,but this is much more impressive.You have to admire the overral perspective and direction of 300.This 2-discs special edition also has plenty of extras,one disc full of them,many extras and some that are great to watch.You get your money's worth wether you buy this two discs special edition,single disc,widescreen,full screen : it's all good!Some videos on Youtube make fun of 300(this is sparta another techno remix is hilarious),but there is a movie called "meet the spartans" that makes fun of this as well.People may make fun of this but it remains gold.It follows a lot from the 1961 movie "The 300 Spartans" and it is interresting to compare with 300.A well-deserved five stars!

This is a great movie to watch once... (2007-12-07)

This is a great movie to watch once... but hard to sit through again. The story/plot is really weak, but the battle scenes are done really well.

This is SPARTA! (2007-10-12)

Frank Miller adaptations are on a roll. First we got "Sin City," and now we have the story of three hundred Spartans who repelled a massive invasion.And the adaptation of "300" is a stunning one -- literally stunning, since it bombards the viewer with larger-than-life characters, smashing visuals and tight direction. It goes a bit too fast for its own good, but it's a truly epic film that takes the historical war movie to another level -- all the more so because it actually happened.As the introduction tells us, the Spartans were the ultimate warrior people. Babies were inspected for weakness or faults, and killed if they had any; as they were growing up, they were taught and toughened by a savage regimen. Their only true hope was to "die beautifully" for their land.A Persian messenger arrives, telling King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) that the god-king Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) wants the Spartans to bow to him. Leonidas' response: shove the Persians into a pit. But before he can go to war, he must consult the corrupt priesthood of Ephors and their beautiful Oracle. She predicts that Sparta will fall and the gods forbid war at the approach of the Carneaian festival -- courtesy of a hefty bribe from a Spartan traitor.So Leonidas takes out three hundred of his best men, along with their nervy Arcadian allies, and begin trouncing the Persians. But they are being sabotaged, both by a hunchbacked outcast and by a treacherous councilor, whom Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) is battling. And so at Thermopylae, Leonidas prepares for a final battle against the monstrous Persian Army -- knowing that their story of freedom will live on.This is not a "sensitive" movie where you have any appreciation for the bad guys -- it's a glorification of three hundred soldiers who died for their land and freedom. It just wouldn't work otherwise. It doesn't blindly adore the Spartans -- we see their darker side in their "weed out the weak" policy -- but it does appreciate them. They respect and care about each other, and Leonidas is as kind as he can be even to Ephialtes, the traitor.And it's done in a manner appropriate to its comic book origins -- grimy, bloody and epic, but with a stylized look that is almost like CGI. The battles are shockingly good, and full of fantasy-ish creations like the monstrous creatures or the silver-masked Immortals. Even a wall of corpses. But we also get some beautiful visuals as well -- roiling seas, sunlit battlefields, Spartan cities, and the drugged Oracle in her white veil.While the script gets a bit over-the-top at times, it's hard not to be moved by dialogue that can be darkly funny ("It's just an eye. The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare") or stirring ("He did not wish tribute, nor song, or monuments or poems of war and valor. His wish was simple: "Remember us." That was his hope, should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be").Butler and Headey are simply great as Leonidas and Gorgo -- they're both strong, passionate and fearless, and they both do a great job in their separate storylines. But the movie is filled with good performances -- David Wenham as the narrator, Dominic West as a disgusting traitor, Santoro as the decadent, arrogant god-king, and many others."300" is a unique, stirring, stunning movie that pushes the action-movie envelope, and gives a thrilling edge to a real-life story of overwhelming edge. A brilliant movie.

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