A friend showed me the trailer for this film recently and just WOW. Got me rather excited. Really looking forward to seeing this film. The trailer looked excellent the passion and atmosphere just well WOW. lol Trying to borrow the graphic novel but I think my friend is wanting to re-read *huffs*.

As for Watchmen, really liked the comic would like to see a film.

I just saw this this past weekend and it was incredible! Just breathtaking, I highly recommend it.

Definitely rated R for a reason though, there was lots of violence and nudity, but I never seen so many 10 year olds. It was bizarre, it was like the audience of Bambi or something. This movie is definitely not for kids.

Fun film, not great, but entertaining as hell.

I took my kids and they loved it. The violence is so over the top as to be cartoonish. Specifically, blood is always flying, but never landing, no one really gets very bloody.
And the nudity... what's wrong with nudity? My kids don't bat an eye at it because they aren't being taught that the nude = bad.

I have no problem whatsoever with nudity. I honestly didn't even know that nipples could get that hard. But it wasn't a "naked people because it's natural" scene, it was a "erotic naked sex" scene, which I think should be reserved to people who at least have hit puberty, not children.

I personally, just don't think it's appropriate to bring a young child to a theater to see a rated R movie, ever. It honestly makes me uncomfortable to be watching a movie with "adult themes" next to a five year old.

For example, when I went to go see the Descent, there was a child who was about 7 or 8 sitting next to me. This child became so frightened as the movie progressed, that he was in tears, whimpering, and trying to crawl into his mother's lap. She finally let him crawl into a ball in her lap after she told him to "shut up" several times and that he was "acting like a baby".

If people want to let a child watch a rated R film, that's fine, it's their child. I just wish they would only do it at home, not in public where it effects other people.

I absolutely loved this movie! Before I saw it I could never clearly answer anyone or anyone's post that asked what my favourite movie was. Now I can! This movie just gripped me from the start to the finish.

I loved the camera work, espeically the battle scenes. I just really enjoyed how they would keep the camera speed normal while King Leanidos would prepare to strike and when he finally did land his sword upon someone or through someone they would slow the camera right down. That was just a very powerful effect for me.

The score was awesome as well, the music just brought it all together.

All in all this movie ROCKED!!!

And I dont really think it would have been as powerful if it didn't have the nudity and the R rated qualities it did. I was just kind of little upset that a parent would bring their 10 year old child to the movie. It was R rated and I just dont believe in placing a child in that atmosphere...not that young anyway.

But still a great movie!

xxFrostyxx

I would feel embrassed for kids that age seeing 300. More so kids in their early teens because their parents would've brought them and they would be seeing sex scenes with their parents present.

As far as I see it though, I agree with Roderick, as long as a child is raised knowing sex is natural and okay it's fine for them to see it.

I also agree with Rob about raising your kids not to think nudity or sex is bad, but I just don't think that you need to publicly expose your children to that kind of thing when their 10 years old. I mean there is a place and a time and it does not envolve a big screen and pop corn.

I dont know why I just didn't think it was very parentally wise to take you child to a movie that is rated R when you don't know the content. We went and saw it opening night so no one had seen it.

xxFrostyxx

Fair enough but if you have a good enough rapport with your kids it should be no problem because you can just talk about it after.

This has just turned from horror to parenting discussion.

So what did you think of the overuse of greenscreen techniques? Sure it looked nice but it just bugged me, knowing there were only 5 sets used and the rest was edited in. I guess that's my fault for watching a special on the movie before seeing it.

I like the use of greenscreen. All those critics who said it looked like a video game got it wrong. It doesn't look or feel anything like a video game - it feels like a living comic book.

I might go see it again this weekend.

Yea I'd leave the special features and interveiws and stuff for after the movie. To me I thought it was really good and actually I didn't really take much notice of all the special effects and green screens. It didn't faze me at all I was too engrossed in the story the camera work ... but thats me I love me some good camera work.

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Needed to edit my post as I just say Mictlantechutli's comment and it got me thinking. When people complain about the special effects of a comic book movie I get a little annoyed because you have to remember it is a comic book made into a movie...not just a book where you have to imagine whats going on. A comic book already has the graphics to go along with the words. I like the way they do special effects for comic book movies. Especially when they did Sin City...I loved how they made it look like a comic book but in a movie.

xxFrostyxx

Don't get me wrong. All the special effects were really well done. A lot of it was frame for frame from the comic like Sin City, which I loved.

In my opinion, when remaking a Frank Miller graphic novel, it has to be perfect. He's such an icon that you can't mess up or you'll have a bunch of nerds on a rampage. So I didn't mind the green screen. I know it was necessary but it destracted me because I'm an artsy kid and start thinking about how it was done.

This Movie is all about style not substance,i think that Zack Snyder set out to make an aesthetically beautiful spectacle with high octane battle sequences,so for me it is a complete success.

Great film. My friend gave me the best bootleg DVD I have ever seen. Clear picture and surround sound. The action is pretty much non-stop.

I can't believe i'm the only one who hated it.

Spartanssszzzz, yadayadayada blah blah we fight, blahhhh blahhh...

No Shit Posh, I can't believe you didn't like it. War, Blood, Violence, Cutting off Extremities.
What's not to like? :D
Oh well, To each his own.

I thought it was.... get ready...


boring. even the action, was stupid. And i'm being generous at that. You wanna know why?


"because I am kind..."

Great visual effects and sound A movie does not make. As good as they movie is visually the piss poor acting just ruined the whole movie for me. I watch movies for acting not a bunch of men with CG abs Screaming THIS IS SPARTA. Over all it just looked good.

Haha....hard nipples...

I'm typically not one for style over substance, but I went into 300 expecting a pretty movie with a shitload of killing, so I LOVED it.

It was probabloy the most "Male" movie i have ever seen, it made me want to start a fight just to be able to hit someone. For the record, I didnt.

lol it was a bit homo erotic tho......i really enjoyed it but would have never went if it didnt have frank millers name on it

I didnt think ti was int he least bit homoerotic. there were no semi references to "companionship", no semi nude male grappling, just explicit violence. Men in loincloths doesnt necesarrily make it homoerotic. But I am not one to judge if that is your thing ;)

lol its not my thing....weeellllll.........perhaps...;) it was really moving and it showed as my friend put it "the typical man" in that evil dude who only wanted on thing from the main woman (yep im terrible with names)