Movies

Post by **Rusty** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:08 pm

Ice Princess - 6/10 - I don't think Michelle Trachtenberg was totally convincing as a skater or scholar, but the movie was a fun bit of fluff.

Post by **Rusty** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:54 pm

Adam has his 365 movies in 365 days thread over on VA. I had 7 movies in January and 10 in February plus 2 so far in March. I think I've fallen a bit behind the pace.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:25 pm

Rusty wrote:Adam has his 365 movies in 365 days thread over on VA. I had 7 movies in January and 10 in February plus 2 so far in March. I think I've fallen a bit behind the pace.

I dont think im anywhere near your pace!

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:01 pm

I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.

Post by **tommi** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:08 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.

Is the movie based on actual historical events, or is it mostly made up?

Post by **Rusty** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:08 pm

tommi wrote:
Psychotic_Carp wrote:I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.
Is the movie based on actual historical events, or is it mostly made up?

The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller. The graphic novel itself is a loose depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, which was an actual battle from around 2500 years ago.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:42 pm

I think in the actual battle it was an army and the 300 vs the persians

Post by **tommi** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:03 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I think in the actual battle it was an army and the 300 vs the persians

I looked at wikipedia and it said an army of 700 Thespian volunteers and the 300 Spartans vs. the Persians.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:33 am

this will give you an idea of how bloody and brutal the movie is

http://www.doubleviking.com/the-best-fi ... 999-p.html

Post by **tommi** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:20 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:this will give you an idea of how bloody and brutal the movie is

http://www.doubleviking.com/the-best-fi ... 999-p.html

That's okay for a non kung-fu movie, but what's the whole story line for the movie?

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:29 pm

The 300 vs the persian army, the whole movie containes scenes like that Its almost all blood guts gore.

Post by **tommi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:55 pm

Psychotic_Carp wrote:The 300 vs the persian army, the whole movie containes scenes like that Its almost all blood guts gore.

Cool

Post by **Rusty** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:58 pm

300 - 7.5/10 - The story of King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans battling against the legions of Xerxes. I've had people I know tell me that this is the best movie they've seen in years so I went in with high expectations. It was kind of slow going, though. I liked the movie and the cinematography was excellent, but I was expecting more.

Post by **Psychotic_Carp** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:51 am

I thought it was exactly what I was expecting!

Post by **Rusty** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:44 pm

Gridiron Gang - 7.5/10 - I though this was a nice movie about a juvenile prison that starts a football program to try and motivate juveniles to improve their situation and get out of the gang life. They had to cut a few corners storywise to make it fit, but it was pretty entertaining.