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New York Times: 300 Movie Review - http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/movies/09thre.html?ref=movies
A bombastic spectacle of honor and betrayal, “300” is about as violent as “Apocalypto” and twice as stupid. By A.O. Scott. Registration required. |
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TheStar.com: Sparta? No. This Is Madness - http://www.thestar.com/article/190493
The battle of Thermopylae was real, but how real is 300? Ephraim Lytle, assistant professor of hellenistic history at the University of Toronto offers his view. |
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Cinematical: Berlinale Review - 300 - http://www.cinematical.com/2007/02/14/berlinale-review-300/
If Braveheart were stripped of its meat, spray-painted gold and served as the poorest of value meals at McDonalds, there's a good chance you'd end up with something resembling 300 -- Zack Snyder's long-awaited adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel. By Erik Davis. |
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Rolling Stone : 300 Review - http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6156065/review/13711861/300
300 is a movie blood-drunk on its own artful excess. By Peter Travers. |
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ReelingReviews: 300 - http://www.reelingreviews.com/300.htm
The result is a solid mix of live action and computer animation. By Robin and Laura Clifford. |
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CinemaBlend: 300 - http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/300-2149.html
Snyder’s take on the film is a fantasy, the way the battle would have looked in the minds of the Greeks, as they tell the story of the 300’s sacrifice. By Josh Tyler. |
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ReelViews: 300 - http://www.reelviews.net/movies/t/300.html
300 may not offer masterful storytelling in a conventional sense, but it's hard to beat as a spectacle and that makes it worthwhile viewing for all but the most squeamish of potential audience members. By James Berardinelli. |
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IGN: 300 Review - http://movies.ign.com/articles/763/763580p1.html
Butler, a reliable Russell Crowe-like leading man who hasn't yet enjoyed the success he deserves, finally finds his Maximus in Leonidas. 5 out of 5 stars. |
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ComingSoon.net: 300 - http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=19031
Not content with merely bringing the visuals of Frank Miller's amazing historic epic to the screen verbatim, Zack Snyder actually improves upon them, using his equally sick imagination and a solid cast to sell this amazing story of the mighty Spartans. By Todd Gilchrist. |
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300 Online Press Events Are Good - http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/03/19/300-online-press-events-are-good/
Zach Synder, writer Frank Miller and actors Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro answer questions presented by online bloggers and podcasters. By Brian Cronin. |
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Filmstalker: 300 - http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2007/02/300.html
As soon as the film begins you can see the superb style, the colours, the effects of the skies, everything makes it look like a stylised comic, and it looks glorious. Review by Richard Brunton. |
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Slate Magazine: A Movie Only a Spartan Could Love - http://www.slate.com/id/2161450/
If 300, the new battle epic based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, had been made in Germany in the mid-1930s, it would be studied today alongside The Eternal Jew as a textbook example of how race-baiting fantasy and nationalist myth can serve as an incitement to total war. By Dana Stevens. |
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CSMonitor.com: '300' is Geek Mythology - http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0309/p14s01-almo.html
Everything is overscaled in this film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel. By Peter Rainer. |
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Deep Focus Movie Reviews: 300 - http://www.deep-focus.com/dfweblog/2007/03/300_2007.html
300, the ancient-Greek military adventure adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller, is drenched in sex and violence and boasts a repetitive, forward-reeling momentum that makes it feel like the longest videogame cut scene in history. By Bryant Frazer. |
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FlickFilosopher.com: 300 - http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2007/03/300_review.html
Director Zack Snyder takes a far, far older tale and reconnects us to it in a way that reminds us of the power of myth and should, if approached with a wary, knowing eye, remind us how that power has always been used to serve other, less entertaining purposes as well. By MaryAnn Johanson. |
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Movie Review: 300 - http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/12/043413.php
Rare is the film that compels me to see it again on the big screen. |
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Blogcritics.org: 300 - http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/09/125120.php
If you are like me, and you hold a place in your movie-loving heart for films that just plain kick ass, then 300 is not to be missed. By Neil Miller. |
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Movie Review: 300 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad About Skipping 300 @ Blogcritics.org - http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/13/142123.php
It’s the equivalent of Showgirls for male audiences. By Anne Russell. |
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EmanuelLevy.com: Film Review - 300 - http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=4724
"300" may not provide much food for thought, but it's feast for the eyes. Includes photos, cast and crew credits. By R. Voss. |
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DVD Talk Review: 300 - http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=26884
Rather than jumping right into what doesn't work with 300, let me say what does work. By David Walker. |
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Cinema Source.com - 300 - http://www.thecinemasource.com/v3/movieinfo.php?movieid=2514&wordcount=0
What’s more prevalent in the mind of the viewers and the filmmakers is the excessive blood and guts and that can only sustain a film for so long. By Stephen Snart. |
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"300" - The CBR Review - http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9659
Every moment is a moment. Not one second is wasted. In this fashion, "300" is relentless and will leave its viewers exhausted, because they will have lived it. By Andy Khouri. |
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Film School Rejects: 300 Ways To Interpret Zack Snyder’s “300 - http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/300-ways-to-interpret-zack-snyder%e2%80%99s-300.php
It’s no secret once you read my review of the film that I would rank 300 among the top ten best films of all time. By Paige MacGregor. |
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Film School Rejects: 300 Gets A Standing Ovation in Berlin - http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/300-gets-a-standing-ovation-in-berlin.php
Article covering the World opening night in Berlin, Germany. Includes photos. By Neil Miller. |
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Slant Magazine - Film Review: 300 - http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=2819
A cold synthetic invention, 300 catches the eye but leaves the heart indifferent—devoid of meaning, to be sure, but, more detrimentally, devoid of feeling. By Nick Schager. |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 300 - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07068/768019-120.stm
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is a spectacular comic-book-to-film rendering of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans fought to the death against a Persian force that was a thousand times larger in number. By Barry Paris. |
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The Pontifications of Maurice Broaddus: 300 - A Review - http://www.mauricebroaddus.com/2007/03/300-review
A complete testosterone-fest, in the spirit of Gladiator, though more brutal and visceral an experience. By Maurice Broaddus. |
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Movie Forums - 300 - http://www.movieforums.com/reviews/prepare_for_glory_300.html
It's a roller-coaster ride that only ends when the screen turns black. For anyone looking for a visionary film who's not afraid of violence on the screen, I recommend '300'. By The Usual Suspect. |
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Chicago Maroon: 300 Creators Bang Heads for Glory - http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/voices/2007/03/06/300-creators-bang-heads-for-glory/
The independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago offers commentary on the film. By Ethan Stanislawski. |
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SuperheroFlix.com: 300 Breaks IMAX Theatres Opening Day/Weekend Records - http://www.superheroflix.com/news/53/18353.php
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that 300: The IMAX Experience contributed a record-setting $3.6 million of the $70,855,301 that the film grossed at the domestic box office opening weekend. |
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Mark Cronan: "300" Movie Review - http://markcronan.livejournal.com/33814.html
Advanced screening focus group participant calls the film "a chest thumping, dirty, writhing mass of violence at times". |
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300: An Accurate Portrayal? - http://www.findreligion.net/300-an-accurate-portrayal/
Regardless of how they cut off the Persians in order to only fight a few at a time, when the same 10 or so men were always at the front lines, as shown in the movie, they’d get tired eventually. Really, this doesn’t make sense. |
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This is London: 300 - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/film-23335951-details/300/filmReview.do?reviewId=23389890
You get the impression that not only does it come from a position near the extreme Right wing of the spectrum, but that its mixture of homophobia and macho posturing has a very odd smell about it. By Derek Malcolm. |
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TVGuide.com: Bloody Epic "300" Earns Big Numbers at Box Office - http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Box-Office-300/800010637
The blood-soaked ancient epic "300" slaughtered its foes at the weekend box office in North America, setting a new record for a March release by selling about $70 million worth of tickets. |
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Numerical Superiority - http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=107&a=18389
Led by Leonidas, a band of devoted warriors take their positions at the Hot Gates knowing they may never come back. |
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Canada.com: Despite Cool Visual Effects,'300' Is Overbearing and Laughably Self-Serious - http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=782160d6-0d72-4d7a-86b0-4db3259e1ff6&k=90342
The ultra-violent action extravaganza "300" is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, but did it have to be so cartoonish? By Christy Lemire. |
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300 Is Screened - http://superherohype.com/news/300news.php?id=4654
The movie has very similar quality as Sin City. |
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Comics2Film: '300', Gerard Butler, Good to be the King - http://www.comics2film.com/StoryFrame.php?f_id=24618
When Gerard, he prefers to be called Gerry, walks into a room he has a charming and laid back ease about him, which is a stark contrast to the role as the passionate warrior he plays as king of Sparta. Includes image gallery. |
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Critical Culture: 300 - http://criticalculture.blogspot.com/2007/06/300.html
I'm convinced that rather than being a piece of super-propaganda, the film is simply an empty vessel: a finely-crafted, nicely-painted jug signifying nothing. By Pacze Moj. |
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FilmStew.com Blog: Those Spectacular Spartans - http://www.filmstew.com/showBlog.aspx?blog_id=979
300 is going to reverberate far and wide when it opens in theaters next month, driven no doubt by a large number of repeat-viewer ticket admissions. By Richard Horgan. |
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IndieLondon: 300 - Review - http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/300-review
Make no mistake. It’s a testosterone-driven, graphically violent spectacle that sweeps you along with its sheer bloody-minded determination to entertain. |
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Aced Magazine - 300 - Bloody Hell - http://acedmagazine.com/reviews-mainmenu-31/34-movies/118-300-bloody-hell
"Brutal" is definitely the word we're looking for here. By Alison Crompton. |
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And the Berlin Prize for the Most Insane Frenzy of Bloodlust Goes to - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/02/16/bfberlin116.xml
Blood. Bellowing. Decapitations. These things were in short supply at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival until Zack Snyder's 300 was screened, reports Tim Robey. |
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Realm of Gaming: 300 - http://www.realmofgaming.com/?page=dvdreviews/300.php
Review by Chris M. "But the real star of this film is of course the action, the visceral, fierce, bloody, beautiful action." |
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Empire: Tonight! We Dine! In London! - http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20506
Zack Snyder's stunning visual adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 broke US box-office records last weekend, taking in $70 million. Includes small photo gallery. |
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CNN.com: Review '300' Far From Perfect - http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/09/review.300/
It's not so much the body count or even the blood lust that's disturbing. It's that the film, with its macho militarism, seems out of step in a war-weary time. By Tom Charity. |
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Shadows on the Wall: 300 - http://www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk/07/threhund.htm
While very good, Butler plays every scene full-power, bellowing his dialog and flexing his oiled muscles manfully while brandishing an enormous sword. By Rich Cline. |
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SyFy Portal: Frank Miller Outdid Himself With 300 - http://www.syfyportal.com/news423380.html
A year from now, when Hollywood announces its honored films, I would not be surprised in the least if I don't hear "300" called. By Michael Hinman. |
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Comics2Film: Interview - Producer Gianni Nunnari's Epic Struggle for '300' - http://www.comics2film.com/StoryFrame.php?f_id=25111
Like any big Hollywood picture, there is already talk of a sequel, but Nunnari is playing it cool. By Rob. M. Worley. |
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DVDWolf.com: 300 Review - http://www.dvdwolf.com/templates/dsp_movie.php?u_movieid=74632#Review
In my top 10 most anticipated films of 2007, I put 300 at #4. By Jay Clarke. |
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MovieBoy Review, The: 300 - http://www.themovieboy.com/reviews/t/07_300.htm
"300" is all flash and no feeling. By Dustin Putman. |
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Empire Movies: 300 Movie Review - http://www.empiremovies.com/reviews/reviews.php?id=17919&300.htm
All in all, 300 is one helluva a ride. By Brendan Cullin. |
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The Trades: Movie Review: 300 - http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5286
Snyder utilizes tons of slow-motion so you can see each individual blood drop with every slice. It's John Woo meets "The Matrix" with gallons upon gallons of red stuff thrown in. By Jonathan Baylis. |
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Flipside Movie Emporium: 300 Movie Review - http://www.flipsidemovies.com/300.html
Its edges may grate, but the heart beneath it remains strong: a fierce, engrossing myth about determined men who once drew a line in the sand and defended it with everything they had. Review by Rob Vaux. |
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'300' Ways to Lose Interest in a Film - http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=348997&rel_no=1
"300" shoves the realm of digital manipulation and chest-thumping brawn past the point of no return. By Brian Orndorf. |