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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.

"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.

300 Is Screened - http://superherohype.com/news/300news.php?id=4654
The movie has very similar quality as Sin City.

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.

300 Rated 15 By The BBFC - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/A78B4F90F06798E8802572F100430A4F?OpenDocument
This work was submitted to the BBFC by Warner Brothers. This work was passed with no cuts made.

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.

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.

Ain't It Cool News: Frank Miller's 300 Screened Tonight - http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24198
Complete triumph of art.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cranky Critic Movie Reviews: 300 - http://www.crankycritic.com/archive07/300.html
Cool history beautifully adapting the graphic novel. By Chuck Schwartz.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

JoBlo.com: Review 300 - http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=14822
This is one of those rare films for which the trailer gets you jacked up for the release and then when you do go see it, the movie surpasses even those expectations and blows you away. By Tim Goernert.

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".

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.

Movie Review: 300 - http://boxofficemojo.com/reviews/?id=2267&p=l.htm
The overblown 300 slices, dices and largely decimates any sign of intelligent life in a computer-generated, music video-styled monster mash that calls itself a movie. By Scott Holleran.

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.

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.

MovieBoy Review, The: 300 - http://www.themovieboy.com/reviews/t/07_300.htm
"300" is all flash and no feeling. By Dustin Putman.

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.

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.

OneGuysOpinion.com: 300 Review - http://www.oneguysopinion.com/Review.php?ID=2133
“300” is an adolescent boy’s dream, a wildly flamboyant, visually opulent macho extravaganza that’s as subtle as an opera but without any good arias. Review by Dr. Frank Swietek, Associate Professor of History at the University of Dallas.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Why Women Should Go See 300 - http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/03/07/why-women-should-go-see-300/
For women, the entire movie is eye candy. By Alex Billington.

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