Why do my 3 boys think that the front room is the perfect place for a football match??????
Why do my 3 boys think that the front room is the perfect place for a football match??????
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As I have now learnt when telling hubby that he can pick the film what I am bound to end up watching, last night I made a decision that would pick a few films for which he could choose one from! This was the one which he chose and don’t ask me how he knew but it was also being shown on the television at the same time!
The film is centred around the Spartans and at the beginning we see what the Spartan boys have to go through. We follow the journey which a young Leonidas went trough to return to Sparta and become King. Now Leonidas is a grown man and has a wife and son he is happily ruling Sparta. That is until one day a messenger from the Persians comes to ask King Leonidas to kneel before the Persian king or face an attack which would result in their men being killed and the women becoming slaves.
King Leonidas does not take this news very well and kills the messenger and sets about getting his army prepared for battle. He gets an army of 300 Spartans prepared, only men who have sons are allowed to fight so that their name can continue if they were to die
in battle. The 300 set off in the face of danger whole hearted and ready to defend Sparta and their king. Will the 300 be able to take on the whole of the Persian Army and just what will become of King Leonidas and Sparta?
This film did not appeal to me at first but after watching t many months ago I thought I would give it another go as I understood more now about the Spartans and the Persians. The first time I watched this I was constantly asking hubby questions about who was who and why they were fighting but this time I understood all of this and it did make it much easier for me to watch.
The storyline to the film was in fact good and put across in an excellent way which made for some wonderful viewing. Did enjoy how the Spartans were portrayed in this film and though they came across as very powerful ad determined men. I think that Gerard Butler did an amazing job in the role of King Leonidas. I personally found him to be very easy to watch, this man be down to the fact he hardly wore any clothes and had a fantastic body but this aside he did come across as very powerful and strong and also at times he did show his softer side with the love for his family. There were a lot of other Spartans in this film and they too did an excellent job portraying their different roles and each bought something slightly different to the film.
As you ca probably guess there is a lot of battle scenes in this film and I have to give a lot of credit to the special effects team on this film as they were all made so well and all looked so realistic. I did at times have to look away as their really were some gruesome and violent things going on. I think that the effects is also what made this film such good viewing. I think the actors as well worked very hard on making them look as good as they did by putting a lot of time and hard work into their characters and fitness.
One thing which I did not enjoy about this film and to me was a bit of a let down was towards the end when we had the addition of some mythical and strange creatures which the Spartans had to fight against, to me this was taking the mythical and God side of the story a little to far and at times it made it very farfetched and totally unbelievable. I also did not enjoy the scenes with the ‘freak’ and when he was being offered a life of luxury from the Persian God/King, this seemed just to out of place, I did notice hubby enjoyed this part with all the half naked and strange women though!
The film was mainly set in the same place with the battles being held on the same part of the beach but for me this did not spoil any of the story and I did like the views which we had out over the sea. The music throughout he film was also excellent and for me helped with the emotions and tensions of the battles and the story. I have to give a lot of credit tot eh musical director on this film as it really was excellent.
The DVD which we have does have some bonus features which include:-
Commentary by Director Zack Snyder, Screen writer Kurt Johnstad and Director of Photography Larry Fong
As I am not a fan of bonus features I have not watched these so I am unable to comment on whether they are worth watching or not.
The running time of the film is 111 minutes and to me this was a great length and I found I was not loosing interest at any point and the certificate is a 15 as there are scenes of strong bloody violence, I do definitely agree with this and say that children should not be allowed to view this film.
We paid £6.83 for this DVD well over a year ago from Woolworths but if you try places like Amazon or EBay then you should be able pick this up for just a few pounds now. Overall I am going to recommend this film to both men and women as it has the battle scenes for the men and the hunky barely dressed men for the women!!
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I really dislike violence, gore and bloody scenes, although I did succumb to my husband's decision to watch both "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Troy" at the cinema when they came out . . . I actually like watching extras . . . maybe I'm odd
. . . ♥ jes ♥
TheHairyGodmother 26.09.2009 13:39
Super review, well written, informative and very helpful to the consumer.
Sep 25th, 2009
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