Before it's taken down...

Speedway · 23-09-2006 12:36pm #1

trailer is being removed everywhere but this download link still works

enjoy...

http://download.ifilm.com/qt/portal/2773266_300.mov

Vokes · 23-09-2006 12:45pm

Nice find, thanks.

KdjaCL · 23-09-2006 12:47pm

Oscar for worst CGI ever?

Looks a cool movie but that CGI was terrible.

kdjac

Rhyme · 23-09-2006 1:30pm

As a big David Gemmell fan, this really tickled my interest... looks like a graphic novel. Spartan's are pretty damn cool.

Nevyn · 23-09-2006 1:39pm

It is based of a comic by Frank Miller not a Gemmell book.
http://www.night-flight.com/fmiller/fmiller300.html

The comic is also title the 300.
Been a while from when I read it but the trailer looks good vs my recollections.

Vokes · 23-09-2006 1:43pm

I think Rhyme meant its very reminscent of some Gemmell books.

Looking forward to it (despite the dodgy CGI)

Rhyme · 23-09-2006 2:04pm

SofaKing wrote:

I think Rhyme meant its very reminscent of some Gemmell books.

Correct-a-mundo. Finished 3 of his books that refer to Sparta in them in the last month and that trailer really put me in mind of them... ill definitely go see it, even if the CGI is a load of toss.

Sean7 · 23-09-2006 6:43pm

Why is it being taken down? I'll definitetly go see it. I love all frank millers stuff, ever since i read his batman. This was a good comic, I'd say it'll be a pretty good film but i'll agree some of the cgi looks dire.

BopNiblets · 23-09-2006 7:46pm

I like the bit when he shouts "RAAAARRGH!", and when he has a sword.

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Pugsley · 24-09-2006 1:42am

Looks interesting, but a major flaw with all these films (or graphic novel) based on the battle of Thermopylae, is that they always forget the 700 Thespians who also faught along side the Spartans to the last man

The Thespians deserve more credit tbh, the Spartans were soldiers picked with sons, who were sent out to either vicory of death, they couldnt retreat, the Thespians were civilian soldiers, their willingness to stay and die to the last man warrents far more merit than the professional Spartan soldiers, as the Thespians had a choice.

Basq · 24-09-2006 11:33am

Yawn!

ObeyGiant · 24-09-2006 12:44pm

Y'know, I think it might be better to reserve judgement on the CGI for when you're not seeing some low-res iFilm movie. I think it looks awesome - exactly like the comic book. Dare I say it? Even more faithful to the comics than Sin City (there, I did dare say it).

johnny_ultimate · 24-09-2006 1:53pm

Yeah this does look very good. Hopefully it'll be as good as Sin. Id say the reason the CGI looks so dodgy is due to colour - Sin City probably got away with it because it was more black and white...

Pepe LeFrits · 24-09-2006 2:02pm

Thought the trailer looked sh1te tbh.

DaBreno · 24-09-2006 2:03pm

That looked good, will look it up.

Pigman II · 24-09-2006 2:13pm

Looks good. A bit too much groinage for my tastes but there you go.

Necronomicon · 24-09-2006 2:57pm

Not usually interested in the epic battle-types, but this caught my eye a couple of weeks ago when I saw pictures of it. Looking forward to it, not only because it's a Frank Miller story but because it's being directed by Zack Snyder (his sole film so far being the impressive Dawn of the Dead remake).

Baggly · 24-09-2006 3:10pm

'Our arrows will block out the sun

Then we will fight in the shade'

No Sh!t...

Pigman II · 24-09-2006 3:12pm

LOTP wrote:

'Our arrows will block out the sun

Then we will fight in the shade'

No Sh!t...

Don't knock an improviser!

'My sword will cut off your head!

Then I will fight without a head.'

Baggly · 24-09-2006 3:29pm

I will kill you until you die from it

Hugh Hefner · 24-09-2006 4:54pm

LOTP wrote:

'Our arrows will block out the sun

Then we will fight in the shade'

No Sh!t...

That's a historical quote so if you're saying that it's crappy scripting or something...

DaBreno · 24-09-2006 11:17pm

Hugh Hefner wrote:

That's a historical quote so if you're saying that it's crappy scripting or something...

are you saying History cant be crap?

Two words : Peig Sayers.

quazzy · 25-09-2006 6:57am

Is it just me or does the guy in the beard resemble Brian Blessed from Flash Gordon?

Tusky · 25-09-2006 9:22am

I think it looks fantastic, looks just like the comic (which is excellent by the way). You cant judge CGI on low res trailers. Even when you download full movies the CGI often looks dodgy. You have to see it on the big screen before you make your judgement!

JohnK · 25-09-2006 11:41am

Even with the dodgy CGI the trailer looks good so its on my To Watch list

Tusky wrote:

I think it looks fantastic, looks just like the comic (which is excellent by the way). You cant judge CGI on low res trailers. Even when you download full movies the CGI often looks dodgy. You have to see it on the big screen before you make your judgement!

While there is an element of truth in that, don't forget that the CGI in latest Superman still looked crap on the big screen. Hopefully this will be a step up from that.

Hugh Hefner · 25-09-2006 4:54pm

Huh? The CGI in Superman Returns looked good. What film would be your current benchmark for CGI?

JohnK · 25-09-2006 5:02pm

I don't have any sort of benchmark other than just looking at it. The CGI in Superman looked very much like a computer game which I felt took a lot from the realism of the movie.

Hugh Hefner · 25-09-2006 5:07pm

I can see how some of the set-pieces were "computer gamey" but I never saw any CGI that looked unrealistec or matte or anything like that.

Baggly · 25-09-2006 5:09pm

Maybe the type of CGI in this film is deliberate...You know, to kind of set it apart and make it visually different, in the way that Sin City was different, and House of flying daggers was different.

Kingp35 · 25-09-2006 6:24pm

Trailer loked very average with a shockingly bad soundtrack. Ill go see it anyway because I love historical movies but it didnt tickle my interests that much

Tusky · 25-09-2006 9:27pm

JohnK wrote:

Even with the dodgy CGI the trailer looks good so its on my To Watch list

While there is an element of truth in that, don't forget that the CGI in latest Superman still looked crap on the big screen. Hopefully this will be a step up from that.

Wasnt a massive fan of superman returns but you cant really fault the CGI! It was amazing!

Devious · 25-09-2006 9:50pm

Kingp35 wrote:

Trailer loked very average with a shockingly bad soundtrack. Ill go see it anyway because I love historical movies but it didnt tickle my interests that much

Music was Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails, taken from the album The Fragile. Not my favourite track from that and it didn't really fit well with the trailer. Still, I like the look of this.

JohnK · 25-09-2006 9:51pm

Tusky wrote:

Wasnt a massive fan of superman returns but you cant really fault the CGI! It was amazing!

I agree that some parts were good but at the same time there were some parts of it did look really fake to me. If I had it on DVD I'd direct you to some of the specific scenes but I dont think its been released yet.

RAIN · 26-09-2006 10:38am

This film is going to be amazing , Its shot using the same cgi method used in sin city BUT instead of cheap digital ( stupid rodriguez ) its shot on celluloid . The cgi is going to be a matter of taste ,but if the film ( early reviews have ranged from 4 - 5 stars ) lives up to the hype ...... then god help us all .:eek:

quad_red · 13-10-2006 8:38am

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/trailer1/

That is a superbly crafted trailer. Visuals, music, pacing all superb.

Looking forward to the film now.

Sleepy · 13-10-2006 10:18am

Neither link working for me and I refuse to download itunes so here it is on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vC8RDWkfeM

Before it's taken down...

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