Re: Review of the film 300


"Matt Giwer" <jull43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hayabusa wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:36:04 -0400,
Scotius <yodasbud@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Forget it. I saw it. It is the movie about
a comicbook, and a splatter
movie. The wall of dead bodies is quite
impressive, and the scene
created on the computer where the Persian
fleet is smashed to pieces
by a violent sea is impressive too. The
rest is a waste of time.

If you like comic books it isn't bad. No
worse than Batman and Superman. But when I
read Iran complaining about it I had the
thought of New Yorkers complaining about
their portrayal in comic books.

The CGI technique is excellent. It gets
over the hurdle of face quality by using
real faces. Faces look OK if clearly
computer graphics but they get more and
more annoying the closer to human they
look. No one has made computer faces good
enough yet. So like in Beowulf a 5'8" actor
of normal build with a good voice can play
the lead. If this had been around 30 years
ago we could have been spared Arnold in
Conan. They would not need midgets in
supporting roles for
Sylvester Stalone movies.

Of course it is a technique looking for
scripts but it makes possible a lot of
scenes that would be unaffordable or
impossible with real sets and to hard to
integrate real actors into a graphics
background sets.

Disclaimer: I first went to Jurassic Park
to see the computer graphics.


I thought Arnie was perfect as Conan!
Remember that towering scene when Conan was
tied crucifixion-like as JHC to a dead tree
and left to die of exposure amongst a horde
of expectant vultures?

And how the setting sun turned all his
steroid-muscles to shimmering gold as he
began to succumb?

And how an impatient vulture decided to jump
the gun and take a bite out of Arnie before
he was truly dead and tender?

And how Conan summoned his last ounce (28
grams) of strength and bit its fucking head
clean off...?

I don't think you will ever make a film
critic! How could CGI ever come close to
this?









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