Comments on: Movie Review: 300 http://www.unwesen.de/articles/movie_review_300 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:36:36 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Who Watches The Watchmen? | un|we|sen http://www.unwesen.de/articles/movie_review_300/comment-page-1#comment-807 Who Watches The Watchmen? | un|we|sen Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:34:19 +0000 http://www.unwesen.de/articles/movie_review_300#comment-807 [...] Yesterday night I went to see Watchmen, the movie adaptation of the eponymous comic book series. I was feeling a little dread that it might turn out to be very disappointing, seeing that I wasn’t very impressed with Zack Snyder’s adaptation of 300. [...] [...] Yesterday night I went to see Watchmen, the movie adaptation of the eponymous comic book series. I was feeling a little dread that it might turn out to be very disappointing, seeing that I wasn’t very impressed with Zack Snyder’s adaptation of 300. [...]

]]> By: unwesen http://www.unwesen.de/articles/movie_review_300/comment-page-1#comment-190 unwesen Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:42:03 +0000 http://www.unwesen.de/articles/movie_review_300#comment-190 By now I've also seen <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/">Die Hard 4.0</a>, so have another movie to compare 300 to. It's tough deciding which is worse. Die Hard is vastly sillier, taking the suspense of disbelief required to enjoy the movie to new heights. It's so over the top, though, that you'll involuntarily do one of those groan-laughs, uncertain about whether what you've just seen is so painfully stupid it funny again. In an odd sort of way, you can enjoy Die Hard, I think (I didn't). I'm not sure if that's voluntary - if it is, it's a little too subtle to be truly funny, and if it's not, damn, people involved with the movie should be taken out to the back yard and put out of their misery. 300 is taking itself a lot more seriously, and therefore doesn't carry that sort of humour. On the other hand, while vastly exaggerated, it's not quite as stupid about what things a human being can or cannot do or survive. I'd rate it less painful, but also less of anything, and therfore ultimately more brain-numbing. By now I’ve also seen Die Hard 4.0, so have another movie to compare 300 to. It’s tough deciding which is worse.

Die Hard is vastly sillier, taking the suspense of disbelief required to enjoy the movie to new heights. It’s so over the top, though, that you’ll involuntarily do one of those groan-laughs, uncertain about whether what you’ve just seen is so painfully stupid it funny again. In an odd sort of way, you can enjoy Die Hard, I think (I didn’t). I’m not sure if that’s voluntary – if it is, it’s a little too subtle to be truly funny, and if it’s not, damn, people involved with the movie should be taken out to the back yard and put out of their misery.

300 is taking itself a lot more seriously, and therefore doesn’t carry that sort of humour. On the other hand, while vastly exaggerated, it’s not quite as stupid about what things a human being can or cannot do or survive. I’d rate it less painful, but also less of anything, and therfore ultimately more brain-numbing.

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