Oct 10 2006
Triple Hundred
I just viewed the trailer for 300, based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel. 300 is one of my favorites, but strangely enough it doesn’t get enough love in the comic book world. I mean, it isn’t considered bad, it just isn’t considered Frank Miller’s best, which is understandable, he is the man who wrote Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One (upon which Batman Returns was based), Daredevil: Born Again (THE Daredevil story, also created Elektra), and of course…Sin City. Shame his newer stuff is…sub-par.
Well back to 300, before viewing the trailer, I had extreme expectations, I mean, this movie is based upon writings that are close to my heart. Verdict? This movie just may be THAT good, it looks stupendous…or maybe I’m just being influenced by the Nine Inch Nails song that played during it (which I doubt will be in the movie, another shame). On the plus side, I didn’t recognize any of the actors, which is great I think personally, because usually the “famous” actors suck up a lot of a movie’s budget and the characters are re-tooled to fit the actor instead of the other way around.