Genre
Drama
Fantasy
History
War
Period
Before the Common Era
Source
Actual Events
Graphic Novel
By Wick on October 13, 2007 15:37
GOOD Movie | 139 Trust Points |
Highly stylized though affecting movie brings a comik sensibility to an ancient battle. I ended up liking it more th... | |
GOOD Acting | GOOD Film |
Erotic, Savage, Salty, Surreal |
By BrianSez on August 03, 2007 19:05
BARELY OK Movie | 139 Trust Points |
The fantasy infused movie about ancient history did not do it for me. I'm always entertained by ancient-time war movi... | |
PRETTY BAD Acting | OK Film |
Lewd, Savage, Nasty, Fantasy |
By John A Massie on October 13, 2007 20:11
GOOD Movie | 139 Trust Points |
Its got great action but all the stuff with his wife back home is kinda crap. Read the graphic novel, its better. | |
VERY GOOD Acting | PERFECT Film |
Lewd, Savage, Nasty, Fantasy |
Thank you for the kind words. I’ll be honest, though, I wasn’t too sure of the movie at first for much the same reasons. I thought it was visually excellent, but it was a departure from the comic and I was a huge fan of the comic from day one. The comic was not anywhere near as polished or pretty. It was very rough and brutal. A lot of the same story elements were there, but the look was much, much different. But the more I thought about it and after the second viewing things fell into place and felt much better for me. Now its got to be one of my favorites out there.
Wow. Great review Spaceghost! You make such a passionate and well argued case for the movie’s perfection that I was left wondering why the Trust Weighted Score was only a Good. So I went browsing through the reviews and it turns out I’m part of the reason. (Oops, “I’ve met the enemy, and it is me.”)
So now I want to see the movie again, perhaps to raise the rating upon second viewing.