Coming Soon: 300

All right, another movie to get excited about: 300. (Oh, movie website here.)

I wrote about this battle before. And there's at least one brilliant book about it, too. This new film is based on a graphic novel.

The trailer just looks...awesome. Oh, some historical inaccuracies, like the Spartans wearing nothing but Speedos and capes (like, dude, where's their armor?), but way-o. The film was done in a style similar to Sky Captain, in that there were no "sets" in the conventional sense. Most (all?) of the acting was done before green screen with the world computer generated around them in post production. While Sky Captain wanted to go all pulp comic, 300 seems to aim for a...different look.

Love the look of those in the silver masks. Xerxes's immortals? Great tag line:

Before this battle is over, the world will know that few stood against many.

Some of the genuine lines are still there, about arrows blotting out the sun and dining in hell. The real battle has had a lasting impact on the world; I hope this film does it justice. And if not, it still looks totally kick-ass.