Frank Miller’s 300 The Movie
October 15, 2006 | 137 Comments
It’s no secret that Frank Miller has created some of the greatest comics of all time. His runs on Daredevil and Batman reinvented these characters. In the case of Daredevil, he popularized this otherwise lackluster character. With Batman, he was able to shake 20 years of campy feel as a result of the 1960s TV show. Suddenly Batman was dark, gritty, and serious. These fantastic successes set Miller up to work independently in the 90s as a huge proponent of creator rights. During this era he created arguably his best work including Sin City and 300.
Sin City is the epitome of Millers film noir style and was a huge success when it was made into a movie last year. When I first saw the trailer, I began calling friends and making people watch it. The trailer alone was a fabulous work of art. I was just as pleased when I finally saw the film. I would count this as the greatest comic book movie of all time. Thankfully sequels are in the works.
This brings us to 300. Currently Zach Snyder is making this into a film due out March of 2007. 300 depicts the Battle of Thermopylae from the Persion-Greco war. The central character is Spartan King Leonidas who leads an army of 300 soldiers to defend against a much larger force of Persians.
The visual style shown in the trailer makes many scenes and characters look almost painted. I’m sure this is intentional to match the painted art from the comic. There is a definite epic war movie feel.
I wasn’t grabbed by this trailer anywhere near the way Sin City hooked me, but I’m still looking forward to this movie. Without a doubt it comes from the end of the best era in Miller’s career.
Go watch the trailer on Apple’s site, let me know what you think.
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DOA: Dead or Alive Movie
September 7, 2006 | 2 Comments
I love movies where girls rip out and kick butt! There is something intrinsically wonderful about female action heroes. Honestly I had not even considered DOA: Dead or Alive as being a movie I was remotely interested in… until I saw this video clip, aptly titled “How to put on a bra”:
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This of course prompted me to seek out the full trailer:
This is so flippin’ sweet! In general movies based off video games stink. I understand, trust me. This does look like a ton of fun though. It also includes a bunch of relatively unknown actresses who I really like, including: Devon Aoki (Miho from Sin City), Jaime Pressly (Joy from My Name is Earl), and Sarah Carter (Alicia from Smallville).
I hope somewhere local actually gets this movie. As of right now, the release date is slated as today, but I can’t find anywhere within a 100 miles that is listing it…
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Superman Returns Poster
May 16, 2006 | 4 Comments
So, I like it.
As a whole I’m having a hard time getting overly excited about Superman Returns. The trailers seemed unimpressive and I’m fairly confused about where in the Superman movie history it takes place. I know it’s not standalone, but I can’t remember is it between 2 and 3, or 3 and 4? Does the fact that it does occur in the old timeline mean we will not spend half the movie reviewing the origin of Superman? If that’s true I’m glad, because we’ve all heard it a ton of times, yet the trailer seems to show aspects of it, so I’m confused.
An additional concern for me is that I’m a big Marvel guy. Primarily I read and enjoy Marvel heroes and don’t associate well with DC heroes. Though, Batman Begins was a seriously rocking movie. I guess when it comes to movies, my lack of familiarity with the characters actually allows me to enjoy them more. For instance, I think Sin City and V For Vendetta are the two greatest comic book movies ever made. I didn’t read either of those comics until after seeing the movies… I also think Hellboy was awesome and I’ve yet to get to reading that series.
Getting back to the point, I think the poster is very cool. Out of the blue I find myself excited about this movie. I’m surprised about this, but glad. Marketing has won me over.
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