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Ice Princess - 6/10 - I don't think Michelle Trachtenberg was totally convincing as a skater or scholar, but the movie was a fun bit of fluff.

Adam has his 365 movies in 365 days thread over on VA. I had 7 movies in January and 10 in February plus 2 so far in March. I think I've fallen a bit behind the pace.

Rusty wrote:Adam has his 365 movies in 365 days thread over on VA. I had 7 movies in January and 10 in February plus 2 so far in March. I think I've fallen a bit behind the pace.

I dont think im anywhere near your pace!

I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.

Is the movie based on actual historical events, or is it mostly made up?

tommi wrote:

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I went to se 300 today, I thought it was very good, quite violent but very good.

Is the movie based on actual historical events, or is it mostly made up?

The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller. The graphic novel itself is a loose depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, which was an actual battle from around 2500 years ago.

I think in the actual battle it was an army and the 300 vs the persians

Psychotic_Carp wrote:I think in the actual battle it was an army and the 300 vs the persians

I looked at wikipedia and it said an army of 700 Thespian volunteers and the 300 Spartans vs. the Persians.

this will give you an idea of how bloody and brutal the movie is

http://www.doubleviking.com/the-best-fi ... 999-p.html

Psychotic_Carp wrote:this will give you an idea of how bloody and brutal the movie is

http://www.doubleviking.com/the-best-fi ... 999-p.html

That's okay for a non kung-fu movie, but what's the whole story line for the movie?

The 300 vs the persian army, the whole movie containes scenes like that Its almost all blood guts gore.

Psychotic_Carp wrote:The 300 vs the persian army, the whole movie containes scenes like that Its almost all blood guts gore.

Cool

300 - 7.5/10 - The story of King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans battling against the legions of Xerxes. I've had people I know tell me that this is the best movie they've seen in years so I went in with high expectations. It was kind of slow going, though. I liked the movie and the cinematography was excellent, but I was expecting more.

I thought it was exactly what I was expecting!

Gridiron Gang - 7.5/10 - I though this was a nice movie about a juvenile prison that starts a football program to try and motivate juveniles to improve their situation and get out of the gang life. They had to cut a few corners storywise to make it fit, but it was pretty entertaining.