This movie will more than likely chew huge fucking turds. Why? For several reasons!
Comic to movie adaptations rarely work. Sure, I thought the comic was damn fine--especially in the visuals department, of course--but we all know that means next to nothing. Everyone thought Sin City would work well, too, didn't they? And it turned out to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and one of the few I actually walked out on (I recently saw it in full for the first time, though).
Looking at 300's trailer(s), I'm quite sure the movie will have no heart, as most movies with that much CG have no fucking soul, a la the Star Wars prequels. If there are that many slow motion images in the trailer, the movie looks to be about as cinematically appealing as a sequel to Kangaroo Jack. Everyone is already worshipping its visuals, but you wait -- I bet the emperors new clothes wear off after the first half hour of the film.
This movie will not redefine the word epic. It won't even redefine the words "mildly interesting". It'll be nothing more than something to go see at IMAX. Like many things today, it'll be something worth looking at once, and will be soon forgotten. |