World Famous Comics: 300: The Complete Experience (Blu-ray Book and BD-Live)
300: The Complete Experience (Blu-ray Book and BD-Live)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West Directed By: Zack Snyder Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Feature: 2 HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE EXTRA CONTENT - Prepare for Blu-ray glory and immerse yourself in the 300 experience as never before possible.THE COMPLETE 300: A COMPREHENSIVE IMMERSION - This NEW interactive picture-in-picture experience provides 3 unique perspectives to explore while you watch the film: * CREATING A LEGEND: Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Interpret a Classic Tale - Holding true to Frank Mill Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Number of Items: 1 Release Date: July 21, 2009 Running Time: 117 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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2 HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE EXTRA CONTENT - Prepare for Blu-ray glory and immerse yourself in the 300 experience as never before possible.THE COMPLETE 300: A COMPREHENSIVE IMMERSION - This NEW interactive picture-in-picture experience provides 3 unique perspectives to explore while you watch the film: * CREATING A LEGEND: Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Interpret a Classic Tale - Holding true to Frank Mill
Product Description: Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/21/2009 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com: Like Sin City before it, 300 brings Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's graphic novel vividly to life. Gerard Butler (Beowulf and Grendel, The Phantom of the Opera) radiates pure power and charisma as Leonidas, the Grecian king who leads 300 of his fellow Spartans (including David Wenham of The Lord of the Rings, Michael Fassbender, and Andrew Pleavin) into a battle against the overwhelming force of Persian invaders. Their only hope is to neutralize the numerical advantage by confronting the Persians, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), at the narrow strait of Thermopylae.
More engaging than Troy, the tepid and somewhat similar epic of ancient Greece, 300 is also comparable to Sin City in that the actors were shot on green screen, then added to digitally created backgrounds. The effort pays off in a strikingly stylized look and huge, sweeping battle scenes. However, it's not as to-the-letter faithful to Miller's source material as Sin City was. The plot is the same, and many of the book's images are represented just about perfectly. But some extra material has been added, including new villains (who would be considered "bosses" if this were a video game, and it often feels like one) and a political subplot involving new characters and a significantly expanded role for the Queen of Sparta (Lena Headey). While this subplot by director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and his fellow co-writers does break up the violence, most fans would probably dismiss it as filler if it didn't involve the sexy Headey. Other viewers, of course, will be turned off by the waves of spurting blood, flying body parts, and surging testosterone. (The six-pack abs are also relentless, and the movie has more and less nudity--more female, less male--than the graphic novel.) Still, as a representation of Miller's work and as an ancient-themed action flick with a modern edge, 300 delivers. --David Horiuchi
Best way to see it ^ If you're thinking about buying 300, you already want it for the action and special effects: I don't think anyone needs to reflect on the plot again.
The blu-ray did the best parts of 300 justice: felt like we were in the theater again. Relive the insanity!
Awesome Spartans ^ Very fast delivery. Incredible extras. Bought the basic DVD sometime ago. Heard about this and had to have it. Great addition. Thanx Amazon!
not a combo dvd ^ i bought this because it was supposed to be a combo dvd, it wasn't! Only hd-dvd. The movie is great1 Just know ahead of time what you are really buying.
Bluray Quality??? ^ I have no quibbles with 300 as a movie but................do I have a faulty bluray copy or is the picture quality really that bad and grainy???
Bad Blu-Ray Quality ^ Really liked the movie, but this Blu-Ray is awful. The video quality is terrible, gradients during dark scenes and grainy throughout. The audio mix is even worse, really quiet voices with extremely loud sound effects/ambient music, impossible to balance. Look for a different version/format of this one!
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