300

This is madness…

THIS IS LEGOOOOOOOO!

Ok, so I’m about 3 months late to the party on 300 jokes, but today was the sneak preview day in Japan and I loved the flick up and down.

Left the house with Mai and met up with Bear (a friend of mine from UF now studying to be a graphic designer), Ben, Andrew, and Mikami-san at Burg in Umeda. Unfortunately the screen was small, but the showing was sold out, so I am glad I bought the tickets Thursday night. The flick started with the standard set of previews, Die Hard with cheesy Bruce Willis intro, Transformers with cheesy Spielberg/Bay intro (ironic considering what Willis has been saying about Bay lately), and Ocean’s 13. Then we saw the preview for
Miike Takashi’s remake of the italian spaghetti western Django. I give you Sukiyaki Western: Django

While watching this, I looked over at Mikami-san and we broke up chuckling. He thought it must be a joke, and I reminded him of a similar joke with the Gene line “onegai shimasu” in God Hand. In fact, the whole thing has a first stage of God Hand vibe to it. The thing is, it isn’t a joke. Miike shot a Samurai western, with Japanese actors, entirely in English. That, my friends, is punk rock. Oh, and Tarentino is returning to acting for this movie in a small role!
On to 300… What an awesome flick. It is indeed true, women come out with beards from the testosterone in this picture. I loved the fight scenes, especially the video game like progression up the ladder of enemies. It even had an El Gigante-esque miniboss! Some of the pacing was a bit suspect, but the dialog had plenty of gems. Gerald Butler did a wonderful job with delivery of the lines, and I think the sheer amount of memes he sparked is testament to that.

However, best line in the movie:
“Only Spartan women give birth to real men.”

Typing that into FinalDraft must have turned the screenwriter’s keyboard into solid gold.

I now present you with 300 photoshops for your laughing pleasure.