300 – Ultra Violence?
People say that 300 is very violent, full of gore, the fighting is the best part, etc… but I didn’t think of it like that. I’d classify Kill Bill as ultra violent, because people are dying left and right, getting stabbed, impaled, de-limbed or beheaded, and there’s all this semi-realistic blood on the floor, and ultra-unrealistic blood squirting out of the body.
But 300… not so. At least, not in my opinion. Sure, there was blood, blood splatter, limbs flying… but…
The movie is very digital, had a lot of slow motion, had good choreography, and is so good because of its special effects. So whenever a sword goes through a Persian in slow motion, and there’s digitized blood spatter… it just feels like a special effect to me.
Take for example, the part near the beginning of the fight, when Leonidas charges away from the narrow passageway, and just encounters a line of Persians, one after another. This is where they first show the digital effects in choreographed fight scenes, so they wanted to show off some nice moves and effects.
So one guy approaches, Leonidas stabs him. Another guy comes, Leonidas ducks and throws the guy over his shoulder with his shield. Another guy comes, Leonidas barrel rolls his attack and then backhands him. It’s all done in a pretty, slow motion sequence. So basically, each of these guys serves a purpose to a digital effect and piece of choreography.
So sometimes it depends on what you think of the Persians in the movie. For example, in say, The Departed, each character is a person with a life, and when such a person dies, it’s pretty significant. In James Bond, when Bond shoots some guard, it… doesn’t feel like a real death, but instead just an obstacle that James Bond had to deal with. The guard had no name, no history… he just appeared out of the blue and disappeared into the blue a few seconds later.
If you are able to think in this way, then the Persians are even less significant than the James Bond bad guys. They appear in the hundreds of thousands, they each have no name, they all look the same, and also, most of them have no face. They’re wearing enough clothing around their face so it’s hard to say they’re even people. So in this case, most Persians are also just obstacles, cannon fodder if you will. And when you get rid of cannon fodder in a stylish fashion, it doesn’t seem so violent.
Okay sure, there were some parts that were more violent than others. I guess the part when that Spartan and the other Spartan’s son were fighting… maybe it was violent, I don’t remember, but it was nicely choreographed too.
But anyway, thanks for reading my ramble. Overall, I didn’t think the movie was very violent, or, I don’t think it should be one of its selling points.
But 300… not so. At least, not in my opinion. Sure, there was blood, blood splatter, limbs flying… but…
The movie is very digital, had a lot of slow motion, had good choreography, and is so good because of its special effects. So whenever a sword goes through a Persian in slow motion, and there’s digitized blood spatter… it just feels like a special effect to me.
Take for example, the part near the beginning of the fight, when Leonidas charges away from the narrow passageway, and just encounters a line of Persians, one after another. This is where they first show the digital effects in choreographed fight scenes, so they wanted to show off some nice moves and effects.
So one guy approaches, Leonidas stabs him. Another guy comes, Leonidas ducks and throws the guy over his shoulder with his shield. Another guy comes, Leonidas barrel rolls his attack and then backhands him. It’s all done in a pretty, slow motion sequence. So basically, each of these guys serves a purpose to a digital effect and piece of choreography.
So sometimes it depends on what you think of the Persians in the movie. For example, in say, The Departed, each character is a person with a life, and when such a person dies, it’s pretty significant. In James Bond, when Bond shoots some guard, it… doesn’t feel like a real death, but instead just an obstacle that James Bond had to deal with. The guard had no name, no history… he just appeared out of the blue and disappeared into the blue a few seconds later.
If you are able to think in this way, then the Persians are even less significant than the James Bond bad guys. They appear in the hundreds of thousands, they each have no name, they all look the same, and also, most of them have no face. They’re wearing enough clothing around their face so it’s hard to say they’re even people. So in this case, most Persians are also just obstacles, cannon fodder if you will. And when you get rid of cannon fodder in a stylish fashion, it doesn’t seem so violent.
Okay sure, there were some parts that were more violent than others. I guess the part when that Spartan and the other Spartan’s son were fighting… maybe it was violent, I don’t remember, but it was nicely choreographed too.
But anyway, thanks for reading my ramble. Overall, I didn’t think the movie was very violent, or, I don’t think it should be one of its selling points.
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