Watching this featurette/trailer for '300: Rise of an Empire' lulls the mind and tickles the eyes and, as such, serves as a preview of how you're intended to feel for the entire 102 minute runtime. There should be little to no break in the fluff for story or genuine character. This is visual opiate -- stupefying, fun, relentless.
I guess my only objective observation would be: Do we want or need to see the entire movie? Isn't a three minute trailer enough? Isn't the rest simply more of the same?
I don't think I could take three more minutes of completely different footage -- not right now. The first three minutes needs to wear off before I can watch more without worrying about overdosing, perhaps lapsing into a coma. I certainly couldn't take an hour and a half straight sitting in a movie theater.
I'll watch on disc, a few minutes at a time. Probably take a couple weeks to see the whole thing. That way I won't have to go into mindless-movie rehab afterward.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
More Compelling Than 300
Okay, saying this is 'more compelling than 300' is not exactly high praise. That movie was pure eye candy -- good fun, gets you to the bottom of a popcorn and you don't regret paying full price so, in that sense, it was as good as you could rationally expect, but -- compelling? -- not so much.
This trailer, though, makes me want to know what happens next and that's a rare quality for this kind of movie. There would seem to be plot worth following and character arc substantial enough to mean something.
Eva Green holds center stage as Artemisia and she brings an anger. I think it percolates in her naturally and definitely informs her portrayal. You can sense it. It radiates off the screen. Like she's venting. It feels real, and people might respond to that. I do. I actually want to see her in this role, and how often do you feel that way about any actor's performance in a fizzy flick like this.
I wouldn't necessarily "...dance across the backs of dead Greeks" to see it, but '300: Rise of an Empire' is looking pretty good, actually.
This trailer, though, makes me want to know what happens next and that's a rare quality for this kind of movie. There would seem to be plot worth following and character arc substantial enough to mean something.
Eva Green holds center stage as Artemisia and she brings an anger. I think it percolates in her naturally and definitely informs her portrayal. You can sense it. It radiates off the screen. Like she's venting. It feels real, and people might respond to that. I do. I actually want to see her in this role, and how often do you feel that way about any actor's performance in a fizzy flick like this.
I wouldn't necessarily "...dance across the backs of dead Greeks" to see it, but '300: Rise of an Empire' is looking pretty good, actually.
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