![]() In epic battle scenes where he combines breathtaking and fluid choreography, gorgeous 3-D drawings and hundreds of visual effects, director Zack Snyder puts onscreen the seemingly impossible heroism and gore of which Homer sang in “The Iliad.” A raging hero mowing down multitudes with sword, shield and spear suddenly seems plausible. Those turned off by the sex-and-violence cartoonery of “Sin City” can embrace “300,” which screened out of competition here. Here, according to the graphic novel by Miller and Lynn Varley, 300 Spartan warriors went up against the barbarous hordes of the Persian god-king Xerxes and died valiantly defending Greek notions of freedom and justice. Instead of the neo-noir, pulp-fiction theater of cruelty in the Robert Rodriguez’s 2005 film “Sin City,” “300” dives into the mythology of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. ![]() REUTERS/Gene BlevinsīERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - The Frank Miller experience continues in “300.” This is the second movie to transfer a muscular story and visuals from a Miller graphic novel to the screen. ![]() The new movie "300" is the second movie to transfer a muscular story and visuals from a Miller graphic novel to the screen. ![]() Comic book writer Frank Miller shows his Comic-Con Icon award backstage at Spike TV's Scream Awards 2006 at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, California in this Octofile photo. ![]()
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