First of all, women were a pitiful minority at the Athens VMax theater (biggest screen in europe) last night. We were about 1,5 females for every 10 males.
Second, we watched 7 commercials before the movie and 5 of them were for cigarettes. The other two for sodas.
Then, the movie started.
It is by far the best movie adaptation of a comic ever made.
I had never seen anything like that before on screen and judging from the absolute silence of the audience during most of the movie, the same goes for all. It was like the comic strips were coming to life right in front of our eyes! The art work is pure magic (THE COLOR!!!), the 3D effects are unbelievable, the battle scenes are unlike anything ever created on film, the Spartans are extremely seksi (Tatu and Jenny must not miss it
) and there are lines and scenes of major *bad-assery*, that made every Greek in the audience feel very *large* and proud.
No one was laughing, no one was making loud comments, and during the most dramatic scenes, especially in the end, when we listened to the last famous quote that we all have learned in high school, we suddenly discovered that we all still remembered it. Word for word. In ancient greek: Ω ξείν, αγγέλοις Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε κείμεθα, τοις κείνων ρημασι πειθόμενοι...
We applauded only once during the film: The moment when the Queen of Sparta behaves like a man. We applauded again at the end. It deserves it. Not for creating a myth out of real history, or for portraying Greece so positively, but for being an exceptional movie from every cinematical aspect. I wouldn't miss it if I was you.
And if you book a seat right in the middle of a IMax screen, take your mouse with you. You might feel the urge to use it
Second, we watched 7 commercials before the movie and 5 of them were for cigarettes. The other two for sodas.
Then, the movie started.
It is by far the best movie adaptation of a comic ever made.
I had never seen anything like that before on screen and judging from the absolute silence of the audience during most of the movie, the same goes for all. It was like the comic strips were coming to life right in front of our eyes! The art work is pure magic (THE COLOR!!!), the 3D effects are unbelievable, the battle scenes are unlike anything ever created on film, the Spartans are extremely seksi (Tatu and Jenny must not miss it
) and there are lines and scenes of major *bad-assery*, that made every Greek in the audience feel very *large* and proud. No one was laughing, no one was making loud comments, and during the most dramatic scenes, especially in the end, when we listened to the last famous quote that we all have learned in high school, we suddenly discovered that we all still remembered it. Word for word. In ancient greek: Ω ξείν, αγγέλοις Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε κείμεθα, τοις κείνων ρημασι πειθόμενοι...
We applauded only once during the film: The moment when the Queen of Sparta behaves like a man. We applauded again at the end. It deserves it. Not for creating a myth out of real history, or for portraying Greece so positively, but for being an exceptional movie from every cinematical aspect. I wouldn't miss it if I was you.
And if you book a seat right in the middle of a IMax screen, take your mouse with you. You might feel the urge to use it
