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Title: For the few, the loud who do not go beyond the realm of Cliff Notes
Review: Having seen the 1962 film,"300 Spartans",and though a comic book admirer, this newer, graphic comic-take on the last stand satisfies only modestly. Both films share a fictional rendition, though "300" has a unique visual stamp to its efforts. Adding gratuitous sexcapades for the modern porn-inclined audience was degrading to its dramatic efforts, including the British accents and preposterous "M-lords" scattered throughout.Yet the most inventive use of slo-motion in action film to date allowed the viewer to savor the synchronized movements of the brave lads as a unit or separately to absorb the weaponry tailored for the daring close combat.The acting was superior to the daytime soap screenplay;and despite the autodesk re-created Pompeiian town in detail, the film never makes an attempt to wrap the action in historicity. The History channel's "Last Stand of the 300" is the real take on this incident.
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