300. Just got back from Midnight opening...

[QuaziquestGM]

From the movie, first impression.

Prestige Class: Spartan Army
Prerecs
Spartan by birth; Able to lift shield high enough to protect the man next to you from thigh to neck. 2 weapon fighting, Improved critical (shield), Improved Critical (long spear), Advanced Close order fighting, Combat reflexes, Die hard, Weapon focus (sword), Expertise, Iron Will, Toughness (X 6)

Benifit.

HD: D20
Skill points/2
Class skills
Intimidate, Perform (stoic saying), Knowledge history (Sparta)

Level one. Gains abity to honesty claim membership in Spartan Army.
(this class has only one level)

Description:
This is the class that Spartans typically enter at age 15.....

 

[Turanil]

Apart from that, was the movie any good?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

You know you're hopelessly addicted if...

... your first impression to a movie is "This would be the PrC for that character" or something like that.

 

[Black_Swan]

Ugh..I thought I was going to get a quick review...not a d20 hit die prc.

I'm guessing it was inspiring though.

There is an issue of Dragon that deals with the Persian invasion. I don't know what issue but it's the one that has the Elven Ancestral Foe class in it.

 

[Piratecat]

For a review, look in the Media forum - which is where this is heading!

 

[Aust Diamondew]

I saw the movie and thought it was pretty good (2.5 stars) if can ignore the glaring historical inaccuracies and just get along with watching (I was drunk and that helped). The fight scenes were well done and the CGI was excellent.
Ironically Leonidas won't let the hunchback fight with him saying he needs to lift his shield high enough to protect the man next to him as the spartans fight as a phalanx, but through most of the movie the spartans fight as individuals.


BTW I don't like your PRC.

 

[Insight]

BTW I don't like your PRC.

Aw, c'mon. The prerequisites are only 15 feats. That's what, a 15th level Fighter to get into the class. Who wouldn't want to blow 6 feats on Toughness, anyway? :\

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

...if can ignore the glaring historical inaccuracies and just get along with watching...

If you're expecting historical accuracy from a movie like 300, that's your first problem right there.

Not to pick on you specifically; I've heard and read several people griping about this "flaw" when I in fact don't see it as such. I don't think Miller ever intended to write a historically accurate graphic novel. I think he wanted to tell an evocative story.

I'll be measuring it against that tonight.

 

[horacethegrey]

If you're expecting historical accuracy from a movie like 300, that's your first problem right there.

Not to pick on you specifically; I've heard and read several people griping about this "flaw" when I in fact don't see it as such. I don't think Miller ever intended to write a historically accurate graphic novel. I think he wanted to tell an evocative story.

I'll be measuring it against that tonight.

Quite true. When you the see name Frank Miller on the cover of something, you don't go in expecting a historical doumentary. You go in expecting hot babes, manly men, and blood. LOTS OF BLOOD.

I just came from watching this, and I must say, it was a great film.

First off, the imagery was breathtaking. Yeah, it was all shot on a soundstage with some digital backgrounds, but hey, it looks good, and really helps to convey the mood of the story.

The action bits certainly won't dissapoint, as the battle scenes are incredible. Maybe some people will gripe that they're too stylized and in slow motion, and lack the realism of medieval combat in films like Braveheart or Gladiator. But hey, like I said, it's by Frank Miller, so such artistic licesence is to be expected.

What really gets you though is the story. I don't know how to describe it, but the whole thing had me rooting for the Spartans until the end. I couldn't help but feel moved as Leonidas were finally cut down. This is the film Troy should have been I reckon.

And such a story wouldn't be so good without a such a good cast to give it life. Once again, the criminally underrated Gerard Butler shines in a role that seems made for him. He dominates the film as Leonidas, giving the Spartan ruler warmth and ferocity in equal measure. I've been such a fan of this guy since Beowulf and Grendel, and I hope that the success of this film leads him to better things. Lena Headey also shines as his queen, imbuing the role with a quiet strength and steel will. The real surprise though, is David Wenham. Prior to the film's release, I had no idea that the onetime Faramir was in this movie at all. But his prescence greatly helps the film as a whole, as his role as the Spartan warrior Dilios provides a narrative voice for the audience and Wenham does an awesome job with this task.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I expect the same sort of slavish attention to historical accuracy from 300 as I expect from Raiders of the Lost Ark.