Saw 300 today.

[valis2]

I would like to thank the costume designer, and the casting director, from the bottom of my heart. I have never seen so much absolutely lovely beefcake in a film before, and it was stunning. David Wenham looked delicious.

The movie itself was just okay. 2 1/2 stars out of 4; plus 1/2 star for the most amazing, delightful display of manflesh I've seen.

I could not get attached to the characters, for some reason. The wife was decent, but I found myself wondering what Angelina Jolie could have done with the role. The men were very manly and yummy, but I just didn't really connect with them like the movie wants you to.

Writing and reading so much over the last few years has changed me. I am less likely to be impressed by predictable plot manuevers.

The movie was highly stylized, which appeals to me sometimes. But for some reason I think it should have been longer. I don't know. I think the biggest problem I had was that the actors were delivering lines. When I watched the Prestige recently, I noticed that most of the actors delivered lines, except for Tesla's assistant, who was simply a character saying what was on his mind...at least to me.

Anyway, I might go see it again, just because of the hawt men.

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[whitemunin.livejournal.com]

I want to see it purely for the eye candy. Gerard Butler and David Wenham running around in little leather knickers is worth the price of a ticket and popcorn. I probably won't even care if the movie is stupid. I'll be too busy drooling. : )

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The eye candy is worth about $40. The plot/movie? $1. Gerard Butler is absolutely ripped in this. His body is beautiful! And I often have a thing about older men with really nice bodies, and one of the other actors fits that bill, and that was such a lovely bonus. Plus there are many long, slow-mo shots of these bodies in action...huzzah!