10-11-2009, 02:57 PM
[size=150:belb8uyu]The 300 Spartans (1962)[/size]
A really rather fun film- very 60s in style and the prevalence of (over)'acting' although Sir Ralph Richardson does a rather nice job as Themistocles. The clear brazing lines in the helmets is pretty distracting but what seems the use of real bronze is nice to see- the bell cuirasses every Spartan wears aren't bad if perhaps dubiously-used. David Farrar is excellent as Xerxes- one hell of a lot better, as is the whole movie, than that 2hr. comic book, 300 LOL. At least too in the 300 Spartans, other Greeks are noted at Thermopylae, not just the Spartans. I liked this one rather a lot more than many Hollywood 'sword and sandal' movies...
Only two bracers and spears for costumes, etc. because like all movies even to today, it's pretty flawed (===.5 ^^^.5), but three-and-a-half stars for being otherwise not bad ( ***.5 )
A really rather fun film- very 60s in style and the prevalence of (over)'acting' although Sir Ralph Richardson does a rather nice job as Themistocles. The clear brazing lines in the helmets is pretty distracting but what seems the use of real bronze is nice to see- the bell cuirasses every Spartan wears aren't bad if perhaps dubiously-used. David Farrar is excellent as Xerxes- one hell of a lot better, as is the whole movie, than that 2hr. comic book, 300 LOL. At least too in the 300 Spartans, other Greeks are noted at Thermopylae, not just the Spartans. I liked this one rather a lot more than many Hollywood 'sword and sandal' movies...
Only two bracers and spears for costumes, etc. because like all movies even to today, it's pretty flawed (===.5 ^^^.5), but three-and-a-half stars for being otherwise not bad ( ***.5 )
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