The Battle of Evermore

I've been meaning to put something up here about a movie that I've been excited to see since I took a gander at the graphic novel. Now that it's actually being made into a movie, and the trailer has landed, I'm ever more enthused to go see it.

The movie and book in question is simply named "300". It's a very visually compelling looking flick, and a whole lot of visceral fun. The same technique of filming everything against a blank digital slate, like Frank Miller's last project "Sin City", gives this film an other-worldy glow that seems to expand upon the grand scale of the battle.

The story here is one of legend, and it involves the combination of an irrepressable force of will, and the very best use of location on the battlefield. Our story centers around King Leonidas, his Spartans, and the Battle of Thermopylae.

You either love Frank Miller's style of storytelling or you don't. The same thing goes for the look of his projects in comic books. If you'd like a look at the source material, you can preview 7 pages of the graphic novel here.

If you check out the video diaries on the official site (linked in the title of this post), you can see some of the behind the scenes work. What is especially intriguing is the training sequence. You can see that the actors were put through rigorous training, unlike normal "get big and buff" type Hollywood stuff. These guys actually developed stamina and a bit of the iron strength that the Spartans they're portraying had, and it really shows the dedication to the craft.

If you like this sort of thing, then this should be the sort of thing you like. Wanna see the purty trailer, then Sparta up yon.