gaiusknight
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To put it blunty: There are few movies on the planet I would consider worse than Blades of Glory. Visualize with me an absolutely inane and tired plot with terrible dialogue tied up with lame actors. You might have something close to Blades of Glory.
The plot plods along predictably, following a very familiar sports movie plot line. An unlikely duo is pitted against snobby rivals who try to cheat but are ultimately foiled by the forces of good. Adding Will Ferrell and Jon Heder and calling it a comedy does little to remedy this train wreck of a setup, or its cardboard romance subplot.
The jokes are flat-out dull, especially for the bizarrely-underused craziness of Will Ferrell. If you think incestuous figure skaters and routine references to Jon Heder's testicles are comedy gold, you may have a job on the staff of (Heaven forbid) Blades of Glory 2.
The ask-a-Ninja once made an advertisement for Blades of Glory, but I have this to say to the interested. There is no glory in Blades of Glory.
The plot plods along predictably, following a very familiar sports movie plot line. An unlikely duo is pitted against snobby rivals who try to cheat but are ultimately foiled by the forces of good. Adding Will Ferrell and Jon Heder and calling it a comedy does little to remedy this train wreck of a setup, or its cardboard romance subplot.
The jokes are flat-out dull, especially for the bizarrely-underused craziness of Will Ferrell. If you think incestuous figure skaters and routine references to Jon Heder's testicles are comedy gold, you may have a job on the staff of (Heaven forbid) Blades of Glory 2.
The ask-a-Ninja once made an advertisement for Blades of Glory, but I have this to say to the interested. There is no glory in Blades of Glory.
This highly-anticipated movie turned out to fulfill all my greatest expectations. The special effects were amazing, the acting was enjoyable, and the story was of course based on one of the most inspiring war stories in the history of the world.
I grew up on stories of the 300 Spartans and the Battle of Thermopolyae, and had already seen the 1962 movie "The 300 Spartans." I waited to see "300" on DVD instead of watching it in the theater, but enjoyed it nevertheless. It was a wild ride, and the battle scenes blew me away.
As to criticisms of the historical accuracy of the film, I believe the movie portrayed the battle "sufficently" for the type of film it was. Sure, many of elements of the battle were greatly exaggerated (such as the monster-ish Immortals), but the movie is primarily action-mythology. And while the battle should be portrayed accurately, as it was, it is in mythology that ancient stories really come to life, just as the ancients have done countless times in their own legends, and probably would've intended for us to do as well, for the sake of giving this amazing story a modern spin.
300 - A fun ride, and a worthy adaption of a great moment of heroism. 10/10
I grew up on stories of the 300 Spartans and the Battle of Thermopolyae, and had already seen the 1962 movie "The 300 Spartans." I waited to see "300" on DVD instead of watching it in the theater, but enjoyed it nevertheless. It was a wild ride, and the battle scenes blew me away.
As to criticisms of the historical accuracy of the film, I believe the movie portrayed the battle "sufficently" for the type of film it was. Sure, many of elements of the battle were greatly exaggerated (such as the monster-ish Immortals), but the movie is primarily action-mythology. And while the battle should be portrayed accurately, as it was, it is in mythology that ancient stories really come to life, just as the ancients have done countless times in their own legends, and probably would've intended for us to do as well, for the sake of giving this amazing story a modern spin.
300 - A fun ride, and a worthy adaption of a great moment of heroism. 10/10
