| By Trust Created |
Summary
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Acting
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Film
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Edge
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Reality
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TRUST WEIGHTED
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Good | Good | Very Good | Sordid | Supernatural |
| AVERAGE | Very Good | Good | Very Good | Sordid | Supernatural |
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Good
3.0
Highly stylized though affecting movie brings a comik sensibility to an ancient battle. I ended up liking it more than… |
Good
3.0
The actors come through the comic book gloss effectively, though there isn't much opportunity to distinguish themselves. |
Good
3.0
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Sordid
3.0
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Surreal
2.8
The fantastic liberties range from the minor (the perfect abs of each and every Spartan warrior) to the major (demonic … |
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Barely OK
2.0
The fantasy infused movie about ancient history did not do it for me. I'm always entertained by ancient-time war movies… |
Pretty Bad
1.5
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OK
2.5
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Horrid
4.1
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Fantasy
4.5
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Good
3.0
Its got great action but all the stuff with his wife back home is kinda crap. Read the graphic novel, its better. |
Very Good
3.5
Nothing great but nothing to complain about either. |
Perfect
5.0
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Horrid
4.0
A lot of violence but very stylised. Also a rape. |
Fantasy
5.0
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May 19, 2008 6:23AM
Spaceghost
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Thank you for the kind words. I’ll be honest, though, I wasn’t too sure of the movie at first for much the same reasons. I thought it was visually excellent, but it was a departure from the comic and I was a huge fan of the comic from day one. The comic was not anywhere near as polished or pretty. It was very rough and brutal. A lot of the same story elements were there, but the look was much, much different. But the more I thought about it and after the second viewing things fell into place and felt much better for me. Now its got to be one of my favorites out there. |
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May 18, 2008 4:21PM
Wick
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Wow. Great review Spaceghost! You make such a passionate and well argued case for the movie’s perfection that I was left wondering why the Trust Weighted Score was only a Good. So I went browsing through the reviews and it turns out I’m part of the reason. (Oops, “I’ve met the enemy, and it is me.”) So now I want to see the movie again, perhaps to raise the rating upon second viewing. |
