300 booed in Berlin, wildly differing reviews
300 is treading a thin line just now. Reports have come in that the film was booed at Berlin during the closing titles and that people were walking out, and yet other sites who have seen it are rating it with full marks. It seems this might be a love it or hate it, and Filmstalker will know for sure come Friday night.
Cinematical were at the screening in Berlin and said:
It started shortly after the opening credits; small groups of folks began heading for the door. It got worse when the main villain appeared on screen and all the audience could do was laugh. And, yes, it ended when whatever was left of a packed house booed Zack Snyder's 300 as the end credits scrolled up the screen.
Then there's the review in which they pretty much crush it, and yet at the same time IGN are praising it to high heaven with full marks.
At least Sin City had actual talent to go along with its intertwining storyline and poetic dialogue -- all 300 has going for it is a bunch of sexy men swinging swords and screaming bloody murder...he fight scenes are way too stylized to effectively engage the audience. Snyder's effects take all the realism out, and the acting...drowns out the passion...Zack Snyder's interpretation was a boring, fast-food version of better films, with better scripts, better acting and better battles.
Interesting, and the IGN say things like:
...adapts Frank Miller's graphic novel with passion and creativity, proving that classical storytelling will never go out of style...Snyder has crafted a one-of-a-kind masterpiece that is unlike any movie audiences have seen, and in so doing he may have sealed his own fate as a possible redeemer of modern moviemaking......Butler, a reliable Russell Crowe-like leading man who hasn't yet enjoyed the success he deserves, finally finds his Maximus in Leonidas. He possesses enough strength and tenderness to satisfy all of the demands of his character...
...He choreographs the action in such a way as to inspire awe no matter what his characters are doing...none of these flourishes feel superfluous. Instead, they create the kind of momentum and operatic scope that elevates a tall tale to the stuff of legend.
Wow, how far apart could they be? One hails the film, the other curses it. As I say I will be lucky enough to see it come Friday, so I'll let you know as soon as I can how good it really is. Right now it's looking like it's a love it or hate it relationship. Perhaps the two sites styles match their respective comments?
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