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    "Leonidas is dead." wouldn't that piss you off if you had never seen the first one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frey View Post
    "Leonidas is dead." wouldn't that piss you off if you had never seen the first one?
    No, because I wouldn't watch the trailer to the sequel if I was eventually going to watch the first one.

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    Underneath "Rise Of An Empire" you should have "Leonidas Is Dead!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frey View Post
    "Leonidas is dead." wouldn't that piss you off if you had never seen the first one?
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    I don't like how for those who haven't seen the first one the ending is ruined in the trailers for the new one.
    That's not a spoiler, that's history. Like Abraham Lincoln getting assassinated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CountOrlok View Post
    That's not a spoiler, that's history. Like Abraham Lincoln getting assassinated.
    what?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frey View Post
    what?
    SPOILER: Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CountOrlok View Post
    SPOILER: Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo.
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    Saw this a few days ago at a double bill showing of the first and second. Its an enjoyable movie but disappointing in many ways.

    Pros:I liked the timeline of it being part prequel part sequel, part alongside the original. Eva Green is brilliant. It looks great with some great CGJ effects and shots and there are great underwater scenes. Some of the fight scenes are pretty cool.

    Cons: as mentioned Eva Green is great but the lead apparently was supposed to be Themistokles however he fails to make any great impression and is no Leonidas. There seems to be a real lack of human side to the story and you dont really find youself sympathetic or attatched like you do to the characters of the first. Theres a really poor side story line of this son and his father- its predictable, poorly written and not a patch on the emotion you feel from the relationship of Captain and Astonos in the first film. It seems rushed like they wanted to cram so much into so little time meanin that a possible main character change towards the end feels unanswered and unresolved. For the ladies (and some men too) there is a distinct lack of the 'appeal' lets say of the spartans from the first.

    All in all it was an enjoyable enough 90 min but reaches no where near the heights and power of the first. 5/10

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    Quote Originally Posted by linzlu84 View Post
    Saw this a few days ago at a double bill showing of the first and second. Its an enjoyable movie but disappointing in many ways.

    Pros:I liked the timeline of it being part prequel part sequel, part alongside the original. Eva Green is brilliant. It looks great with some great CGJ effects and shots and there are great underwater scenes. Some of the fight scenes are pretty cool.

    Cons: as mentioned Eva Green is great but the lead apparently was supposed to be Themistokles however he fails to make any great impression and is no Leonidas. There seems to be a real lack of human side to the story and you dont really find youself sympathetic or attatched like you do to the characters of the first. Theres a really poor side story line of this son and his father- its predictable, poorly written and not a patch on the emotion you feel from the relationship of Captain and Astonos in the first film. It seems rushed like they wanted to cram so much into so little time meanin that a possible main character change towards the end feels unanswered and unresolved. For the ladies (and some men too) there is a distinct lack of the 'appeal' lets say of the spartans from the first.

    All in all it was an enjoyable enough 90 min but reaches no where near the heights and power of the first. 5/10
    Agree with that, although Themistocles did fine (not as good as Leonidas, though). Also didn't care for the father/son relationship. Characters weren't as good as the first one, except for Eva Green.

    I really enjoyed the naval combat scenes, though. Something you don't often see in movies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by linzlu84 View Post
    Saw this a few days ago at a double bill showing of the first and second. Its an enjoyable movie but disappointing in many ways.

    Pros:I liked the timeline of it being part prequel part sequel, part alongside the original. Eva Green is brilliant. It looks great with some great CGJ effects and shots and there are great underwater scenes. Some of the fight scenes are pretty cool.

    Cons: as mentioned Eva Green is great but the lead apparently was supposed to be Themistokles however he fails to make any great impression and is no Leonidas. There seems to be a real lack of human side to the story and you dont really find youself sympathetic or attatched like you do to the characters of the first. Theres a really poor side story line of this son and his father- its predictable, poorly written and not a patch on the emotion you feel from the relationship of Captain and Astonos in the first film. It seems rushed like they wanted to cram so much into so little time meanin that a possible main character change towards the end feels unanswered and unresolved. For the ladies (and some men too) there is a distinct lack of the 'appeal' lets say of the spartans from the first.

    All in all it was an enjoyable enough 90 min but reaches no where near the heights and power of the first. 5/10
    I'd say you hit everything right on the button...also I'd like to add that further exploring characters like Xerexes,messanger from the first movie and the hunchback of Sparta kinda ruined the aura of mysticism about them.They were humanized.You se that Xerxes is just a guy with a bunch of bitchin bling instead of the arrgonat mad tyrant God King.

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    I rewatched 300 the other day and I loved the movie except when it keeps going back to the political scenes in Sparta with Queen Gorgo. Didn't feel like those scenes were necessary at all. The 300 Spartans in 1962 did those scenes better, and included Themistocles as well.

    So IMO, the pacing doesn't drag in Rise of an Empire like it does in 300. Will have to watch it again, though. Can't wait until it comes out on VOD/Blu-ray.

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    Caught the flick recently and kinda liked it, despite many of its flaws. I mostly liked the timeline, taking place before, during, and after the events of the first film. The fight scenes and gore was also pretty awesome, but the film is definitely lacking in the character department. Like many have said, the lead Themistocles isn't as captivating and badass as Leonidas; In fact I felt Eva Green's character was much more interesting than the lead.

    Regardless, in the end it's an entertaining no-brainer action flick and that's exactly what I was in the mood for. As a 300 sequel it's a bit disappointing, but as a movie itself it's not bad. 7/10

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    Themistocles now I think about it was pretty cool. More of a silent and strong type than the over the top macho theatrics of Leonidas. Glad they went in a different direction with that.

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