In 2006, Zack Snyder did a comic book by Frank Miller. He took his stylization and, with the help of computers, some lesser-known actors, and of course the green screen, made his highly successful film. He had to wait until last year to make a film with equal and greater success. When his Man of Steel was very positively received by fans and critics alike.
While the film reeks of its studio-ness, the great work the director went to in mimicking the comic book style of the paperbacks was very well received. Gerard Butler as King Leonidas was well chosen. Compared to the Greek general who appeared in the sequel, he oozes a lot more charisma. His voice can completely overwhelm his soldiers. No wonder all the battles that 300 Spartan soldiers fought until their deaths were won. Albeit with small casualties, but a good tactical battle with the charisma of the King of Sparta can keep the soldiers engaged and fighting until their glorious death
The film is one of the better films for me. Compared to the second installment, which premiered a week ago, it's a lot better. I rate it at 70%.
Technical version
The technical version on the Blu-ray offers many dubbing languages and subtitles to choose from. Of course, the best track is the original language version of the film. It warms up your speakers and makes every battle feel real. The Czech dubbing is also good. Jiri Schwarz gives Gerard Butler an adequate Czech voice. Tereza Bebarova as his queen is paired with Lena Headey. With a few exceptions, an inappropriately chosen voice, the Czech dubbing is comparable to the original version.
The dubbing is worse. On the Blu-ray, it's clear that the film was made in the analogue era, and that the tricks and image are slightly degraded during the analogue-to-digital transfers. Occasionally the image is even slightly out of focus, but all the important stuff stands out. It's wonderful to see the masks, which are better than in this year's work. There's also less digital gore, so the film is clearer and we get to enjoy more muscle and testosterone.
Along with the second volume, the first volume is going into gift packs on DVD and Blu-ray. It's a great shame, though, that the bonus media isn't going into stores, so the only thing that will stand out among the other films in your film display case is the gorgeous tin packaging.
In fact, a limited edition Blu-ray STEELBOOK version is also going into stores, which has a gorgeous iron-on box. It's a shame, though, that the disc itself only has the film and no bonus features, so the added value and price is the iron box, which looks good in a collection.
Well don't buy it if you're a fan and collect nice packaging for your collections. For the rest of you, there's a standard Blu-ray that costs half the price of the Steelbook, so you can buy that. In fact, both contain the exact same version of the film.
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Original release of this article on March 10, 2014 – Kritiky.cz
