300.first hand impressions

Call it first hand impressions, a review or whatever, but we finaly purchased 300 on blu-ray and well, you know, my expectaions werent that big, seeing the review during it´s time on the big screen.

But still, i realy did enjoy every footage i did see from it and by the end of the day, a blu-ray movie aint that pricy, sure, it costs more then the dvd, but the money aint much to talk about, so i picked it up for an adult only night at home with my girlfriend.

And it for sure was a pleasant surprise, the image quality is just superb, best i´ve seen so far on blu-ray or anyother format, excellent sound and you know what, the story and narration was spot on.

And that´s comming from someone that doesnt realy enjoy shallow, skin only movies, but i didnt find that here, sure it´s realy violent, and the spartan society could by alot of people be viewed as a light pre wwII german one, but that´s the thing.

Even tho the movie is of course exagerated it still shows off how society was during that timeframe, so nothing weird with that, does it feel bad, yes.

Does it make your skin crawl, yes, but that´s how life was for alot of people and cultures, in the end 300 realy is a sight for sour eyes and the story is good, actors do their thing and with honor, the style and sound, the quality of the movie, it´s all top notch and well worth it´s price.

As for the blu-ray version, if you do have a nice hd tv at home and a phat blu-ray standalone player or that gorgeous playstation 3, do pick it up, if for nothing else, to atleast see how hd movie quality should be as of now.

To round it up.

300 get´s 9.3* out of 10 by me (which puts it one . ahead of gladiator if you´re wondering and slightly below braveheart)

hd.300 sells a ton thanks to blue-ray

Noticed ps3fanboy writing a piece on 300 being the fastest selling hd movie ever, selling more then a quarter of million units in around a week.

And you know what, blue-ray stood for 65 percent of it´s sales while hd-dvd only mustered 35%, just as the fanboy himself i´ll have to say that the hd-dvd camp trying to make it look and sound like the ps3 doesnt affect blu-ray sales is looking more and more like a famous bird with it´s head stuck deep down in the sand, well he didnt say it like that, but i did, because it´s the truth :)

Anyway, it´s good for both consumers and sony and the ps3, and of course the entire blu-ray camp and it´s of course good for time warner and the 300 producer and pretty soon im sure that the last few hd-dvd only producers will give up and switch to producing blu-ray aswell.

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