300: Sets March Record
LIBERTAS
All-time March first place: 300 with $70 million. Second place was Ice Age 2 at $68 million.
So, what was it about 300? It had no stars, a fairly unknown director, was just another comic adaptation, and -R- rated?
Sin City came from the same source material, starred Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Josh Hartnett, Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood, and Jessica Alba. It had a name director, and even boasted of scenes directed by Tarantino. And yet, 300 will pass Sin City's total domestic take tomorrow.
Hopefully Hollywood is watching. 300 is successful for the very reason it's being hammered by close-minded left-wing critics: It's something new. It's something refreshing. It's about something.
It's about heroes, honor, good versus evil, and fighting for something bigger than one's self. It's rousing and larger than life. It's not just another one of those old-fashioned nuanced, nihilistic, anti-hero, thin line between-good-and-evil tired old cliched movies that have been around for decades.
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