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Damages (2007–2012)
10/10
This is triple AAA television!
18 June 2008
Wow, this series deserves an 11 because 10 just does not give it justice. I put this series on the same pedestal as Sopranos and Deadwood. Fabulous, intriguing, more addictive than crack cocaine (and better for you). I just cannot praise this series enough. The acting was just superb. What i find amazing is how the performances in this series and for instance Deadwood were so much better than any acting performance in any movie for the last decade. They should be giving Oscars to these series because they are far higher quality than Hollywood films.

Glenn Close is utterly brilliant, and so is everyone else really. Each and every character is so well casted it is hard to find anything to criticise. I suppose some might say its a little gory but I don't think so.

Actually the only complaint i have is at the BBC who aired the series in the UK. They put it on at the most stupid time at night when it was clearly the best piece of television they have on the BBC. This series left everything else behind it in a cloud of dust.

Watch it and watch it again. TV this good is very rare.
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300 (2006)
10/10
Battle choreography/photography is what makes this film special.
2 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
What is wrong with you people? This film is brilliant alone for the stylised violence which has made ancient warfare appear like a beautiful surreal dance. Its not a gory film really; because there is no *focus* on gore. Limbs fly and blood spurts but the camera always continues moving with the actor/s as he glides through the fight scenes. Because of the cartoonish/mythological surreal atmosphere it never grossed me out once. It was like a beautififul classical painting becoming animated. The scene of the Spartans watching the storm hit the Persian fleet was another highlight. T I was disappointed with some of the camera work in Gladiator. Editing was way too rapid and very hard to keep focused on what is happening. Way too many speed ups. No such problems with 300. It was eye candy and i was mesmerised by the almost ballet like fight scenes.

Its not fair to criticise this film on its historical exaggerations. Clearly the Frank Miller/Homeresque epic influence should exclude that as any kind of fair comment. In fact, what is funny is this film is far more accurate in regards to its base history than most films based on historical events.

As for the silly negative reviews from a politically correct anal perspective. Get a life.
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