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300

I'm quite excited about 300, a film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. It tells the story of the 300 Spartans fighting the enormous Persian army of Xerxes I at Thermopylae, and looks rather fantastic. High-def trailers are available in a variety of sizes from Apple of course, and I recommend going as large as your screen can handle. Hot damn does it look good in 1080p, although it peeves me mightily that there's no way to download the damn thing for repeated playback. Much of the film was done with a green screen background, and the director has produced a nebulous, stylized aesthetic that really meshes well with the original comic. Even the music in the trailer, "Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails, kicks all kinds of ass. Roll on March 2007.