This is mainly to get the blog off the ground as like most things its difficult starting with a blank slate.

I suppose for the first post I will simply talk about some bits that will probably end up constituting the main content of this blog.

Films

Coming out in a week or two is a new film called ‘300′.

This is the latest film based on one of Frank Miller’s graphic novels (think Sin City, Daredevil) set in 480 B.C. retelling the battle of Thermopylae.

I am not predicting this to be a great movie but I am looking forward to it for a number of reasons:

• The cinematography looks great
• A strange fascination in me for anything about ancient Greek or Roman war (almost killed off by ‘Alexander’ and ‘Troy’, but kept alive by ‘Gladiator).
• The reputation of Spartans as warriors should lead to some great battle scene

A slight concern is that the leading actor: Gerard Butlers previous film, Beowulf & Grendel, was not exactly Citizen kain, but Ben Affleck is not in it so thats a plus!

Conclusion

Well it was brief, but I had to start somewhere. Another film that is coming that I want to talk about is the new Transformers movie, but I will save it for a more comprehensive post.