{"id":7677,"date":"2015-11-23T22:39:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T03:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2016-03-07T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T20:07:00","slug":"top-comic-book-adaptations-no-34-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/23\/top-comic-book-adaptations-no-34-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 34 – 300"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Zach Snyder\u2019s second consecutive appearance on this list comes in the form of the highly stylized, over-the-top, much-quoted Spartan epic, <\/span>300<\/span><\/i>. Its been parodied and ripped apart for historical inaccuracies so much over the years (you mean, there really weren\u2019t mountain-sized war elephants in Greece?) that it can be difficult to view this graphic novel adaptation with pure eyes anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Much of the buffoonery the movie inspired was deserved – it really is quite silly at times – but there is a considerable amount here to like. Firstly and most ironically considering the main gripes myself and others had with No. 35 on this list, <\/span>300<\/span><\/i> is an incredibly faithful adaptation of the source material. Regularly lifting shots frame-by-frame and panel-by-panel from the graphic novel, Snyder\u2019s unique visual flair gave the world one of the closest things we have ever seen to a moving comic book on the big screen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a world where Batman is essentially protecting Chicago and the X-Men are making jokes about \u201cyellow spandex\u201d, it was nice to see someone take the original ideas, including the presentation, so seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n

As much fun as it is to see some of these characters placed into a more grounded and believable reality, there is a creative freedom that comes in comic books and video games that allows you to bend the rules. Audiences for film tend to demand a certain (in my view forced) \u201creality\u201d, but being able to create something impossible is at least half the fun. <\/span>300<\/span><\/i> succeeds on this level in every way. It doesn\u2019t need to make sense, it just needs to look super eye popping and cool. Images from <\/span>300<\/span><\/i> have been etched into the cinema history books making it an achievement in film that few comic book or graphic novel adaptations can claim.
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\nI tend to prioritize deeper story-telling and character development of which there is some but not much in this flick, which is why it falls down this list a bit despite the overwhelming aesthetic success.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Complete 35-part list for best comic book adaptations ever!<\/p>\n

Part 1 – Daredevil<\/a> \/ Part 2 – The Dark Knight<\/a> \/ Part 3 – V for Vendetta<\/a>
\nPart 4 – The Flash<\/a> \/ Part 5 – Sin City<\/a> \/ Part 6 – The Crow<\/a>
\nPart 7 – Agent Carter<\/a> \/ Part 8 – X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/a> \/ Part 9 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/a>
\nPart 10 – Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a> \/ Part 11 – X2: X-Men United<\/a> \/ Part 12 – Iron Man<\/a>
\nPart 13 – The Avengers<\/a> \/ Part 14 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)<\/a> \/ Part 15 – Superman (Richard Donner)<\/a>
\nPart 16 – Hellboy<\/a> \/ Part 17 – The Incredible Hulk<\/a> \/ Part 18 – X-Men: First Class<\/a>
\nPart 19 – Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi)<\/a> \/ Part 20 – Thor<\/a> \/ Part 21 – Ant-Man<\/a>
\nPart 22 – The Dark Knight Rises<\/a> \/ Part 23 – Spawn<\/a> \/ Part 24 – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season Two<\/a>
\nPart 25 – Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/a> \/ Part 26 – Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)<\/a> \/ Part 27 – Captain America: The First Avengers<\/a>
\nPart 28 – Batman (Tim Burton)<\/a> \/ Part 29 – X-Men (Bryan Singer)<\/a> \/ Part 30 – Spider-Man (Sam Raimi)<\/a>
\nPart 31 – Smallville: Season One<\/a> \/ Part 32 – Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/a> \/ Part 33 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, 3<\/a>
\nPart 34 – 300<\/a> \/ Part 35 – Man of Steel<\/a>\u00a0\/ Extra Part – Final Thoughts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zach Snyder\u2019s second consecutive appearance on this list comes in the form of the highly stylized, over-the-top, much-quoted Spartan epic, 300. Its been parodied and ripped apart for historical inaccuracies so much over the years (you mean, there really weren\u2019t mountain-sized war elephants in Greece?) that it can be difficult to view this graphic novel<\/p>\n

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