Germans Hate The 300

A recent screening of the upcoming 300 in Berlin resulted in people walking out early on the movie and booing, says Dark Horizons. This makes sense, as we all know that the German people are historically very averse to violence in any form. Right.

"Now the controversy erupted starting with Cinematical which reported on Wednesday that audience members left throughout the press screening and loudly booed as the end credits scrolled up the screen. Their review was far from glowing as well.

Yet long standing reliable critics like Todd McCarthy from Variety, Kirk Honeycutt at The Hollywood Reporter, the very picky Emanuel Levy and the always verbose but I trust his taste (there's not many people I hand that compliment to) Todd Gilchrist at IGN have all heaped major praise on the film. Another report indicated that the press screening did have some booing, but it was limited to only a handful in one section."

This is all well and interesting, but most of the harsher criticism of The 300 was rendered rather inconsequential when everyone leaving the theatre was violently speared through the brain by shirtless Spartan warriors. Publicity stunts, my friends, they're getting cooler and fucking cooler. These days, you can't get a degree in Marketing without cutting a motherfucker's skin off.