"To me — and maybe it's because I'm spending a lot of time with my husband, who seems to really enjoy the violence — it's very beautiful in the movie," says Deborah Snyder, the director's wife and another one of 300's producers. "It's still a battle, and it's still brutal, but it's done in such a beautiful way that I don't think it affects me in the same way as a Saving Private Ryan.
"It also has a really strong female character who is central," she adds. "And the guys ... there's a lot to look at."
Former Warner Bros executive and now, yes, another 300 producer, Mark Canton, claims that 300 is already a template for future ambitious productions, even before the response comes in.
"One of the things that makes it a new-fashioned movie is that it's not a very expensive movie," Canton says. "The reference in the community already is, 'How do we make movies like they made 300?' in terms practical and audacious at the same time."
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