Bitshift

I'm really looking forward to the movie adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 300. It tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the last man to hold off Xerxes and the Persian armies, numbering in the millions. It's an epic battle, described in Herodotus' Histories.

The trailers are available, and look absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful. For some reason, Apple doesn't seem to have the theatrical trailer (trailer 1b) on their website anymore. They did the other day, but now their links to trailer 1b just go to the teaser, trailer 1. You'll have to go to the official movie website to see the theatrical trailer, which is a shame because it's much better than the teaser. However, the size available from the official website is smaller than what you can generally get from Apple.

The music in the trailer is Nine Inch Nails' "Just Like You Imagined". No, the Battle of Thermopylae is not scored by Trent Reznor as I imagine it, but it works nonetheless.