It's a physical place, a destination with value and meaning in a chaotic world, somewhere arrived at with difficulty and left with regret. In the hands of filmmaker Philip Groening, it becomes clear that silence is not the absence of sound. TURAN: "Into Great Silence," by contrast, casts a major league spell by going deeply into a monastic world that lives largely without words. (Soundbite of film, "Into Great Silence") Those not washed in the blood, so to speak, will soon reach their limit in terms of how many soldiers they want to see speared and hacked to death. The problem is that the visual panache that made Snyder an acclaimed director of commercials works better for 30-second spots than two-hour features. But unless you love violence as much as a Spartan, Quentin Tarantino, or a video game-playing teenage boy, you will not be endlessly fascinated. It is, at least in the short run, something to see. "300" is one of those films you don't want to think too hard about. Graphic novelist Frank Miller and director Zack Snyder are the people behind this stylish piece of comic book mythologizing. between a group of plucky Spartans and an enormous horde of invading Persians. TURAN: The loud, violent film is "300," an action epic that recreated the celebrated battle of 480 B.C. Remember this day (unintelligible) for it will be yours for all time. This is where they die and these (unintelligible). GERARD BUTLER (Actor): (As King Leonidus) This is where we fight. And the fact that they are in theaters at the same time only heightens the contrast. Two more different films than "300" and "Into Great Silence" would be hard to imagine. One offers non-stop bloody action, the other examines a life of meditation and devotion that has existed for more than 900 years.
KENNETH TURAN: One is incredibly loud, the other almost completely silent.
And your choices include "300" and "Into Great Silence." MORNING EDITION and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan sees a huge difference between them. Once you choose an evening anchor, if you do, you can choose a movie this weekend.
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