No capes!
Posted on 03/12/2007 11:12:42 AM PDT by Dr._Joseph_Warren
Um, it's an action film, based on a comic book. It wasn't designed to please Historians with PhDs from liberal universities, for heaven's sake.
It was eye candy, and full of patriotic fervor.
The story it told was of the brave sacrifice made a full year before the big battle. But the patriots knew they were going to inspire the Council and the Citizenry alike to rise to defend their home.
And it was easy on the eyes. Inspires me to do some spinning and weaving and to sew some capes. ;-)
If you have cable or a dish network, check out the History Channel. It has been running "Last Stand of the 300" at various times over the last week. It was a great show about the Battle of Thermopylae, giving the facts about the situation, and showing where the movie took a bit of creative license, but apparently not TOO much.
Superior training helps; when you're fighting for something you believe strongly in, such as freedom, you also tend to fight quite hard.
Sounds like Scott Holleran is hollerin' a little too much, Must have struck a nerve. This movie is the anti-Cindy Sheehan.
Well, DUH! It does have Gerard Butler, after all, as well as all those buff Spartans with their six pack abs, fighting in their loin cloths. ;o)
I haven't seen it, and probably won't, at the theater. Will likely get it on Netflix when it comes out on DVD. I imagine experiencing it in IMAX must be overwhelming!
"...Easy on the eyes."
You liked the integration of live and animated action and the use of desaturated color to achieve a look akin to the Frank Miller graphic novel? Or you liked the Spartan's buff bodies and spare clothing?
No capes!
Persians (Iranians) and liberals, yes, but I hadn't heard that the Greeks were offended by the movie.
I think Herodatus (sp?) wrote about the battle.
Yes! :-)
I'm not much of a comic book/action/horror film buff, I just go to hang out with my kids usally.
But the CGI on this was very well done. The effect was so coherent. The violence was bearable partly because it was so stylized.
My daughter maintains that the abs were not CGI, but actual. ;-)
The whole thing came together perfectly for me, and I enjoyed the story telling, the visuals, the great casting and a good script.
Xerxes was a hoot, comic relief of the best kind.
There was an article posted here that it was being slammed for historical innacuracy in Greece. < /duh>
We saw it on a regular screen. If it comes to Imax near here, and we have a chance to see it there, I'm sure we would.
And now I need to go find the DVD of Phantom of the Opera to tide me over. LOL
he did...
LOL
Folks, if you want to read a good review of '300' check out this link:
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0307/0307-300.htm
serves one purpose: to validate chronic fear.
When one has conviction. There is no 'chronic fear.'
I think the reviewer's point is that if the barbarian horde is coming to hack off your head, you are supposed to lie back and enjoy it...
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