To: 7thson
DO NOT go see this movie, if you are looking for historical movie. You will be sorely disappointed. It is based on a graphic novel in a historical setting, not history.
With that said, Frank Miller does some great writing, and 300 is a very good read.
5 posted on
01/16/2007 5:30:18 AM PST by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: Turbo Pig
Ephialtes is alive and well. He is a lefty Dem. In fact we are inhabited by an army of Ephialtes. They look forward to the moment when they can betray their own country.
Is that going too far? Is that terrible of me to say something like that? Afterall, they support the troops. "How could you say that?". Witness Kucinich, Conyers, Moran, McDermott, Murtha, Boxer, Kennedy, shall I go on? I didn't even mention the Ephialtesian citizens. Sheehan. Moore. Clooney. Sean Penn. etc. etc. etc. And etc. etc. etc.
To: Turbo Pig
Out of curiosity, what historical issues were present in 'the 300?' I'm not spoiling for a debate here, just interested.
9 posted on
01/16/2007 5:58:04 AM PST by
LibertarianInExile
(When personal character isn't relevant to voters or party leaders, Foley happens.)
To: Turbo Pig
Out of curiosity, what historical issues were present in 'the 300?' I'm not spoiling for a debate here, just interested.
10 posted on
01/16/2007 5:58:53 AM PST by
LibertarianInExile
(When personal character isn't relevant to voters or party leaders, Foley happens.)
To: Turbo Pig
DO NOT go see this movie, if you are looking for historical movie. You will be sorely disappointed. It is based on a graphic novel in a historical setting, not history.
With that said, Frank Miller does some great writing, and 300 is a very good read.
Having just seen the trailer last week, and a friend loaning me the graphic novel (one of the first I've ever read), I was very impressed.
I understand that historians and the anally-retentive are already bashing the movie, but it's a highly stylized movie about an event that happened well over 2000 years ago, an event that we don't exactly have a lot of source material about (owing to the nature of few survivors, classical historians relying on 2nd and 3rd-hand and 4th-hand information, etc.).
The movie looks great, and I was curious if they would downplay the Persians trying to conquer everything, but it appears they haven't.
For those who have no idea about the history of this event, it's one of the most fascinating periods of western history (and really a defining moment in the eventual creation of what we consider to be democracy).
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