13 March, 2007
300
Great movie! And the critics, for the most part, agreed with me! The non-battle scenes were a little slow, but most of the movie was battle sequences.
I am a little disappointed that people keep saying that it is based on a comic book. this may be true, but both are based on history! The film is based on the Battle of Thermopylae, an early battle in the Greco-Persian War.
The movie does a decent job portraying actual events, but two things stand out to me as incorrect. First off, King Leonidas's death is shown incorrectly; I won't say more and spoil the movie for you though. Second, the Persians had a number of deformed soldiers. One in particular appeared to have had his hands removed and blades attached to the underside of his arms. This seemed really bizarre to me. I assume it is something from the comic book. But Hitler did do experiments on humans, did the Persians do the same? I am not sure.
Now that I think about it, the priests guarding the oracle were also deformed. I do not recall ever learning about it, so I am not sure of the accuracy of it either.
Overall, I'l have to give 300 a rating of Rampage!
I am a little disappointed that people keep saying that it is based on a comic book. this may be true, but both are based on history! The film is based on the Battle of Thermopylae, an early battle in the Greco-Persian War.
The movie does a decent job portraying actual events, but two things stand out to me as incorrect. First off, King Leonidas's death is shown incorrectly; I won't say more and spoil the movie for you though. Second, the Persians had a number of deformed soldiers. One in particular appeared to have had his hands removed and blades attached to the underside of his arms. This seemed really bizarre to me. I assume it is something from the comic book. But Hitler did do experiments on humans, did the Persians do the same? I am not sure.
Now that I think about it, the priests guarding the oracle were also deformed. I do not recall ever learning about it, so I am not sure of the accuracy of it either.
Overall, I'l have to give 300 a rating of Rampage!
# posted by Patrick Wellner : Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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Personally, I didn't mind things like the Jabba The Executioner and the War Rhino, as they were mythologizing the event with modern (i.e. visual film) storytelling. As one put it, a campfire story to rally the troops, and done for the shake of sheer visual stimulation.
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