03-25-2007, 05:21 PM
Having finally seen 300 on Friday....I can say I loved it....!
I was rather surprised that it was only given a '15' tag with the sex and violence however...
I admit that I found myself rather irritated with the fantasy elements at times, as this could have degraded the very real sacrifice that the Spartans and Thespaeians made at Thermopylae and the insinuation from others that they were 'mad', although the truth of Spartan valour, honour and pride became obvious towards the ending...which had me in tears.
For an awful moment, I really thought Leonidas was thinking of surrender...then you discover just why he laid down his panoply and arms...brilliant filming...!
There was a rather interesting mixture of fantasy and authenticity in the film...the fellow with the beard and shaven top lip (although he reminded me of Abraham Lincoln or somebody) the Spartan girls with their slit sided tunics and Sparta herself....
I can see why the modern day Persians are complaining though.......Xerxes 'i'm nice' looking like a voyeur and the wierd immortals borrowed from Sauron's army...and was it just me or did Ephialtes's hump grow bigger and bigger the more traitorous he became...???
Hmmh, I was right about Abraham Lincoln....Abe
I was rather surprised that it was only given a '15' tag with the sex and violence however...
I admit that I found myself rather irritated with the fantasy elements at times, as this could have degraded the very real sacrifice that the Spartans and Thespaeians made at Thermopylae and the insinuation from others that they were 'mad', although the truth of Spartan valour, honour and pride became obvious towards the ending...which had me in tears.
For an awful moment, I really thought Leonidas was thinking of surrender...then you discover just why he laid down his panoply and arms...brilliant filming...!
There was a rather interesting mixture of fantasy and authenticity in the film...the fellow with the beard and shaven top lip (although he reminded me of Abraham Lincoln or somebody) the Spartan girls with their slit sided tunics and Sparta herself....
I can see why the modern day Persians are complaining though.......Xerxes 'i'm nice' looking like a voyeur and the wierd immortals borrowed from Sauron's army...and was it just me or did Ephialtes's hump grow bigger and bigger the more traitorous he became...???
Hmmh, I was right about Abraham Lincoln....Abe
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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