The 300

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Wikipedia... "the battle of Thermopylae" ... ... ... Exit applcation

What's up Jimboogie? Hope you don't think I just go to S*** like Wilkipeadia to pretend that i know something about anything?

No X

I love Wiki but that day i just wasn't in the mood. I just didn't have that funny absorbant feeling i get sometimes

Usually if im on Wiki i end up on something history related (probably becuase it takes me a hole day to read the original page i search for as im forever clicking through to other stuff i dont understand on the way and i end up going back back back).

Hope this hels.


P.S i know about my own history

[OumaFan]

Its a really horrible horrible movie.

I'm using the search function for something else that I can't seem to find, if anyone wonders where I'm finding these threads.

[amat]

...I never saw it. I started it the other night but didn't finish.

[Nameless]

It is an ok action movie:

Plus: + color contrasts are put very nicely
+ They put on nicely the Spartan mentality
+ They did introduce a few tasty and apparently historically true quotes (tonight we dines in hell and referring to the deluge of arrows "then we'll fight in the shadows)
+ action scenes are quite good


Minus: + historically many many flaws
+ Xerces looks like a S&M dude instead of a King
+ If you see the movie in hD, you can see the flaws in the special effects
+ they shouldn't have put some stupid shit like the mutant giant on the Persian side that have nothing to do with the battle.

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final note: 6.7/10

[JazMerkin]

I thought this film was more homoerotic than Brokeback Mountain. Plus it's historical accuracy was hideous. The Spartans were one of the most disgusting societies in history.

Although I guess 300 paedophiles standing up to the progressive empire built upon foundations of truth & justice wouldn't have made the best film adaptation

[Nameless]

I thought this film was more homoerotic than Brokeback Mountain. Plus it's historical accuracy was hideous. The Spartans were one of the most disgusting societies in history.

Although I guess 300 paedophiles standing up to the progressive empire built upon foundations of truth & justice wouldn't have made the best film adaptation

Actually, Athenians sexuality toward kids was much worst than in Sparta where virility was to be reckon; The spartans were in fact a bit monstrous with their kids but not that much sexually but for things like the "cripsy rite" (not sure how to write it in english) where children were more or less left alone having to steal to survive and being hardly punished if they were caught doing so. Also, in te movie they don't put out the fact that Sparta didn't had one but 2 kings as one was to go to war and the other one to stay in case the other king might die at war.
The only good thing actually about the historic facts is that effectively, spartans loved and spent their life for fighting for the glory of the city and were quite emotionless as if they would perish or not (dying for the glory of the city was one of the best thing that could potentially happen to a spartan citizen) so I enjoyed despite the mediocre historic approach how they depicted their state of mind through battle and its approach but that is all.

[JazMerkin]

I thought this film was more homoerotic than Brokeback Mountain. Plus it's historical accuracy was hideous. The Spartans were one of the most disgusting societies in history.

Although I guess 300 paedophiles standing up to the progressive empire built upon foundations of truth & justice wouldn't have made the best film adaptation

Actually, Athenians sexuality toward kids was much worst than in Sparta where virility was to be reckon; The spartans were in fact a bit monstrous with their kids but not that much sexually but for things like the "cripsy rite" (not sure how to write it in english) where children were more or less left alone having to steal to survive and being hardly punished if they were caught doing so. Also, in te movie they don't put out the fact that Sparta didn't had one but 2 kings as one was to go to war and the other one to stay in case the other king might die at war.
The only good thing actually about the historic facts is that effectively, spartans loved and spent their life for fighting for the glory of the city and were quite emotionless as if they would perish or not (dying for the glory of the city was one of the best thing that could potentially happen to a spartan citizen) so I enjoyed despite the mediocre historic approach how they depicted their state of mind through battle and its approach but that is all.

I found it all ridiculous. Oh & they did practice paedophilia quite widely, it was in fact part of the 'training' you see a bit of in the film. A young boy would have a 'mentor' who would teach him to fight & also some things that might have made Gary Glitter a fan of Sparta. Sick place.