03-21-2007, 12:52 PM | #21 |
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No comment... Only a blood bath. They left out all the history, which is in fact very, very, very interesting...
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03-21-2007, 01:22 PM | #22 |
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I didn't know Xerxes dressed like a chip'n'dale dancer... I always thought he had hair, from looking at the murals...
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03-21-2007, 02:02 PM | #23 |
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The real man, no doubt about it, did. By all of the statues we have, it is quite clear he had a beard and rather long hair.
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03-21-2007, 08:38 PM | #24 |
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I told my friend there was something for everyone: boobs for the guys, twelve packs/ half nude men for the ladies and enough blood to sastify a vampire I'm going for a rewatch on Sunday
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03-21-2007, 10:46 PM | #25 |
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Ugh.... Sounds terrorible.
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03-23-2007, 11:13 AM | #26 |
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However... I have been told that in the film- like most film adaptions- only the 300 stay to fight and the others leave. This was NOT true in fact. They did not leave, no, but 1000 others were with them.
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03-23-2007, 01:10 PM | #27 |
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It's senseless violence and nudity. What else matters?
But, I watched it with my boyfriend, he enjoyed it, even though he said the history was much more interesting. After a while we just enjoyed it for what it was. Fiction.
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03-23-2007, 10:33 PM | #28 | |
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Finally saw the movie tonight. I thought it was sweet-tastic. There were parts when I thought there was too much unbroken fighting scenes but on the whole it was beautiful through and through. I liked the wolf-killing scene and the oracle and the Persian women the best, I think. And also the part where
Personally I didn't mind the historical inaccuracy at all. The fact that it was presented as a story being told is a catch-all excuse for that. It was fun the way it was told. Am I the only one who didn't think there was all that much nudity, or have I been watching too much porn? |
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03-24-2007, 08:02 PM | #29 |
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I didn't. Of course I wasn't expecting the nudity either
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03-26-2007, 06:47 AM | #30 |
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hang historical accuracy, it's fiction and fun for the sake of fiction and fun!
also, i'd just like to point out this fun fact: anyone who's played or seen soulcalibur, look at Xerxes...then look at Volod...'nuff said.... BEST MOVIE EVER! SAW IT TWICE! CHANGED MY LIFE...TWICE!
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03-26-2007, 11:22 AM | #31 |
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Volod? Are you thinking Volvo? I don't remember any Volod...
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03-26-2007, 03:44 PM | #32 |
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Saw it twice as well. Loved it even more. I found a few more things that had me laughing.
Has anyone had to carded to see this?
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03-27-2007, 06:50 AM | #33 |
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oh, i'm sorry. typo above!
i meant Voldo! y'know, the creepy guy you can get tambourines for? yeah...him.
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03-27-2007, 07:18 AM | #34 |
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*laughs* watching that movie was a wasted couple of hours of my life.. there's so much else i could've done instead.. anything would've been more useful, really. i got a feeling that they had made a video game first, and then, to promote it, decided to make a movie based on that game.
the worst wannabe-movie i've ever seen.
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The soundtrack is awesome. Yes I have bought the soundtrack. So far my faves are "the Hot Gates" and "Message for the Queen"
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04-08-2007, 05:31 AM | #37 |
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In my opinion, if you don't want to tell the true story, why base it on a true story? If you want to make fiction, make fiction. If you want to change something, change the names and setting and leave the "based on true events" message out. I think you owe that to the people who actually lived those lives. Seems to me the only reason not to do that would be to give the film more mystique by being able to say it's true and therefor make it more successful. Seems like a sorry way to honor someone elses life.
Historical inaccuracies aside, I thought the film was a giant bore. Acting was bad, script was bad, camera work wasn't interesting(could they have used any more slow motion?). I really enjoyed most of the music, though. It was almost too pumped up. I wouldn't be surpised if the film get's discualified at the Oscers for suspicions of steriod usage. Did anybody else feel like it was just a tad racist? I did read the comic after seeing the film, and I enjoyed it much more then the film. Last edited by D.Sullivan : 04-08-2007 at 05:35 AM. |
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