04-13-2007, 02:33 PM | #61 |
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Movies succeed or fail on how entertaining they are, not how accurate they are. I don't think there has ever been a movie made that was an accurate depiction any real event. The format (getting the whole story into two to three hours), simply doesn't support it. And real events are seldom, if ever, entertaining enough if seen in their full perspective.
If there is any fault to place, it's on advertisers who bill movies as "historical" and viewers who believe it. For real history about any event, you really have to delve into as many sources as possible and put in a lot of reading.
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04-13-2007, 04:05 PM | #62 |
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True. But I still think, if their going to make the Battle of Themopylae, to try and make it as historically accurate as possible, and not off some comic book.
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It's why I watch the History, Discovery and Science channels more than I go see movies.
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I really enjoyed this film, not as good an adaptation as Sin City but not far off. The side story with Leonidas' wife was kinda **** but it wasnt a huge part of the film, and i didnt think the music was anything special, personally i think it wouldve been better with Just Like You Imagined from start to finish I thought Gerard Butler and David Wenham played their parts perfecto!
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And just as a side note i cant even remember seeing "based on true events" on any of the promo stuff, i did see a lot of "based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller" though...
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I'm going to put in my two cents worth on this topic.
True I went to see 300 because it was based in Sparta and I have a hellava lot of respect for the 300 men who went out to try to hold off the Persians. I am a history buff so I went knowing the film was not historiclly accurate (try watching the trailers and TV spots). It had the epic feel to it, which is my favorite type of movie. IIRC, they never claimed 300 would be historiclly accurate to begin with. It's a movie made for entertainment purposes, not for showing in history class as the acual event. If you want to see historical accuacy, I'm sure The 300 Spartans is a lot closer than 300.
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