300 - Page 2

nokom · 03-21-2007, 12:52 PM

No comment... Only a blood bath. They left out all the history, which is in fact very, very, very interesting...

The last sane person · 03-21-2007, 01:22 PM

I didn't know Xerxes dressed like a chip'n'dale dancer... I always thought he had hair, from looking at the murals...

nokom · 03-21-2007, 02:02 PM

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.

Acalewia · 03-21-2007, 08:38 PM

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

nokom · 03-21-2007, 10:46 PM

Ugh.... Sounds terrorible.

nokom · 03-23-2007, 11:13 AM

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.

The last sane person · 03-23-2007, 01:10 PM

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.

katya · 03-23-2007, 10:33 PM

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

the queen kills that guy

but not so much for aesthetics as much as because I wanted to do the same.

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?

Acalewia · 03-24-2007, 08:02 PM

I didn't. Of course I wasn't expecting the nudity either

durinsbane2244 · 03-26-2007, 06:47 AM

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!

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-26-2007, 11:22 AM

Volod? Are you thinking Volvo? I don't remember any Volod...

Acalewia · 03-26-2007, 03:44 PM

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?

durinsbane2244 · 03-27-2007, 06:50 AM

oh, i'm sorry. typo above!

i meant Voldo! y'know, the creepy guy you can get tambourines for? yeah...him.

Nerdanel · 03-27-2007, 07:18 AM

*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.

klatukatt · 03-29-2007, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nokom

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.

I heard they brought about 2000 slaves with them.
And the Spartans were notorious homosexuals. It's good for fighting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by katya

Am I the only one who didn't think there was all that much nudity, or have I been watching too much porn?

Too much porn.

I didn't think there was enough nudity either.

And the queen kicked some serious ass.

Acalewia · 04-02-2007, 06:29 PM

The soundtrack is awesome.

Yes I have bought the soundtrack. So far my faves are "the Hot Gates" and "Message for the Queen"

D.Sullivan · 04-08-2007, 05:31 AM

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.

BeardofPants · 04-08-2007, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

*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.

Oh, I definitely agree. This was almost as bad as Ghost Rider, right down to the annoying token "sassy" female that hollywood likes to throw around. I liked the bits that I recognised as Frank Miller-esque, but the script, acting, and music were decidedly too cheesey for my taste.

BeardofPants · 04-08-2007, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nokom

No comment... Only a blood bath. They left out all the history, which is in fact very, very, very interesting...

It wasn't supposed to be based on "history" - it's an adaption from a graphic novel series by Frank Miller, which happened to be based somewhat around real events. *shrug*

D.Sullivan · 04-08-2007, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeardofPants

It wasn't supposed to be based on "history" - it's an adaption from a graphic novel series by Frank Miller, which happened to be based somewhat around real events. *shrug*

Happened to be based somewhat around real events? Ah, so it was purly coincidental that many of those events actually happened...I'm sorry, but I fail to understand your logic here. It doesn't matter what it was supposed to be. It is based on real events.

03-21-2007, 12:52 PM	#21
nokom Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 148	No comment... Only a blood bath. They left out all the history, which is in fact very, very, very interesting... __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-Menu!

03-21-2007, 01:22 PM	#22
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	I didn't know Xerxes dressed like a chip'n'dale dancer... I always thought he had hair, from looking at the murals... __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

03-21-2007, 02:02 PM	#23
nokom Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 148	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. __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-Menu!

03-21-2007, 08:38 PM	#24
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	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 __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

03-21-2007, 10:46 PM	#25
nokom Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 148	Ugh.... Sounds terrorible. __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-Menu!

03-23-2007, 11:13 AM	#26
nokom Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 148	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. __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-Menu!

03-23-2007, 01:10 PM	#27
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	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. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

03-24-2007, 08:02 PM	#29
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I didn't. Of course I wasn't expecting the nudity either __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

03-26-2007, 06:47 AM	#30
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	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! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

03-26-2007, 11:22 AM	#31
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Volod? Are you thinking Volvo? I don't remember any Volod... __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-26-2007, 03:44 PM	#32
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	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? __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

03-27-2007, 06:50 AM	#33
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	oh, i'm sorry. typo above! i meant Voldo! y'know, the creepy guy you can get tambourines for? yeah...him. __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

03-27-2007, 07:18 AM	#34
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	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. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

04-02-2007, 06:29 PM	#36
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	The soundtrack is awesome. Yes I have bought the soundtrack. So far my faves are "the Hot Gates" and "Message for the Queen" __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

04-08-2007, 05:31 AM	#37
D.Sullivan Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 102	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.