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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Rednax, May 1, 2017.

  1. Killer Angel
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    not even a cookie for the try? :D
     
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    Sitting?
     
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    One does not quote 300 on this most noble of forums. No bare chested Spartans or battle rhinos here!
     
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    You don't like the movie 300? It is so quotable!
     
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    Not really, for a number of reasons:
    1. The Persian King looks more like an Egyptian, and the soldiers didn't wear Greek tragedy-style masks. They also didn't have animal-hide shields - they used massive rectangular ones made out of woven wicker.
    2. Bare chested spartans would have been massacred - even the Persians' wicker shields and quilted clothing would have provided more of a defence.
    3. Do I need to mention the battle rhino? It is to a normal rhino what a Mumak is to an ordinary elephant - oversized, over aggressive and over exaggerated in terms of weaponry. The Mumak is great because it is from a fantasy setting, whereas the Battle of Thermopylae was a real historical battle, so the rhino is really out of place. In fact I don't think any race from history has even considered using rhinos in pitched battle. Ever. OK, I know 300 was based upon a comic book, but you would think that even a comic book would have more of a respect for the Battle of Thermopylae than that. Also the elephants to a lesser degree - while the Persians did use war elephants, they didn't use them in Thermopylae.
    4. The neo-animated style looks pretty tacky and cartoonish. But then it is supposed to be basef off of a comic book.

    Overall, I imagine that as a film based on a comic book it isn't too bad, but for a film based upon the Battle of Thermopylae, I think it's dreadful. The inaccuracies of Troy pale compared to 300. For an actually historically accurate film, I vastly recommend the original 60s one.
     
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    I think this is the key point and the lens through which the movie should be judged. 300 is a super stylized over the top action movie that is based on the battle of Thermopylae in only the most basic of ways. If the goal is to watch a historical movie, 300 is a massive failure. However, if you're looking to watch a fun action movie, then 300 is a huge success. The movie looks visually stunning, has great quotable lines, superb action sequences and is generally quite entertaining. I love the movie, but I always watch it with the understanding that it literally a comic book come to life. It matches up very well to its source material, that being Frank Miller's comic book but is the farthest thing from a historical account of events.
     
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    Seems like a faithful comic book adaptation. (random sample)
    Looks like a lot of the film matches the comic scene for scene.
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    At that point, I find 100 times better "Sin City"...
     
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    Sin City had a very cool art style.
    ...still didn't like the movie all that much. :(
     
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    I'm the exact opposite. I find 300 to be the far better of the two!
     
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    Sure, that's a matter of tastes. The point is that they are both comics reversed graphically into films, so thay should be watched with that in mind. ;)

    (...it's not a surprise that I've read both Sin City and 300 before the movies were made, and i liked more SC.)
     
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    Agreed!

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    Now, back to race for the win!
     
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