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In Reply to: Dramatic historical fantasy + 21st century CGI = "300" posted by mr grits on March 11, 2007 at 11:15:04:
Of course I saw this, I knew I would since the first preview.The visual style is that of Sin City, another Frank Miller comic adaptation.
But it is not anywhere near the pulp fiction greatness of Sin City. Sin City was a takeoff of film noir, a rich vein of movie history. 300 is a takeoff of the 50s gladiator movies, most of which seemed to be poorly dubbed from Italian.
This is to say it is almost instant camp. The warriors in speedos and the ultra-macho lines such as "Tonight we dine in hell!"
But I liked it enormously. The battle choreography is fabulous. The visual style is compulsively entertaining. There is some realism to the portrayal of the Spartan code, where the highest honor a man can achieve is to die in battle.
They easily could have dropped the subplot with the queen back in Sparta. But I guess they wanted to have something beside just battle scenes. Bottom line: a fairly long movie and I was never bored and would not mind seeing it again sometime. But I will not purchase it on DVD as I did Sin City.
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military code which highly encouraged soldier sexual relationships, feeling that it would lead to greater warrior bravery--protecting one's lover instead of just a comrade.
There is more exposed male flesh in this film than in any bathhouse. Spartan chest armor has been eschewed in favor of fully exposed, massively muscled, hairless torsos. It is incomprehensible that the 300 do not end up being human shish-ke-bobs during the first two days of battle.The reality was that the Spartans wore body armor and the Persians wore none and had poor wicker shields.
I enjoyed the look of the film. But make no mistake, this ain't no "Gladiator."
If I were a cynical liberal, I would regard this film as poorly disguised propaganda for an American war with Iran.
The idea of the "beautiful death" may appeal to suicide bombers, who will probably embrace this movie, but it is unlikely to resonate among the American audience in general. I don't think the Spartan lifestyle is going to be hugely popular among the normal movie-going audience.
John EH, HiFi Guy, etc.
News to me for sure..but if we are why are our troops in Iraq?
I was referring to propaganda for a possible future war with Iran.
A generation or so after The Persian War the Spartans discarded all body armor except a small pot helmet; evidently they figured the large shield was sufficient protection and that lightening the soldier's load gave more stamina for the push, also more flexibility in fighting light infantry armed with missle weapons.The other Greeks seem to have followed suit. Then about a generation later armor made a comeback.
hjg
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