So I fainally got to see 300 - dave c - Films/DVD Asylum

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So I fainally got to see 300

And I enjoyed it very much.
Concerning the stuff I said before...
The shaved chests are a bit weird. And part way through the "all boys together" thing does come out... and I'm not talking about Xerses!!!
At the start the Persians arrive with that voice over and I can't see how it isn't construed as being about Islam (or even "black") overrunning the motherland... BUT... after we have been to the mountain top and seen the rulers of Sparta, I would change the BIG symbolism to how the purity of the army protects America (Please it was my symbol!!)... OK, democracy despite the ugliness and corruption of the government.
Well that's how I see it anyway.
I loved the way it cut back and forth from the more treated scenes to more realistic with that effect that makes it look like a graphic novel (maybe someone can say briefly how its done) to a very natural look.
The Persian navy during the storm looked just like a print... it reminded me of Durer for no particular reason.
The Spartan women... OK, the Queen was very natural and not bosomly pumped up and all the better for it!
The women at Xerses'... harem(?) were looking pumped up and all the better for it! Who was the black woman with the big 'fro and the nipple chains and where can I get her phone number????
Xerses himself was wonderfully... hey who said no one thought of the homo-erotic thing during this film??!!??
He was a great creation. As were the Persian (OK I know they come... supposedly... from all over Asia)warriors, even the "ninjas".
The Rhino, again, reminded me of Durer's woodcut.

Great use of the grotesques too.
All in all I really enjoyed it.
Good work on this, Scott, but I'll stand by my comments at the top of this!

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Topic - So I fainally got to see 300 - dave c 00:14:53 04/17/07 (13)

FWIW, ancient Greeks and Romans preferred being hairless below the neck... - MMasztal 13:16:21 04/17/07 (5)

Well, yes, the statuary is hairless but... all Greeks and Romans? You realize - tinear 16:10:43 04/18/07 (1)

and a huge... - dave c 20:46:02 04/18/07 (0)

Thank you - dave c 14:10:15 04/17/07 (2)

Pretty much everything except pubic and head hair... nt - MMasztal 11:26:11 04/18/07 (1)

So Greek men shaved their underarms? And what about the women? - dave c 20:48:04 04/18/07 (0)

I remember watching the 13... and 10... do these count towards that 300? - Victor Khomenko 12:22:16 04/17/07 (0)

First I am glad you enjoyed it as for your interpretation.. - Analog Scott 09:52:35 04/17/07 (2)

To be accurate, you'd have portrayed ALL the Spartans as gay. They - tinear 04:38:28 04/18/07 (0)

Carry on camping - dave c 14:17:57 04/17/07 (0)

It must have been that day todayâ€¦ - David Aiken 02:20:28 04/17/07 (2)

Where and when??? - dave c 14:12:41 04/17/07 (1)

Re: Where and when??? - David Aiken 20:30:40 04/17/07 (0)

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