Comments on: 300 http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/ the heart of things Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:04:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MrMike http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-45 MrMike Wed, 09 May 2007 21:47:27 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-45 <p>'The final revelation is that lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of art.' - Oscar Wilde</p> <p>Mind you I saw this film and it wasn't history OR art, it was just a hot, steaming pile of crap.</p> ‘The final revelation is that lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of art.’ – Oscar Wilde

Mind you I saw this film and it wasn’t history OR art, it was just a hot, steaming pile of crap.

]]> By: ARJ http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-28 ARJ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:49:51 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-28 <p>I have not yet watched the film, but I have read <i>300</i>, and I enjoyed Miller's art in the book. Its strength is purely visual.</p> <p>The attitude to the Spartan's sexuality is the same in the book as in the film, and the pedant in me found that very frustrating, especially since it's my understanding that it was a deliberate choice on Miller's part to diverge from historical fact (maybe because he just doesn't like homosexuals? which really bugs me). I did think the story was rather shallow, but that seems to work better in the confines of a graphic novel-- I will probably see the film, but maybe not in the cinema.</p> I have not yet watched the film, but I have read 300, and I enjoyed Miller’s art in the book. Its strength is purely visual.

The attitude to the Spartan’s sexuality is the same in the book as in the film, and the pedant in me found that very frustrating, especially since it’s my understanding that it was a deliberate choice on Miller’s part to diverge from historical fact (maybe because he just doesn’t like homosexuals? which really bugs me). I did think the story was rather shallow, but that seems to work better in the confines of a graphic novel– I will probably see the film, but maybe not in the cinema.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Joe Clark Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:46:31 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-27 <p>John Oftheheart/Ofthecourt... <em>is back!</em></p> John Oftheheart/Ofthecourt… is back!

]]> By: John Robb http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-26 John Robb Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:03:23 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-26 <p>Jonathon, </p> <p>Here's one way to look at it: It's the mindset/lens of a zealot, jihadi, or kamikazi. Complication detracts. </p> <p>John</p> Jonathon,

Here’s one way to look at it: It’s the mindset/lens of a zealot, jihadi, or kamikazi. Complication detracts.

John

]]> By: Shelley http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Shelley Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:52:05 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-25 <p>I loved Snakes on a Plane, but this one doesn't even sound like something I'd want to get through Netflix, much less watch in a theater. And I'm not a refined, urban intellectual; but then, I'm also not a 14 year old boy.</p> I loved Snakes on a Plane, but this one doesn’t even sound like something I’d want to get through Netflix, much less watch in a theater. And I’m not a refined, urban intellectual; but then, I’m also not a 14 year old boy.

]]> By: John B http://weblog.delacour.net/movies/300/comment-page-1/#comment-24 John B Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:12:34 +0000 http://weblog.delacour.net/2007/04/300/#comment-24 <blockquote>Because I’ve always loved stories that depict a struggle against insurmountable odds, because the Battle of Thermopylae is a great story about the nobility of defeat, and because 300 is such a mediocre rendering of that story.</blockquote> <p>That's exactly how I felt when I walked away from <em>300</em> – "wow, wouldn't a movie about the real battle of Thermopylae have been cool."</p> <p>The special effects were amazing, though. Simply stunning.</p> Because I’ve always loved stories that depict a struggle against insurmountable odds, because the Battle of Thermopylae is a great story about the nobility of defeat, and because 300 is such a mediocre rendering of that story.

That’s exactly how I felt when I walked away from 300 – “wow, wouldn’t a movie about the real battle of Thermopylae have been cool.”

The special effects were amazing, though. Simply stunning.

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