Frankly, I've been hearing the incessant whine about the gore of this film from all quarters and I really want to ask these journalistic prats what they think a battle with swords and spears would really look like. Cavuto on Foxnews yesterday was whining about whether this film would cause more gore films. Even more insulting was his placing the film in the same genre as Saw or Hostel. If these ladies can't take it, maybe they should stick to knitting.
This article has another approach in condemning the film as "reinvent history."
Frankly, the histories of Thermopylae are all vague as many ancient histories are. Many people call them mythology, but I'm of the opinion that there is more evidence of the reality of the event if not the true heroics that have come down in the histories.
Hanson has a review at the Corner.
This article has another approach in condemning the film as "reinvent history."
Before director Zack Snyder set out to reinvent history and tinker with mythology, he wanted to check with the creator himself.In the case of 300, a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., that meant getting approval from Frank Miller, the legendary graphic novelist.
Snyder is retelling the story put forward by Miller, which is a comic book version of the history of Thermopylae. It never claimed to be history. Though I'd say the movie and graphic novel came up with sufficient historical accuracy to meet the Academy Awards requirements for a documentary. (Considering the factual challenged winners in the past couple of years, that's not something exactly difficult to do.)
Frankly, the histories of Thermopylae are all vague as many ancient histories are. Many people call them mythology, but I'm of the opinion that there is more evidence of the reality of the event if not the true heroics that have come down in the histories.
Hanson has a review at the Corner.
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If VDH found it close enough to actual history to enjoy, the rest of these idiots ought to shut up and sit down. Of course, VDH also grasped the difference between telling a story based on a historical event, and making a historically accurate docu-drama about that event, which seems to be beyond the comprehension of many of these reviewers.
I also think it's amusing that it's making both the left and the right angry. Makes me think the politcal axe grinding is in the eye of the viewer, not the director.
Personally, I can't wait to see it. If I didn't have rugrats to deal with I would have gone already. Does that mean I'm NOT a lady, and should take up knitting to compensate?
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