Thread: 300

**LiberalNation** · 03-10-2007, 12:07 PM

Thinking of going to see it tonight. Anyone have yet, was it good. The previews looked good.

**dan** · 03-10-2007, 03:31 PM

It looks good. I won't be able to get in free until next week, so I'm seeing it then.

**-Cp** · 03-10-2007, 04:06 PM

I hear it's a great film - but libs won't be able to relate to it because it's a (true) story about 300 people who rose to the occasion to fight for their freedoms against an army of 1 million....

Libs can't relate cause they just want to surrender like the French...

**stephanie** · 03-10-2007, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by -Cp

I hear it's a great film - but libs won't be able to relate to it because it's a (true) story about 300 people who rose to the occasion to fight for their freedoms against an army of 1 million....

Libs can't relate cause they just want to surrender like the French...

You should hear how their talking about this movie on the liberal websites...
What you said, pretty much sums it up...

**dan** · 03-10-2007, 09:59 PM

That's crazy. It's not even trying to be historically accurate at all. They're fighting monsters, for God's sake.

**dan** · 03-10-2007, 10:03 PM

Also, I've ben reading some not-so-good reviews for this thing. Apparently, the CGI is so far over-the-top, it's hard to take any of the plot seriously at all.

**manu1959** · 03-10-2007, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by dan

Also, I've ben reading some not-so-good reviews for this thing. Apparently, the CGI is so far over-the-top, it's hard to take any of the plot seriously at all.

well it is based on a comic book interpretation of the battle..... and the plot is .... they kill each other for two hours

**LiberalNation** · 03-10-2007, 10:28 PM

It was okay, not the best movie I ever saw. Good graphics but after the 500th fight scenes it kinda got boring. But if loud blood and guts killing with some grotesque monsters thrown in is your cup of tea I'd recommend it.

I normally only like and watch horrors myself. Hannibal rising was an exception and pretty good. Saw that two weeks ago. I'd highly recommend it.

**dan** · 03-11-2007, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by manu1959

well it is based on a comic book interpretation of the battle..... and the plot is .... they kill each other for two hours

True dat. Do you read comics, manu? The reason I ask, I've been wanting to get into the comic Preacher, but I don't have any clue where to start.

**manu1959** · 03-11-2007, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by dan

True dat. Do you read comics, manu? The reason I ask, I've been wanting to get into the comic Preacher, but I don't have any clue where to start.

i used to but that was 30 years ago ... there is a cool comic book store near my house and now my son likes to buy and read them .... he is 8 ....so i am starting to get back into them ....

**Gaffer** · 03-11-2007, 12:58 AM

From the previews I've seen its another slap in the face for history. Since when did the persians have trolls, ogres and orcs fighting for them? Very disappointing, but what can I expect from hollywierd.

**Insein** · 03-11-2007, 02:34 AM

The movie looks really cool. I think the monsters and stuff spawned from the myth's generated from this battle.

The significance of the this battle was enormous. This battle might have allowed the "West" to become the west as we know it today. Had Persia come in and destroyed Greece, many of the Greek cultural philosophies would not have been passed down through generations to Romans, Europeans and ultimately Americans. This battle weakened Persia's will to fight and thus saved Greece from annhilation. Definitely one of those Pivotal moments in history kind of battles.

**KarlMarx** · 03-11-2007, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by Insein

The movie looks really cool. I think the monsters and stuff spawned from the myth's generated from this battle.

The significance of the this battle was enormous. This battle might have allowed the "West" to become the west as we know it today. Had Persia come in and destroyed Greece, many of the Greek cultural philosophies would not have been passed down through generations to Romans, Europeans and ultimately Americans. This battle weakened Persia's will to fight and thus saved Greece from annhilation. Definitely one of those Pivotal moments in history kind of battles.

Xerxes planned on taking the rest of Europe if he won at Thermopylae. If that had happened, the Roman Empire probably would never have begun and the world would be a very different place today.

Herodotus claims that the weather, as well as the Spartans, had a hand in defeating the Persians.

It is interesting, though, within a couple of centuries of Thermopylae, the Persians were conquered by Alexander of Macedon (aka Alexander the Great).

**dan** · 03-11-2007, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Gaffer

From the previews I've seen its another slap in the face for history. Since when did the persians have trolls, ogres and orcs fighting for them? Very disappointing, but what can I expect from hollywierd.

I read that the movie is supposed to be from the point of view of the Athenians, who at the time, thought that they were literally going to be battling monsters. However, I would have liked to have seen a realistic depiction of this battle, not everything needs to be The Matrix, y'know?

**Insein** · 03-11-2007, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by dan

I read that the movie is supposed to be from the point of view of the Athenians, who at the time, thought that they were literally going to be battling monsters. However, I would have liked to have seen a realistic depiction of this battle, not everything needs to be The Matrix, y'know?

Athenians or Spartans?

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