Confession - Popular Movies You've Never Seen

#77
#77
KCVolLaw said:
Troy had a guy the same size of Xerxes in it. Troy also had Agememnon dying in Troy which is completely fictional. As well as some pretty blatant time misrepresentations. Just saying, Troy is a movie trying to be historically accurate (and obviously entertaining since its a movie) and fails while 300 is a movie that is trying to be entertaining and succeeds (well to some anyway). What's your argument? You don't like movies with 30' tall black Persian wizards?
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I doubt The Illiad is historically accurate, and while the movie might have filled in some of the gaps the poem omitted--I would really have to go back and reread my Homer to be sure--I didn't have any problem suspending disbelief to a point where I couldn't enjoy the movie. 300 was different in that monsters and giants and wizards, oh my! took over the movie to the point where a really good story from history got lost in what turned into a final battle scene from Mortal Kombat: Thermopylae.

And maybe I wasn't clear about Xerxes. I did not like his depiction in the movie because the Persian leader,as far as I know, wasn't 30 feet tall. Or a wizard. Or black.

EDIT: Which guy in Troy was so big he had to be carried around on a stairway?
 
#78
#78
cotton said:
I doubt The Illiad is historically accurate, and while the movie might have filled in some of the gaps the poem omitted--I would really have to go back and reread my Homer to be sure--I didn't have any problem suspending disbelief to a point where I couldn't enjoy the movie. 300 was different in that monsters and giants and wizards, oh my! took over the movie to the point where a really good story from history got lost in what turned into a final battle scene from Mortal Kombat: Thermopylae.

And maybe I wasn't clear about Xerxes. I did not like his depiction in the movie because the Persian leader,as far as I know, wasn't 30 feet tall. Or a wizard. Or black.

EDIT: Which guy in Troy was so big he had to be carried around on a stairway?
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Monsters didn't take over the movie. Guess it's all in one's opinion.
 
#80
#80
#81
#81
Lexvol said:
Gotta love Captain Feathersword!
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My son is quite a fan. I am proud that his fitted Tennessee hat that I got him at the Georgia game this year has overtaken his Captain Feathersword hat as the one he wants to wear everywhere.

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#84
#84
vader said:
My son is quite a fan. I am proud that his fitted Tennessee hat that I got him at the Georgia game this year has overtaken his Captain Feathersword hat as the one he wants to wear everywhere.

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Oh I can see how he would be the troublemaker, too cute but acting too innocent!! :eek:lol:
 
#87
#87
Napoleon Dynamite is an absolutely dreadful movie. However the one liners that can be used over and over and over in that movie are worth the watch.
 
#89
#89
If you haven't seen Napoleon Dynamite please never do. It's one of those movies that was funny right when it came out then the 4th grade kids started quoting it and writing it all over their backpacks and now when I hear someone still quote it I want to smack them. Even if you saw it now and loved it very very few people are willing to have "that" conversation with you again.
 
#91
#91
KCVolLaw said:
I can't understand people not liking 300. If you see it as what it was meant to be, a purely entertaining violence gorefest, then it was amazing. If you went in looking for historical accuracy or any sort of intriguing story, well that was a mistake. It is more historically accurate than Troy oddly enough. If you're one of those people that have some strange grudge against bluescreens than I guess you wouldn't like it. But, I've never understood that.
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Start by reading Gates of Fire and follow that up by reading The Histories. At that point, you will understand exactly what a crock 300 is.

I am still waiting for Ridley Scott to make a movie using those two sources as his base.
 
#96
#96
therealUT said:
Start by reading Gates of Fire and follow that up by reading The Histories. At that point, you will understand exactly what a crock 300 is.

I am still waiting for Ridley Scott to make a movie using those two sources as his base.
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Do those books prove 300 historically inaccurate? Because I've already said I like the movie for pure entertainment. If I wanted historical accuracy I'd build a time machine.
 
#97
#97
Does 300 ever once claim to be historically accurate? No. Move on. It is merely a means entertainment.
 
#98
#98
300 was a movie based on a graphic novel by frank miller. of course it's not going to be historically accurate. i don't understand why people act so surprised that it had ficticious elements in it. it's based off a COMIC BOOK
 
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