I completely understand why you would hate the film if you go there expecting anything other than an over the top fantasy cartoon including unrealistic tactics and weapons handling.Īs a fan of computer graphic art I may like it anyway. Seeing about 15 minutes of trailer footage I completely abandoned any hope of it being accurate to history visually and probably has very little of the plot line following history. Well, I haven't seen it yet and I probably will go see it because I am not expecting anything close to historical accuracy as this is based on " The 300 the graphic novel " by Frank Miller and is a lot closer in style to a comic book or a computer game. Posted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada Joined: use it for popcorn, or fantasy eye-candy like this movie.
IS THE MOVIE 300 ACCURATE LICENSE
But it takes the successes of movies like 300 to get those other movies made! I am finishing up a script now that hopefully will benefit from a good market (and I took my share of license - though it anguished me some, my job was to tell a story). Would I like to see armored up Spartans grinding the Persians against a phalanx formation at some point? Sure. and the setting was a fantasy CG world shot against blue screen and brought to life entirely from an interpretation of the graphic novel. Just a popcorn munching, action/sword and sandals adventure that is "based" on historical events as translated through the prism of a graphic novel. My understanding is that the director was trying to be true to that. Posted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:īut they did set it in a fantasy world! 300 is based on a graphic novel that features really tremendous graphic art. "When war-gods meet to match their might, There was no need to distort history, or give less than appropriate homage to the brave Greeks and Persians who gave their lives in these battles. To those who who will contend that a movie should first be entertaining,with historial accuracy a secondary (or tertiary) concern, I will offer that Hollywood could just as easily set this script in a fantasy world. In my opinion, the History Channel's "The Last Stand of the 300" was much more interesting. In short, I think the truth would have been a better story than what was obviously a Hollywood cookie-cutter bit of cellulose waste. How he was able to supply such an army must have been a logistical miracle. On the Persian side, it would have been nice to show the bridge Xerxes had made at Hellespont: Building a mile-long bridge by lashing ships together was an architectural wonder. Sadly, no mention was made of the naval battle of Salamis, which was equally amazing. That 5000 – 7000 Greeks were able to hold a Persian army what could have been over 2 million (estimates vary) was apparently not enough. The most fun I had in the film was thinking “Hey, that Athenian was vaccinated against Smallpox!” and “Wow! That guy just killed a dozen Persians, but doesn’t have a drop of blood on his sword!” I was left wondering what the script writers were thinking when they put this together. Apparently Hollywood didn’t feel that showing a phalanx in action would satisfy viewers, so they spiced things up with fantastical creatures, disco swordplay, and gratuitous gore with a nearly complete disregard for historical weapons and armor.Įven putting this aside, there were several logical inconsistencies. Without going into spoilers, my primary gripes were related to historical accuracy, or more appropriately put, the lack thereof. I'm writing this quick note to warn off others. I made a big mistake this weekend: I went to see the movie 300. Posted: Mon 12 Mar, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: The movie 300: Save your money.
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