tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572215854135928109.post6681103089452716796..comments2023-10-29T07:27:41.544-07:00Comments on Movies At Random: 300Devinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121208175235265783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572215854135928109.post-32607410058081993212009-07-11T11:08:08.824-07:002009-07-11T11:08:08.824-07:00Hmm...didn't know about that one. It could mak...Hmm...didn't know about that one. It could make a fantastic subject for a film or documentary, I wonder if either of the things you mention was any good.<br /><br />I think you've summed up why I don't think the movie isn't smart enough to have a message, or at least an intentional one. I dare say in order to have a message, a movie probably needs a little bit of subtlety. I mean, even in outright the propaganda I've seen, the villain has the ability to not be comically evil for a few moments.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121208175235265783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572215854135928109.post-55938237286208024612009-07-10T23:47:23.285-07:002009-07-10T23:47:23.285-07:00Well I mean the original "The 300 Spartans&qu...Well I mean the original "The 300 Spartans" from 1962. They reissued that film on DVD when 300 came out, as well as a History Channel special, as if people who are going to watch 300 willingly are interested in actual History or films from 1962...<br /><br />Yeah I am not huge on comic books, but agree that it would be an interesting thing to see indeed. <br /><br />Also I was almost not going to remark on how ignorant it is to tag a "pro-war" message onto 300, but it's worth noting that the motivation for this "war" is the prevention of being invaded, captured, and enslaved by the comically evil Persians. There's nothing wrong with being "anti-invasion" or "anti-slavery".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572215854135928109.post-7438781558645083162009-07-10T15:42:25.557-07:002009-07-10T15:42:25.557-07:00After I wrote it, I looked online and some of the ...After I wrote it, I looked online and some of the other detractors were saying it had a fairly queasy pro-war message, and I was going to toss something in there, but then I figured it just wasn't smart enough to have a message.<br /><br />And I think the original was a comic book, no idea if it was any good. Seems like it could be a potentially interesting story in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing though.Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121208175235265783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-572215854135928109.post-13838563244581903892009-07-10T12:07:33.302-07:002009-07-10T12:07:33.302-07:00Thank you, sir, for putting into words that which ...Thank you, sir, for putting into words that which I could only think about while watching this brown and red disaster. <br /><br />My favorite part about telling people "this movie is so stupid but kind of funny but not enough" (my brief review of the thing)is that a lot of proponents of the film will explain away the movie's faults because it was all ON PURPOSE and thus ok again. The CG animators were too lazy to make buckets of blood splatter on the ground or on other characters, no no, the filmmakers WANTED there to not be any blood flying around except in the air. The over-the-top villains and heroes are too unbelievable to be at all sympathetic, no no, the story is told by one of the survivors who likes to exaggerate! <br /><br />I honestly would have loved to see a film about the Persian invasion, I wonder if the original film this one is based off of is any good? Either way, another thing I like to say about the film is that if they took out the slow motion, the film would be about 20 minutes long, so it's not that the director just loves slow motion, it's that he couldn't come up with enough film to pad out the 90 minutes so he just slowed it down to fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com