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bladesparkSo... I just got back from seeing 300.
Wow.
Normally I am not at all a fan of stuff with gore in. But this... it was artistic. I mean, there were three bits where I closed my eyes for a few seconds. Because a few things should not be rendered in loving slow motion. Ick. But for a movie where 90% of the screen time was Spartans killing Persians, there was surprisingly little that bothered me. I think partly because although the blood spattered around liberally, you didn't really see nasty injuries or squidgy bits. Just spatter. And the whole thing was in a sort of sepia tone so the blood was nearly black. And there were any number of places where the camera stopped for just a second, and you could see a comic book frame, right there. I think "artistic" really is the word for it. Even the admittedly gratuitous sex scene was artistic. And other than some nipples, (and you know, I have some, they're not something I'm unfamiliar with) you don't actually see anything.
So what I'm saying here is basically that this is, despite the fact that it's bloody as all getout, a very pretty film. (Though Rachel, I suggest you wait for the cleanflicks, I'm not sure you'd like it otherwise. There were those three bits. And nipples.)
Also, although it was obvious the makers weren't worried at all about historical accuracy, they did toss quite a few historic bits in. Like the way the Spartans used their spears and shields in a phalanx at several points. (Although of course real Spartans would never have broken the phalanx at all, while these broke it whenever they felt like it. But if they hadn't, it would have been a pretty boring movie.) Though I somehow doubt the Persians were actually in the habit of finding people with freakish mutations and including them in their army. But what the heck, the bad guys have to look scary, right? How else will we know they're bad guys? (There's a whole essay on that subject, but eh. I'm too bouncy to rant right now.)
The music was also awsome. Plenty of good standard fare movie music with thrilling horns and fullsome strings and such, but a fair bit of the fighting was done to a background of electric guitar. Which may sound weird, but it was totally awesome.
Awesome sort of sums it up. If you don't mind a little artistic blood spatter (er, actually if you don't mind a lot of artistic blood spatter,) I highly reccommend you go see 300.
Oh, and muscley guys in loin cloths. 'Nuff said.
Wow.
Normally I am not at all a fan of stuff with gore in. But this... it was artistic. I mean, there were three bits where I closed my eyes for a few seconds. Because a few things should not be rendered in loving slow motion. Ick. But for a movie where 90% of the screen time was Spartans killing Persians, there was surprisingly little that bothered me. I think partly because although the blood spattered around liberally, you didn't really see nasty injuries or squidgy bits. Just spatter. And the whole thing was in a sort of sepia tone so the blood was nearly black. And there were any number of places where the camera stopped for just a second, and you could see a comic book frame, right there. I think "artistic" really is the word for it. Even the admittedly gratuitous sex scene was artistic. And other than some nipples, (and you know, I have some, they're not something I'm unfamiliar with) you don't actually see anything.
So what I'm saying here is basically that this is, despite the fact that it's bloody as all getout, a very pretty film. (Though Rachel, I suggest you wait for the cleanflicks, I'm not sure you'd like it otherwise. There were those three bits. And nipples.)
Also, although it was obvious the makers weren't worried at all about historical accuracy, they did toss quite a few historic bits in. Like the way the Spartans used their spears and shields in a phalanx at several points. (Although of course real Spartans would never have broken the phalanx at all, while these broke it whenever they felt like it. But if they hadn't, it would have been a pretty boring movie.) Though I somehow doubt the Persians were actually in the habit of finding people with freakish mutations and including them in their army. But what the heck, the bad guys have to look scary, right? How else will we know they're bad guys? (There's a whole essay on that subject, but eh. I'm too bouncy to rant right now.)
The music was also awsome. Plenty of good standard fare movie music with thrilling horns and fullsome strings and such, but a fair bit of the fighting was done to a background of electric guitar. Which may sound weird, but it was totally awesome.
Awesome sort of sums it up. If you don't mind a little artistic blood spatter (er, actually if you don't mind a lot of artistic blood spatter,) I highly reccommend you go see 300.
Oh, and muscley guys in loin cloths. 'Nuff said.
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Date: 2007-03-18 11:12 am (UTC)Plutarch and Cicero both agree that the Spartans engaged in male-male chaste pederasty* and possibly female-female in addition, and Plutarch further states that the Spartans had no concept of adultery.
There are also records of Spartan graffiti which describe sexual conquests of men by men; by contrast, there are few, if any, records of similar graffiti describing male-female sexual acts.
So, it depends on how much you trust famous Greek and Roman historians and graffiti.
* That is, it was considered a fine thing to have erotic feelings for younger men, but not to actually insert tab A into slot B.
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Date: 2007-03-18 04:43 pm (UTC)That movie was one of the awesomest I've seen in a long time. I think my favorite scene actually was when the Queen killed the traitor and parroted his words back at him. That and Leonitus making the comment about he might as well have brought his women to the battle. Yay Strong Ass-Kicking yet Feminine Women!