10-17-2005, 09:32 PM
Well my comment was really just a shot at Hollywood hacks who can't seem to just tell a historical story without demonizing some group or other- and it's NEVER the case that one side was completely evil and the other was saintly good. The Celts did nasty things so did the Picts, the Romans, the Carthaginians, the Macedonians, the Persians... it's only human :lol: The only historical films I truly have respect for are ones that just show everyone as people- 'The Longest Day', 'Tora, Tora, Tora', 'The Eagle Has Landed' all come to mind as good films because they do this... sadly they're very much in the minority. It just irriates me that who's good and who's bad is dependent on the filmmaker's choice of protagonist- all because screenwriters can't seem to tell a good enough story without finding it necessary to make the audience hate someone. Then again, maybe that's just a sad commenary on the average moviegoer who would be bored without some group to hate...
As for the Saxons being bad- tell that to the writers of the Errol Flynn 'Adventures of Robin Hood'- it's those bastard Normans who are oppressing those poor Saxons... :lol: I guess who's bad is totally dependent on the time period, eh? When the oppressor becomes the oppressee :lol:
Vin Diesel as Hannibal? Oh boy... Don't get me wrong- I like Vin Diesel- but after movies like xXx, The Pacifier, The Knockaround Guys, and The Fast and the Furious- I just don't see him as Hannibal... I'm afraid it'll be just as bad as Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven, or Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie in Alexander- all big names that totally don't suit the characters they play... IMHO :wink:
Then again, Eric Brana was excellent as Hector, Russell Crowe made Maximus, and even Brad Pitt suited Achilles- so maybe there's hope
Sorry about the rant- but it really bugs me when people mess with history :lol:
Matt
As for the Saxons being bad- tell that to the writers of the Errol Flynn 'Adventures of Robin Hood'- it's those bastard Normans who are oppressing those poor Saxons... :lol: I guess who's bad is totally dependent on the time period, eh? When the oppressor becomes the oppressee :lol:
Vin Diesel as Hannibal? Oh boy... Don't get me wrong- I like Vin Diesel- but after movies like xXx, The Pacifier, The Knockaround Guys, and The Fast and the Furious- I just don't see him as Hannibal... I'm afraid it'll be just as bad as Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven, or Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie in Alexander- all big names that totally don't suit the characters they play... IMHO :wink:
Then again, Eric Brana was excellent as Hector, Russell Crowe made Maximus, and even Brad Pitt suited Achilles- so maybe there's hope
Sorry about the rant- but it really bugs me when people mess with history :lol:
Matt
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