ANCIENT PERIOD MOVIE REVIEWS

[Narukami]

Here is a link to the trailer on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrgSpvelFC4

Looks very much like more of the same -- visually it will be quite entertaining. Historically it will be worthless.

More amusing are the comments attached to this trailer -- the usual "This is a movie not a history lesson, get over it."

Ah, if only that were so. The problem, as many of you know, is too many movie goers accept what they see on the screen as real history. Such is the power of the moving image.

The Emperor Commodus murdered his father and was himself killed fighting in the arena.
The British Navy did not capture the German Enigma machine, that was accomplished by the US Navy.
Forest Gump did earn the Medal of Honor -- I saw LBJ put it around his neck.
The Nazis did escape to the Dark Side of the Moon and I have the footage to prove it.

Will the sequel and the prequel to Zack Snyder's 300 be entertaining? Sure, it certainly looks like it will be. They have a good cast. Besides, Eva Green with a bow and an attitude -- what's not to like? Yeowza!

Will these films have anything to do with the history of the Greco-Persian Wars? Sure, just about as much as Iron Sky had to do with the History of World War Two.

Hollywood Romans
Tinseltown Titans
Sunset Blvd Pharaohs

So long as the air con is cold, the popcorn hot, and the film in focus it will be a great summer at the cinema..

:wink:

Narukami