Quote:Exactly. Looks cool, it's NOT about being accurate, just a gorgeously styled comic book adaptation. If you watch the trailers, it becomes pretty clear it's more in the realm of fantasy than anything else, with a sort of ancient-greekish theme, more a dark myth retelling than anything else. I hope nobody goes to it and takes it too seriously and complains about how it looks! :lol:
Yes it does look cool and will probable be an amusing afternoon at the cinema. Most people who know anything at all about ancient history will quickly realize that this is just a highly stylized comic book film.
However...
What is more likely to happen: people leaving the theatre certain that they now know all about the Spartans (fought bare chested) Xerxes (a pierced punk-rock superstar) and the Battle of Thermopylae ("Wow the ancients used Rhinos as tanks--cool.").
The power of cinema is amazing and should never be underestimated.
After all:
Spartacus was a noble rebel who never did anything despicable like crucifying Roman captives.
Henry V was magnanimous in victory as at Agincourt. He would never have his solders kill all of the French captives out of hand (or at least the ones who would not fetch a rich ransom).
Ancient Rome was a city of stark white marble and men wearing white togas. The ancients seemed to have no sense of color.
The Emperor Commodus was killed in the arena by an ex-general.
Dinosaurs and humans DID live on Earth at the same time. (And the pre-historic humans looked amazingly like the current residents of Malibu.)
Darth Vader is Luke's father.
We know all this to be true, because the movies told us so. :wink:
But I do take your point Satsobek, and I agree with you that this film does have a great look to it. I'm going see it.
We can hope that, like Gladiator, The 300 might inspire a new generation of students to find out more about what really happened in Ancient Greece. The commentary by Dr. Hanson (in another thread on this site) does give me pause and some concern about just how this film might be "used" but it is also possible that this film will go largely unnoticed by the general public, lacking as it does any "big" Hollywood Stars.
As always, time will tell.
:wink: :? wink:
Narukami
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