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Reasons to see 300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2t58CRmbU

they've turned one of the great moments in the creation of western civilization into a gay nazi propaganda film.... okay that is kinda funny but...

Leni Riefenstahl must be smiling down from valhalla:p

i choked on the bacon i was eating when i looked at that

i choked on the bacon i was eating when i looked at that
Double entendre much? ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Greek_hoplite.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hop2.jpg


...the idea that some of the best infantry in ancient history wore nothing more than a helmet and a cape is probably the stupidest thing I have ever seen on film.

Double entendre much? ;)

just forgot the rule of don't eat or drink when looking here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Greek_hoplite.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hop2.jpg


...the idea that some of the best infantry in ancient history wore nothing more than a helmet and a cape is probably the stupidest thing I have ever seen on film.I imagine it is to emphasize how awesome they are. Soooo good they can't be touched even without armor. :D

meh, the oracle scene made up for a lot of the gayness.

*Sigh* Must every depiction of male bodies be labeled homoerotic?

(OK, normally I'd be one to snigger also; it's just that there doesn't seem to be any portrayal of male friendship these days that isn't considered "gay".)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hop2.jpg

Please tell me I don’t see what I think I see :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Greek_hoplite.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hop2.jpg


...the idea that some of the best infantry in ancient history wore nothing more than a helmet and a cape is probably the stupidest thing I have ever seen on film.


Yeah, because as we all know, one of the major goals of this film was historical accuracy...

Yeah, because as we all know, one of the major goals of this film was historical accuracy...

Let me finish your sentence for you.

"...and 300 is based on a graphic novel."

I could create a graphic novel set in WWII where the British are communist, the Russians are fascist, and the Americans dress in pink uniforms.

If I then made a movie with all of these changes, the fact that it is based on my graphic novel does not change the fact that the film is still completely full of shit.

Please tell me I don’t see what I think I see :p

A bloke waving his massive shaft around?

Let me finish your sentence for you.

"...and 300 is based on a graphic novel."

I could create a graphic novel set in WWII where the British are communist, the Russians are fascist, and the Americans dress in pink uniforms.

If I then made a movie with all of these changes, the fact that it is based on my graphic novel does not change the fact that the film is still completely full of shit.

Except that everyone's aware that it's based on a grahphic novel more than it is based on actual events.

Now if you had a scene at the beginning of the film that said "this movie is based on actual events", then you'd be full of shit, because you're trying to show that the movie relates more to actual events than the graphic novel.

But in every bit of publicity I've seen of 300, they've always had "based on Frank Miller's graphic novel" somewhere.

What you're missing is that 300 is doing a lot better than most historical film fiction. By basing it on a graphic novel rather than loosely around actual events, they're not creating any illusion that that is what Theropylae was actually like.

If you're going to uspset that the Spartans in 300 are wearing historically accurate clothing, can I make a suggestion? Don't see it and you won't have to bitch about it.

Let me finish your sentence for you.

"...and 300 is based on a graphic novel."

I could create a graphic novel set in WWII where the British are communist, the Russians are fascist, and the Americans dress in pink uniforms.

If I then made a movie with all of these changes, the fact that it is based on my graphic novel does not change the fact that the film is still completely full of shit.

Yeah, because for sure you could make a better movie, "more historical" or at least claiming to be so.

People so prone to critic the work of others should get less lazy and do something for themselves.

Have you tried to do a movie, even a short? I have, and it is awfully difficult. Get your ass out of that chair and do something, so you could critic others from the optics of your own achievement. The rest is whining.

To completely villify the Persians and place the Spartans up on a plinth just seems like laziness to me - so you couldn't be bothered to work out any complex characterisations. Neat.

I will go and watch the film though. The cinemotography/CGI and choreography seem to be worth going to see it. Even if the characters are about as deep as the foundations of a mud hut.

Reasons to see 300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2t58CRmbU

That movie was awesome. I couldn't tell you, for the life of me, what the plot was, but there was beautifully-choreographed violence and a ton of naked hot dudes. Rock on.

Plus, why are people complaining?

Big notice, Spartans were gay, did you know it? Very very homosexual, even although they were proud and powerful warriors. Back then, the concept of virility wasn't directly related to your straightness. You could be gay and macho AT THE SAME TIME.

Plus, why are people complaining?

Big notice, Spartans were gay, did you know it? Very very homosexual, even although they were proud and powerful warriors. Back then, the concept of virility wasn't directly related to your straightness. You could be gay and macho AT THE SAME TIME.
It really makes me laugh when terrified hetero boys point and yell "GAY GAY GAY!!" at hot naked dudes.

I hate to break it to you, lads, but HETERO GIRLS LIKE HOT NAKED DUDES.

Yep. It's true. If you were a hot naked dude, more hetero girls would want to get your number. Fact.

So how is it "gay" to want to get hetero girls to hit on you?

Big notice, Spartans were gay, did you know it? Very very homosexual, even although they were proud and powerful warriors.

They probably didn't get naked, etc. in the midst of battle, though. Not that I really care; such errors rarely affect my enjoyment of a movie (I haven't see it yet).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Greek_hoplite.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hop2.jpg


...the idea that some of the best infantry in ancient history wore nothing more than a helmet and a cape is probably the stupidest thing I have ever seen on film.
Actually they got it backward, they were better clothed/armored up top than down below, as evidenced by their own art.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Hoplitodromia_Louvre_CA214.jpg
He's really going commando, eh?

It really makes me laugh when terrified hetero boys point and yell "GAY GAY GAY!!" at hot naked dudes.

I hate to break it to you, lads, but HETERO GIRLS LIKE HOT NAKED DUDES.

Yep. It's true. If you were a hot naked dude, more hetero girls would want to get your number. Fact.

So how is it "gay" to want to get hetero girls to hit on you?If that isn't obvious to you, then you don't deserve to be told. :p

I hate to break it to you, lads, but HETERO GIRLS LIKE HOT NAKED DUDES.

Funny thing? I've heard another girl, in real life, say exactly the opposite. And she's hardly shy or prudish.

Whatever really *shrugs*.

This is the first film I've been interested in seeing in ages. Loads of violence! Improbably proportioned elephants!

And hundreds of guys waving their phallic compensation around! I must be turning gay :p

Funny thing? I've heard another girl, in real life, say exactly the opposite. And she's hardly shy or prudish.

Whatever really *shrugs*.


If you met a guy who told you that he really didn't like hot naked women, what conclusions would you draw from this? Would you assume that hetero boys universally dislike seeing hot naked ladies?

If you met a guy who told you that he really didn't like hot naked women, what conclusions would you draw from this? Would you assume that hetero boys universally dislike seeing hot naked ladies?

And the "funny thing" and "whatever really" should've insinuated that I wasn't attempting to extrapolate to all females. It would be a silly thing to do, with you asserting that girls like hot naked blokes. And the post was hardly crafted from the finest seriousness ;)

So calm down, dear, just saying :p

That Faramir dude looked awesome in that movie, pretty yummy indeed.

The problem here is jealousy, I think.

A bloke waving his massive shaft around?

Noooooo! look just to the left of the right leg, whatever it is is hanging out from his clothes! :D

Please tell me I don’t see what I think I see :p
I see it too lol, to the left of his right leg :-o

Noooooo! look just to the left of the right leg, whatever it is is hanging out from his clothes! :D

Oh that! No, silly that's just his sword's sheath.

And it's not made of pork :p

Reasons to see 300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2t58CRmbU

ROFL. I'll get some hotdog buns for all you lady's out there. It's a sausage fest! Cept mine first k?

they've turned one of the great moments in the creation of western civilization into a gay nazi propaganda film.... okay that is kinda funny but...

Leni Riefenstahl must be smiling down from valhalla:p

How can there be gay nazis?

i choked on the bacon i was eating when i looked at that

Just be glad you weren't eating sausage links.

hehehe! that was funny! :D