tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139378.post2213650281920266255..comments2023-11-02T04:09:25.628-05:00Comments on Filosofia y Flores: 300 Blood Drops Per MinuteE.A.Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412076189760062421noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139378.post-83468846791581354782007-03-14T19:48:00.000-05:002007-03-14T19:48:00.000-05:00JC: Dialogue? If we take the director's slavish ad...JC: Dialogue? If we take the director's slavish adherence to Miller's comic, then any additional dialogue would have caused my 'crappy turn-of-phrase-ometer' to hit 11. I thought that some of Gorgo's worst moments were in her speech before the senate; as they reduced a nuanced character to a formulaic orator.<BR/><BR/>I can't stand those quick, 0.02 seconds per shot battle scenes typical of these sword-and-sandal epics. Call me jaded, but I've seen plenty of swordplay in plenty of movies and I'd much prefer an extended 'scripted' shot to 15 individual stabbings.<BR/><BR/>JMC: Don't expect *any* historical accuracy. In fact, don't expect anything. Not because the movie isn't a blast, but because I read a couple (erroneous, IMHO) reviews prior to going and I wasted too much time looking for things that weren't there. Its a spectacle, its an epic, and it is enthralling enough to be a must-watch movie.<BR/><BR/>ppjkpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139378.post-57989717851668008012007-03-13T11:12:00.000-05:002007-03-13T11:12:00.000-05:00I haven't seen it yet, but I am willing to bet tha...I haven't seen it yet, but I am willing to bet that this movie gets a "zero" for historical accuracy. If it were accurate, it would be boring and wouldn't be called "300." That said, I'm not sure it makes any pretense at historicity. Aesthetics rules the day and that means aesthetics at every level, "what happened" not least of all.JMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881349417962495204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10139378.post-18675100776494969232007-03-13T06:39:00.000-05:002007-03-13T06:39:00.000-05:00I went and saw it this weekend also, and while I w...I went and saw it this weekend also, and while I was probably more pumped for the release than you were, I left the theater feeling a bit... underwhelmed.<BR/><BR/>IMHO, the film needed the following elements:<BR/>1) Dialogue<BR/>2) Some sort of armor in or around the chestal region<BR/>3) Better narration<BR/>4) More sweet phalanx action- less "balletic" violence, but what can I say, I'm a purist.<BR/><BR/>Sin City was a much better movie.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183798231387166052noreply@blogger.com