CMT
03-07-2007, 11:32 AM
Should any free soul come across this place--
-- In all the countless centuries yet to be --
-- May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones.
Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie - 300
If there is one good thing that can come of this kind of sensationalist retelling of the Battle of Thermoplyae, it is the interest it generates in the actual historic event. I have been a fan of the Frank Miller graphic novel for a very long time:
http://www.ziplink.net/~ctroiane/pics/L/l20.jpg
Crazily enough, the movie was the graphic novel. 300 rocked. The movie was amazing. It contained a completely new side plot in regards to the graphic novel that still worked as if Frank Miller had written it in the original effort. The visuals were jaw-dropping but the CGI was highly stylized but never overdone, and the message was strong, loud, and clear - Death before dishonor, retreat or enslavement.
I left the theatre in an awe-struck silence. I cannot wait to see it a few thousand times more. :D
-- In all the countless centuries yet to be --
-- May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones.
Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie - 300
If there is one good thing that can come of this kind of sensationalist retelling of the Battle of Thermoplyae, it is the interest it generates in the actual historic event. I have been a fan of the Frank Miller graphic novel for a very long time:
http://www.ziplink.net/~ctroiane/pics/L/l20.jpg
Crazily enough, the movie was the graphic novel. 300 rocked. The movie was amazing. It contained a completely new side plot in regards to the graphic novel that still worked as if Frank Miller had written it in the original effort. The visuals were jaw-dropping but the CGI was highly stylized but never overdone, and the message was strong, loud, and clear - Death before dishonor, retreat or enslavement.
I left the theatre in an awe-struck silence. I cannot wait to see it a few thousand times more. :D