Its far too idealistic to believe in no laws; however, the proliferation of laws, rules, standardization etc, by contemporary culture, is just out of control. I too, know of no solution , nor am I optimistic of manking finding one. For now, I will grab a beer, and pop a movie into my dvd player, and try to forget about it all.
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Its far too idealistic to believe in no laws; however, the proliferation of laws, rules, standardization etc, by contemporary culture, is just out of control. I too, know of no solution , nor am I optimistic of manking finding one. For now, I will grab a beer, and pop a movie into my dvd player, and try to forget about it all.
Its far too idealistic to believe in no laws; however, the proliferation of laws, rules, standardization etc, by contemporary culture, is just out of control. I too, know of no solution , nor am I optimistic of manking finding one. For now, I will grab a beer, and pop a movie into my dvd player, and try to forget about it all.
derek
Grey Eminence
Us humans deal in Idealism by the bucket loads, though. Tempering it with the pragmatic we tend to fail at.
Death Aflame
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The movie was mediocre at best. As previously mentioned the whole film seems to function on a latent homo-erotic theme. Not that I have any problem with that, but I just find it amusing when thinking of certain friends of mine who think the Spartans in the film are the definition of supreme male heterosexuality.
The film had some decent aesthetics but I don't think the whole blue screen approach worked quite as well as in Sin City for example. I think the film would have benefited from filming on certain locations showcasing truly epic vistas that weren't wholly CG.
I'd probably give it 6/10 if I were to review it; its enjoyable purely as throwaway entertainment and nothing more.
Edit: I also found the dialogue quite atrocious and the occasional nu-metal riff playing in certain battle scenes completely out of place.
The film had some decent aesthetics but I don't think the whole blue screen approach worked quite as well as in Sin City for example. I think the film would have benefited from filming on certain locations showcasing truly epic vistas that weren't wholly CG.
I'd probably give it 6/10 if I were to review it; its enjoyable purely as throwaway entertainment and nothing more.
Edit: I also found the dialogue quite atrocious and the occasional nu-metal riff playing in certain battle scenes completely out of place.
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Everyone who managed to deduce a serious message from that movie really needs to cap themselves, right now, and do us all a favor. And if I hear one more person bitching about historical inaccuracy...
As an adaptation of the comic book, as a film, and as entertainment, it's quite a success. The alternate story line (with Gorgo) was an addition that worked, but could have been cut for a tighter and -in my opinion- better movie experience. I guess they wanted something in there to keep the chicks happy? I dunno. It seemed sort of like sticking slow passages Opeth-style into a thrash metal song, or tacking narration onto a porno.
The slow mo was neccesary, since the director didn't opt for the Bourne-Supremacy goddamn-this-camera-is-jerky-what-the-hell-is-going-on approach to action. Without it, there's no dynamic element to the action, and no sense of... well, of what the hell is going on.
Stylish, fun cinema.
As an adaptation of the comic book, as a film, and as entertainment, it's quite a success. The alternate story line (with Gorgo) was an addition that worked, but could have been cut for a tighter and -in my opinion- better movie experience. I guess they wanted something in there to keep the chicks happy? I dunno. It seemed sort of like sticking slow passages Opeth-style into a thrash metal song, or tacking narration onto a porno.
The slow mo was neccesary, since the director didn't opt for the Bourne-Supremacy goddamn-this-camera-is-jerky-what-the-hell-is-going-on approach to action. Without it, there's no dynamic element to the action, and no sense of... well, of what the hell is going on.
Stylish, fun cinema.
derek
Grey Eminence
Fair points. Historical inaccuracy is a lame charge for a film that was never meant to be a faithful rendering of an event. Furthermore, can we even trust anything Herodotus said to begin with?
I'm fine tweaking 300 as a course element as we speak. I've set an internet clip that dubs "it's raining men" over the trailer and an interview with Gerard Butler that claimed if he wasn't Scottish and the script not yelled, it'd have been a homo-erotic comedy as required reading/viewing. It's a fascinating chunk of cinema for reception studies to stick its teeth into.
I'm fine tweaking 300 as a course element as we speak. I've set an internet clip that dubs "it's raining men" over the trailer and an interview with Gerard Butler that claimed if he wasn't Scottish and the script not yelled, it'd have been a homo-erotic comedy as required reading/viewing. It's a fascinating chunk of cinema for reception studies to stick its teeth into.
haha. Its a good segway into a homosexuality in ancient Greece lecture--abs and pecs and glutes galore.
derek
Grey Eminence
Even using the word homosexuality is misleading!
The lecture is titled Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece.
Buzzard
"Fear the man"
Fuck history.
It was a movie. Obviously Muslims need something to complain about weekly. I like it. I already have a dvd of it, DIrectors cut.
The slow mo was awesome.
It was a movie. Obviously Muslims need something to complain about weekly. I like it. I already have a dvd of it, DIrectors cut.
The slow mo was awesome.
derek
Grey Eminence
It was not so much Muslims as feminists. That said, both groups misread the movies intentions, as the representations of both sides (while obviously OTT) were reasonably sound.
There are plenty of ways to achieve dynamic action sequences without handheld cam shots or slow motion. Motion and tension can be created through editing as easily as through technical artifice. Watch The Seven Samurai sometime to see how this can work in the hands of a master.
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