Watching '300'...

[elisi]

It's... extra ordinarily awful. Everything is sepia tinted and stylised (although very pretty) and the script makes everyone sound like fratboys. Plus the accents are *really* weird - I don't believe anyone for a second. It's like... watching a really OTT & camp & ridiculous send-up of LotR. (The amount of guy-liner is seriously impressive!) Although reading history_spork's post whilst watching is nicely entertaining.

Also, I now need to re-watch Vogue. :)

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[elisi]

300 was one of those movies you see because someone else really, really wants to watch it.
In our case it just happened to be on TV, and we thought 'Hey, why not?' Also, pretty.

I was amused that Iran apparently too the movie as a personal insult
Well it puzzled us why the Persians were BLACK, not to mention Xerxes being an 8 foot tall drag queen... I can see why they were pissed off. OTOH if that makes the Spartans the US, then 'US = suicidally stupid morons'. *g*

Don't tell my buddy Kirk, but that movie really is in the "Shakocopus" class, isn't it?
Oh yeah!