300...Too violent or not violent enough?

[Baker86]

Do you think the movie 300 had too much violence, or could have used a little more?

 

[Easykill]

This. Is. Sparta.


It had the perfect amount obviously.

 

[AnGeL.SLayer]

I think it was a nice amount. Any more and it would start to be over kill I think. With war scenes it gets kinda tricky I think. Though what really matters is the quality of the violence that was shown. Every violent act shown in 300 was awesome. Not one thing was unneeded or misplaced. It was violence that really made the movie worth watching...inless you are female anyway. hehe...*lets mind wander*


^_^


Holy hell I said 'I think' way too much...It's just one of thouse not all here kinda days.

 

[Saskwach]

The violence was just right for a silly over the top movie that you wouldn't show the kids. My personal beef was the fantastical monsters and mutants. And the LOUD NOISES all the GODDAMN TIME. Silly.

 

[Saskwach]

I think they should have just stop steamrolling all facts, including physics. I haven't cruched the numbers, but I'm pretty sure that when a guy has his head severed from a downwardws blade, his head doesn't fall up.

You've forgotten AlmightyJoe's (God rest his soul) Theory of Awesome. If it's awesome it will work.

 

[Bodb]

I didn't think it had lots of violence as much as everyone had ludicrously high blood pressure.

 

[VikingRhetoric]

Meh, I didn't like the movie all that much.

As far as the violence, it would have been better if they didn't slow down every goddamn action sequence to the point of being boring.

 

[Chilango2]

It had not enough homoeroticism. This is Greece. There should be man-kissing.

 

[Akatsuki_slave]

It had not enough homoeroticism. This is Greece. There should be man-kissing.

Agreed. Only one gay couple in the whole damn movie? And one drag queen? I didn't buy it. There should have been way more of both.

 

[Deathbird]

I loved it, yay 300! although i wish now they'd make a movie of the Persian Empire forming, now that would be great~ more history movies, even if overly VFX'd

 

[TomNook]

yay 300! more history movies,

I see the words, but they don't make sense...

 

[Deathbird]

Well the battle was a historical event, albeit taken from a graphical novel and hollywooded to death.

 

[Melty Blood]

Well the battle was a historical event,

I haven't done my research, but I doubt that's likely

 

[Kogarian]

Well the battle was a historical event,

I haven't done my research, but I doubt that's likely

Yeah, it actually was based off a real battle. Even a quick search on wikipedia would show that's true.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

"Frank Miller was inspired by the original Battle of Thermopylae after viewing the 1962 film The 300 Spartans (1962) as a child. His perception of the 'hero' concept changed greatly after seeing the Spartans make their sacrifice."

Quoted from the trivia pages of IMDB.

 

[Dorian Cornelius Jasper]

Indeed, what they say is true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Seriously, you kids REALLY need to pay more attention in world history class.

 

[Rabid Toilet]

Well the battle was a historical event,

I haven't done my research, but I doubt that's likely

The battle of Thermopylae was actually a real event, in which about 300 Spartans held the line along with soldiers from neighboring city-states against crap loads of Persians.

That said, the Persians definately did not have a giant and hordes or war elephants and rhinoceri. (Seriously, how did they fit those guys on the ships?)

I'm also pretty sure the real Spartans didn't wear leather thongs into battle.

Edit: Wow, three people managed to beat me to the punch. Woops!

 

[Melty Blood]

Dammit, once again I know nothing.

 

[Rabid Toilet]

Dammit, once again I know nothing.

It happens to the best of us.

By the way; you, my friend, have just been learn'd.