Gathering of the Figments

Leon S. Kennedy · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: 300

Does anyone else think 300 is quite possibly the baddest ass movie ever? I mean really, can you ask for more action to be crammed into a 117 minute film? I think not! The fighting is really gritty and i love how the camera shots are always right there in the action. Not to mention it has some of the best visuals in any movie to date. The whole movie was shot on a green screen and yet it looks like they're on real sets most of the time. Another awesome aspect of the movie is that it is a based on a real battle. Although a lot of things are exaggerated in the movie, and of course the creatures in the movie were made up, it still has some historical truth to it. Can't wait to pick up the dvd on tuesday. Very Happy

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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject:

Hello, I'm Grey Dawn the Latin student. Prepared to be ranted at.

butterflii · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:24 am Post subject:

Don't you hate it when you like something and other people put it down?

Well GD, the names are still real!!

Don't worry Leon I liked the film! Grey Dawn, has a knack for putting a downer TO EVERYTHING!

But yeah, the visuals were great, and the special effects were awesome. The battle scenes were brutal and action-packed.

5 star! Very Happy

BRAVO!
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:56 am Post subject:

I'm a Latin student, and I did a translation on the 300, of course historical accuracy is going to bother me. Besides this forum needs a resident cynic. Very Happy

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Leon S. Kennedy · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

Well actually dawn, I never said the movie was historically accurate, I only said that it was based on an actual battle and that it had some historical truth to it, i.e. few against many. We spent about half a semester learning about Greece and several weeks on the battle of thermopylae back when i took world, so i know my fair share about the entire affair. Trust me, I understand that, like almost all of the Greek nations, Sparta was up to it's neck in slavery. I just didn't think it was worth mentioning, since after all I was looking for a discussion about the movie and not a history lesson. Confused

Not trying to start anything here of course, just thought I'd state my point. I'd love to talk about ancient Greece with you sometime Dawn. You really know your stuff.
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but I have my pet peeves and history is one of them. Unfortunately the latest any of the history classes go to is the Renaissance. So for me it's hitting the library or doing Latin translations, half of which are myths. Anyway just to stay on topic somewhat. As I said 300 is a great movie if you want fairly mindless violence, but if you want great plots and lines look elsewhere.
I give 300
(on a bad day) a 5 out of 5.
(on a good day) a 3 out of 5.
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Leon S. Kennedy · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject:

I'll agree with you there, the plot and dialogue is nothing shor then terrible. But something about really muscular men in armor, screaming all of the time and chopping people up, just seems like such an appealing idea for a movie. Twisted Evil

But it's sort of a one time thing. It was nice to see a movie for once that was entirely involved with the action on the battlefield, even if everything else suffered. But i don't think there's a need to start making alot more of them. 300 left me satisfied, no need to make an entire genre around it.
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

I concur.
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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:31 am Post subject:

What about that movie they're making now, it's called like the Last Legion or something, it's centered around Caesar and Excalibur. Apparently, they were in the same story.

Uh...

I wanted to see it, not get it, just to see it once. I'm all for mindless violence though. Remember my action movie? (Not the actual Action Movie!, the one I made up where I'm the bad guy and fall off a building. xD I don't know why, I'm not emo or nothing, but that's just so funny!)
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:31 am Post subject:

I just saw the preview for Last Legion, and *drinks a shot of water* it's grossly inaccurate. I already hate the main characters, do you know how much of an asshole Roman emperors were by the end of Rome? Not to mention the fact that there is no real last emperor of Rome, Rome was spilt into two parts and the Eastern Roman Empire just kinda fused into the Byzantine empire. There is no definite end.

[/history rant]

Oh right, action movie. I shouldn't worry about the plot.
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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:42 am Post subject:

Are you action-movie bashing, Grey Dawn?

Shocked

A GAYBIE ASKED ME THAT ONCE.

She was like, "are you gei bashing, elite?" and I was like, "hell yeah, why not?" and then they told me I'm going to hell because God wants us to read gay pornos.

Or something along those lines.
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

Yea, I action-movie bash all the time, but only those placed back in the Classical Era, basically anything about Greece and Rome.
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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

*glares*

Screw you.

*walks off, noir-style*
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The Grey Dawn · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject:

*nods and two men drag Hawkins into an alley*
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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

OMG YOU CHEATER!

I was going to do something ninja-y, but I'm an action hero, not Jackie Chan. There's a difference between action and kung-fu.

*takes out .44 magnum and starts shooting at everything; one bullet bounces off a trash can and hits Hawkins in the tummy*

I JUST PUT A BAND-AID THERE FROM WHERE GREY DAWN POKED A HOLE IN MY TUMMY!

*puts a second band-aid over it*

*doesn't notice the two men have wandered off in confusion*
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