I also know enough about history to say that it is completely inaccurate. My contention is not that 300 is unenjoyable, but rather that it is of substantially lower quality and accuracy than ROME. Read my original post.
It was if his point was what you made it out to be (i.e. that the "source material" for 300 was the 300 comic book, which is patently obvious). Since I assumed that he was referring to the historical source material that is analogous to the source material of ROME, I didn't consider his point stupid. Just wrong.
They are for all extents and purposes the same thing.
And I don't like words like "stupid" very much when discussing films. Especially when his point wasn't.
It was if his point was what you made it out to be (i.e. that the "source material" for 300 was the 300 comic book, which is patently obvious). Since I assumed that he was referring to the historical source material that is analogous to the source material of ROME, I didn't consider his point stupid. Just wrong.
My point, once again, was that your complaint should go out to the comic. You are basically shooting the messenger when you trash the film.
They are for all extents and purposes the same thing.
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Spartacus: Blood and Sand starts this week...on Starz...but who's going to watch?
- 19/01/2010 12:07:46 AM
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Rome and 300 really shouldn't ever be put in the same sentence.
- 19/01/2010 01:20:16 AM
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You are mistaken. Both films/shows were close to their source material..
- 19/01/2010 02:29:00 AM
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I am not mistaken. The assumption that the source material is correct is inane.
- 19/01/2010 05:23:20 AM
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The source of 300 is the graphic novel, not history
- 19/01/2010 11:35:59 AM
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And the graphic novels gets its source material/distorts its source material from where?
- 19/01/2010 04:58:30 PM
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The question is what the film aimed to be
- 19/01/2010 07:45:18 PM
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And, as I said, that places it in a much lower league of quality than ROME, which was very accurate. *NM*
- 20/01/2010 04:17:57 AM
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You do realize that the Graphic Novel is a work of fiction, right?
- 20/01/2010 05:24:27 PM
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300 is deliberately supposed to be non-historical, but this message got lost somewhere along the way
- 21/01/2010 01:47:50 AM
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That was such a stupid potential argument that I gave him the benefit of the doubt and discarded it.
- 20/01/2010 04:17:10 AM
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Why are you guys getting so worked up about this?
- 20/01/2010 11:37:53 AM
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I enjoyed watching 300.
- 20/01/2010 09:22:11 PM
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Sounds good, as long as it doesn't look like Xena or Hercules *NM*
- 19/01/2010 11:34:23 AM
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I'll watch it for the soft core porn value. Full frontal male nudity! The gays will love it.
- 19/01/2010 05:00:27 PM
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