Anyone seen a good movie lately?

[mussa]

The Depaaaarted - 4.5/5

[Geowhizzer]

For those that care:

Thermopyale

Battle of Thermopylae

A British author (his name is escaping me right at the moment) from Cambridge University listed the battle as one of the fifty greatest events in world history.  I'm reading that book right now.

[ice grillin you]

btw...I agree that fewer people know of Thermopylae than Mordor

"millions" read thermopile and no one has ever heard of the lord of the rings?

ha

you need to get out more dookie....that ride from the crib to the desk and back isnt giving you enough

[rjs246]

For those that care:

Thermopyale

Battle of Thermopylae

A British author (his name is escaping me right at the moment) from Cambridge University listed the battle as one of the fifty greatest events in world history.  I'm reading that book right now.

I have a hard time understanding how anyone could not find that story interesting.

Of course 300 is not supposed to be historically accurate, but still, the very notion is fascinating. Thanks Geo.

[Wingspan]

btw...I agree that fewer people know of Thermopylae than Mordor

"millions" read thermopile and no one has ever heard of the lord of the rings?

ha

you need to get out more dookie....that ride from the crib to the desk and back isnt giving you enough

I knew of Lord of the Rings, but never new what the hell Mordor was until i watched the movies...however I did know what Thermopylae was long before I ever knew 300 existed

[ice grillin you]

I have a hard time understanding how anyone could not find that story interesting.

Of course 300 is not supposed to be historically accurate


you answered your own question

this battle is nothing more than a grossly exaggerated fable...im sure it was like a big bar fight of its time if it happened at all...but over the years its morphed into some mopar shtein...vvvrooom

who back in those times would have ever thought that their little fight would be a comic book movie one day

only in america

[SunMo]

with all the garbage that is made, i still don't understand why this one is your crusade..

[rjs246]

Most movies are not historically accurate and this one does not claim to be, but read Geo's links. It wasn't a small battle, or a historically insignificant one by any means. It was huge. Involving an army of hundreds of thousands against roughly 1000 soldiers. Did it involve CGI-created ogre-men? No. But the battle was an enormous fight in the Greco-Persian war. 

You're not interested. That's fine. You don't read about or care about ancient history. In fact, you don't read much at all. That promotes your own ignorance, but is also your prerogative. Trying to convince everyone that no one would have any interest in this movie is idiotic because it has been shown time and time again that do people care about interesting historical events and like this kind of movie.

It will very easily be more on the LOTR/Gladiator side of things than the Sin City side of things when it comes to box office take.

[SunMo]

i want to bet....set a number IGY

[Diomedes]

this battle is nothing more than a grossly exaggerated fable...im sure it was like a big bar fight of its time if it happened at all...

ignant

[Rome]

You're all interested in the gleaming, buff & sweaty bodies of the actors in the movie so quit frontin'...

[ice grillin you]

It will very easily be more on the LOTR/Gladiator side of things than the Sin City side of things when it comes to box office take.

its a month of march R rated ultraviolent half cartoon with no stars

i will bet anything you want...ANYTHING.... that it is closer to sin city than LOTR...please name your price...PLEASE

im too nice for that so what i will do is make a low stakes bet on whether its bigger than sin city or not...because thats the realistic wager here....obviously i have the under


with all the garbage that is made, i still don't understand why this one is your crusade

i have nothign against it...ill even see it tho not in the theaters...all im saying is its not gonna be LOTR

[MURP]

.all im saying is its not gonna be LOTR

you said LOTR was boring.  So what you mean now is that 300 will be awesome. YES!

[Phanatic]

Just read the backround and watched the trailer. Looks pretty damn good actually...

[mussa]

For those that care:

Thermopyale

Battle of Thermopylae

A British author (his name is escaping me right at the moment) from Cambridge University listed the battle as one of the fifty greatest events in world history.  I'm reading that book right now.

Ive read LOTR many times. I never heard of this battle, nor did I know 300 dabbled in the battle as a basis. very interesting...