300 trailer

[shilsen]

Sir, may I applaud your fine use of verbiage? You are like a Rancor made of droll commentary and scathing wit, wrapped in topcoat of civility. (Which in and of itself is a disturbing mental picture.)

That's got to be the funniest thing anyone's ever said about me on ENWorld. Sigged!

We really need a button on ENWorld entitled, "Unleash the Shilsen!"

I'll have to talk to Morrus about it.

 

[The_Warlock]

I aim to please! (or at stupid people when afforded a projectile).

So, for those who have read the graphic novel...does the trailer give a good sense of how comparable/true it is likely to be to the original writing style versus heavily adapted?

 

[Klaus]

Oh, it's word-by-word, mostly!

300 is the best thing Frank Miller has done since...

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wow. A whole lotta time, actually. Since Sin City, if you like SC. If not, it's his finest work post-Dark Knight Returns.

Wish he stopped at 300, though...

 

[Storm Raven]

I take it you haven't read 300, then?

Because it is EXCELLENT source material.

No, I haven't. But if the trailer for this movie is an accurate representation of "300", then it is purile and crappy source material.

The Battle of Thermopylae itself, on the other hand, is great source material.

 

[Storm Raven]

This will be a blood and thunder historical melodrama, not an episode on the history channel.

Your quote is only true if "historical melodrama" has been redefined to mean "hilariously bad pile of crap".

 

[Storm Raven]

Actually, I'd say your complaint is that it looks like something that doesn't fit your tastes. And it seems that your idea of what the filmmakers should be aiming for is very different to what they're actually shooting for.

My idea is that a movie should have a script better than something Vince McMahon could vomit onto the screen.

So one can boil down all of your posts to "I don't think I'll like it."

Perhaps you missed where I said that "It looks, to me, like a giant pile of crap".

 

[Joker]

I don't understand how you can bash a movie before you've seen it.

I mean, really, it's just a trailer. And rarely have *I* seen a trailer that ultimately reflects what a movie is gonna be like.

Well, except the ones that actually tell you exactly what's going to happen in a movie in a 2.5 min trailer.

 

[Mark CMG]

The Battle of Thermopylae itself, on the other hand, is great source material.

Whose account are you touting as great?

 

[The_Warlock]

Perhaps you missed where I said that "It looks, to me, like a giant pile of crap".

No, I'm pretty sure we didn't miss that, but after such a heartening and open-minded opinion, you proceed to point out in a tone of writing that if you don't like it (a pile of crap, as you say), then it most certainly is purile, childish, and "A sin" with regard to historical accuracy, when the movie is based on a graphic novel which is only looslely based on the Battle of Thermopylae, since I certainly saw no mention of the 700 Thespians who were said to have stood with them. Your definitions don't sound like an opinion, but rather fact of what IS and IS NOT good, with little regard to others possible preferences.

It isn't a historical account, it's a heavy bound comic book brought to the screen. The fact that the movie may end up being less than an academy award winning experience doesn't remove the possibility that as an action adaption of a graphic novel (a static medium where in motion is captured in stills, and alluded to with diagonals, curves, and varied strokes of brush and pen) it seems to provide imagery that pays homage to the still art medium.

While I can understand a position where your tastes may not like the cartoonish (if you will) action, and stylized choreography and filmography in the trailer, you come off as antagonistic. Furthermore, labelling the aspects of the film in such a way as to define others (indirectly, of course, as you made no direct name-calling, no do I suggest that you did) who's tastes may differ to be childish, fools or idiots who aren't as versed in history as yourself tends to grate on the soul.

I'd be perfectly happy to engage in a discussion regarding the stylistic choices of the film (or in this case, the trailer, since all we have is 2 to 4 minutes of visuals) with someone of different tastes, but it is your tone which offends, sir, and which makes you target for those who prefer conversation and opinion to absolute statements.

I have no desire to start an unnecessary argument, but I feel that it is right to state my opinion of how you have presented yourself and why I feel little sympathy for your position and tone, and others may or may not agree.

But that's impression I get.