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Saturday, March 10. 2007

300

It's a comic book movie, of the best sort, from reading the reviews around the blogs. Testosterone City. Proud Greeks eager to fight and die for their families and their homeland.

Clips here. Right Wing Nation's thoughts here. Jawa's amusing review here. I don't think Dr. Sanity has seen it yet, but she has some thoughts about it.

What would western civilization be without Thermopylae, Salamis, Lopanto, Poitiers - and more? We owe everything we are, and have, and can be, to warriors.

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 18:07 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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We'll probably go see it, tho kids will carp and criticize any deviation from the classical record (come on kids, it's just a movie, it's supposed to be fun, not a history lesson!)

Just back from an awesome movie, "Amazing Grace" about Wilberforce. Sometimes you can win the battle without cracking a single head, except metaphorically. Kids inspired. Grownups' faith restored...Truth will prevail.

The kids wondered if the reason critics have been lukewarm is because it is about faith in action. And the battles are ones fought with intelligent words, not Hollywood light sabers.
#1 retriever on 2007-03-10 18:35 (Reply)
BD's "We owe everything we have to warriors" is so true, and I'd add, to their families, too. Without them our story is soon done and forgotten.
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-03-10 18:46 (Reply)
The true warriors are the shields which provide the freedom for those like Wilberforce to do what they do.
#3 BD on 2007-03-10 18:47 (Reply)
Agree, BD. But my family is usually so focussed on warriors (even their computer games are things like Rome: Total War) that it was a good corrective for them to watch the war of words and ideas for a change.

Parliamentary debate in England is still occasionally a treat. To watch people eviscerate their opponents verbally, poke fun at them, sneer politely...brilliantly improvise, instead of reading prepared speeches...

One kid of ours caught all kinds of wimpy teacherly disapproval when expressing admiration near Mothers' Day for Spartan mothers' childrearing and telling their kids to return with or on their spears...Shudders of horror by the school. Kid's attitude was that good moms should exhort their kids to be brave.
#4 retriever on 2007-03-10 18:56 (Reply)
(comment on a Belmont thread about the movie)

Tony said...
My son saw it and declared the "greatest movie ever." Then again, he loved "Sin City" and really digs graphic novels in general.

I asked him if he cried when Leonidas died. (tongue in cheek)

"No! It was what he wanted his whole life."
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-03-10 19:39 (Reply)
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
#6 BD on 2007-03-10 19:55 (Reply)
Jeez. Leonidas this, Leonidas that.

Did you see how much Saracen ass I kicked in 1085 in Sicily?

I mean -- honestly...
#7 roger de hauteville (Link) on 2007-03-11 09:54 (Reply)
The Duke of Apulia hath spake!

Er, "spaken"?
#8 buddy larsen on 2007-03-11 13:35 (Reply)
I'm sure I'll see "300" when it hits video but the historical inaccuracies will bug the hell out of me.

I would prefer a well-done version of "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield. It is fairly accurate and prehaps the best historical novel I've ever read.
#9 NJSoldier on 2007-03-13 10:22 (Reply)

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