Personally, the anachronisms, historical inaccuracies, and other such details of 300 don't particularly bother me. I do get annoyed by this in some movies (Gladiator, I'm looking at you), but only if the material is being presented as 'real'. At no time in watching 300 did I ever think this was supposed to be an accurate portrayal of a historical event: it was clearly meant as myth. Thus, nearly naked Spartans, lack of phalanx tactics, and so on, didn't concern me.
What did bother me about 300 is that it wasn't very entertaining. It creaked along its pedestrian course without ever really engaging me on any level beyond "ooh! pretty pictures!", on the apparent assumption that spectacle trumps substance (which, given the high ratings it is getting from many people, seems to be a valid assumption).
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Date: 2007-04-12 12:35 am (UTC)Personally, the anachronisms, historical inaccuracies, and other such details of 300 don't particularly bother me. I do get annoyed by this in some movies (Gladiator, I'm looking at you), but only if the material is being presented as 'real'. At no time in watching 300 did I ever think this was supposed to be an accurate portrayal of a historical event: it was clearly meant as myth. Thus, nearly naked Spartans, lack of phalanx tactics, and so on, didn't concern me.
What did bother me about 300 is that it wasn't very entertaining. It creaked along its pedestrian course without ever really engaging me on any level beyond "ooh! pretty pictures!", on the apparent assumption that spectacle trumps substance (which, given the high ratings it is getting from many people, seems to be a valid assumption).