posted March 11, 2007 03:12 PM         

However... the ladies get the "loyal husband/strong wife" aspect and guys get to experience the non-stop reletless action. I tell ya my date gripped on to me through the entire Bedding scene.

Kudos for making the night all that Special Gerard Butler .

Yes there is blood... lots of it, and adulteratoin and overexuberant display of sexuality. But hey... its a Frank Miller adaptation Lol!

posted March 11, 2007 03:17 PM         

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the ladies get the "loyal husband/strong wife" aspect

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Not to mention hot, buffed, oiled up hunks wearing only loincloths and shields.

Actually, it is pretty historically accurate, surprisingly. I didn't expect it to be at all, so for that as well.

It was also one of the most realistic depictions of an ancient melee battle I've seen.

posted March 11, 2007 03:30 PM         

For one thing, the Spartans were the most heavily armored unit in a Greek army (sorry ladies , no leather jocks Lol!) and they used Bronze weapons. Bronze is soft and well... it made a poor slashing weapon; but an extrodinarily heavy brutal clublike weapon. Not a good thing getting wacked by a greek short sword.

The Phalax formation and the spear thristing.. yep totally accurate.

posted March 11, 2007 04:42 PM         

It certainly was a perfect date movie. Though I was more intrigued by the history aspect and by the fact that it has turned into a FAD in the United States and half the audience in the overtly overcorwded theater had no idea as to what Thermopylae actually is, not to mention Sparta. I have also discovered a rather fascinating historical aspect to it (of which I was unfamiliar with prior to watching it).

The Jewish holiday of Purim is about a woman Esther(jew) who was married to a Persian king Ahasuerus and his advisor Haman decided to kill all the Jews not knowing the Queen is Jewish...neither did the king but whatever. So Esther helped out the Jews by telling the king her identity and since he loved her, he saved the Jews and hung his advisor. Thats what Purim celberates....Ahasuerus is a hard name to pronounce in the west and the Greeks called him Xerxes I...

I though that was some fascinating trivia especially since Purim was last week.

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*giggles* Xodian, that definately pleased my taste for the lovely Scorpio. Not so much my bf who kept on rolling his eyes at me loving gazes but either way. Good stuff.

But yes as for history a few things were distorted. They were not very careful on the choice of words. Like Xerxes calls them barbarians. He could have said savages instead because barbarians is a strictly Greek word. I though that was a bit off. Plus some other things, with the whole bowing to him. They made him seem awefully vain when it wasn't glory he really wanted.

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Apart from the obvious thing that Persian army weren't made up of mosters Lol, the Persians didn't use War Elephants at the battle of Thermopyle. The immortals... yes Xerxes did send em in and yes... the Spatans slaughtered them all.

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posted March 11, 2007 05:54 PM         

And by no means was he... flirtacious. Its as if the intended message was that he is homosexual or something Lol!

posted March 11, 2007 06:25 PM         

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It is not supposed to be!!! its based on a comic book..

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posted March 11, 2007 06:26 PM         

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Its as if the intended message was that he is homosexual or something Lol!

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LOL! He did look awefully transexual in the movie. We all definately noticed that.

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Actually Persians did use War elephants in battle;

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I wasn't sure of this. Thanks for the heads up.

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Xerxes tried so hard to fight in the manner of his ancestors; man-to-man. But the Spartans just couldn't be hindered. So... Yeah; He got the archers to shower the Spartans with arrows.

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Hehe I loved it. "then we will fight in the shade".

posted March 11, 2007 06:28 PM         

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I had to turn the reason side of my brain off while watching the film Lol!

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posted March 11, 2007 11:14 PM         

I totally wanted to be like Xena....gosh I loved her moves and her style.

I completely forgot that the guy who played Ares died.

posted March 12, 2007 08:10 AM         

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Just like Troy,you could not pay me to watch this movie. Alot of Greek epic movies don't seem impressive to me....I know I would fall asleep through this one

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Hmmm... I don't know; Decapitations, Amusing oneliners (especially the Spartan Chivilry Scene Lol!) and testostrone galore. Doubt you'll fall qasleep through that .

I only credit Troy for one thing; I showed a different side of Achilles' character; Showed him as an anti-hero of sorts. Not too shabby.

posted March 12, 2007 08:40 AM         

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Hmmm... I don't know; Decapitations, Amusing oneliners (especially the Spartan Chivilry Scene Lol!) and testostrone galore. Doubt you'll fall qasleep through that

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Awww man, I know my bf would love this one. I do like historical films, I'm just not a big fan of Greek epics. I'm not a big fan of gore either, but I can deal with it (I did watch the Patriot). Luckily for me my bf hasn't brought it up, we haven't been to the movies in a mad long time anyways...LOL.

posted March 12, 2007 10:58 AM         

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This Venus in Libra. Those are amazing, kind, beautiful people.

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Yet practically everyone else lables us flirts/Frickle. Uh-uh, Libra in Venus aren't frickle; They just are picky as to who they consider the love of their life. He/she has to be just perfect (everything that a Libra in Venus hopes they would be) or else it ain't worth getting into a perminent relationship with.

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He/she has to be just perfect (everything that a Libra in Venus hopes they would be) or else it ain't worth getting into a perminent relationship with.

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posted March 12, 2007 08:05 PM         

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Yet practically everyone else lables us flirts/Frickle. Uh-uh, Libra in Venus aren't frickle; They just are picky as to who they consider the love of their life

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Too true, two of my best friends are Libran Venuses.