Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
One hopes that people know they are watching something out of someone's imagination!

There has always been a balance between truth and what makes a good story. I think it is important to somehow clue the audience into exactly what they are watching.

For example, while I found the costumes in 300 idiotic (though oddly my lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess had no problem with them ) I was fine with the other historical inaccuracies. This was because of how the begining and end of the movie framed the story of the Battle of Thermopylae as a tale. One told to rally the Spartan Troops as they prepared for battle. The "Tale Tale" aspects worked and we the audience were clued in that this is the story of the King Leonides and his 300 Spartans, rather than their history. For the record I still like the old "The 300 Spartans" better though.

I also think that dinosaurs building the pyramids would have been way, way cooler than Mammoths!

Cheers

Jamie
What's funny about the Movie 300 is that it's based on the Frank Miller comic book which is based on the older movie, the 300 Spartans or something like that. I don't know where it got lost in the transition, but there you have it.

Leather speedos! LOL, what cooler than going into battle in a speedo. It proves you don't need any armour and you'll frighten the enemies!