I LOVE I CLAUDIUS...you mean Jacobi or Laughton or both? I love both. Toochis
----- Original Message ---- From: Joseph Bonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:50:09 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] I Saw 300 Last Night I'll stick to I CLAUDIUS ! Joe Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sounds dreadful. Give me HELEN OF TROY. Or at least CLASH OF THE TITANS. Hell, I'd even settle for ALONE AGAINST ROME. I'll just stay home and watch ROME on HBO. In HD. and HIFI. Kirby On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Craig Miller wrote: > At 03:45 PM 3/10/07 -0800, channinglylethomson wrote: >> It was a terrific night at the big Imax theatre. One thing >> crossed my >> mind -- celebrating Sparta is a little like toasting Nazi Germany. I >> hope the film inspires young viewers to learn about the reality of >> the >> times and some of the deeper meanings of the history involved. > > I saw 300 a few weeks ago, albeit not in Imax. It was pretty > amazing although, as drama goes, pretty poor. No one > speaks. Everything is shouted. There's pretty much no > characterization. And it's like a video game, except you > don't get to actually play. Half an hour of story set up > followed by level after level, oops, I mean wave after wave of > different enemies come marching toward our heroes who > fight them off. First one kind of soldier than another kind of > soldier than this kind of animal than that kind of behemoth > then that kind of animal. The only interesting parts -- other > than visually -- were the encounters between Leonidas, the > leader of the Spartans and Xerxes, leader of the Persians. > > It's visually stunning, well capturing the Frank Miller imagery > from the comic it's based on. The movie will do huge > business with the high school and college set. But it is > strictly a violent popcorn movie. > > (A friend said "two hours of homo-erotic action", which it > surely is.) > > Craig. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
