300, Again
Finishing this tonight, I have to say I was being a little harsh last night. It is what it is, and it’s enjoyable; it’s consistently original and stylistic, and reminds me a bit of Sin City. I would rather watch Sin City a second time before 300 but that doesn’t mean the latter is bad.
Hey, at least it’s better than 2007’s Beowulf, which sucked hard — though I must admit I had fun while watching even that! Can’t say why, though.
Ha… I’m reminded of a great scene from the Red Dwarf episode “The Inquisitor”:
KRYTEN looks over LISTER’s shoulder at what he is reading.
KRYTEN: Ah, Virgil’s Aeneid. Oh, the epic tale of Agamemnon’s pursuit of
Helen of Troy — the most classic work by the greatest Latin poet who
ever put quill to parchment!
LISTER: Yeah, it’s the comic book version. It’s good though, man.
Absolutely full of history.RIMMER gives them a disgusted look.
KRYTEN: (Reading from comic book) Zap, pow, kersplat, die in bed you
Trojan pig-dog, gnyarrg, kerpow. I see they’ve remained faithful to
the original text. I’m sure Virgil would have approved.
RIMMER: Kryten, don’t discourage him. It’s the only thing he’s ever read
that doesn’t have lift-up flaps.
Posted: February 6th, 2008 under Film.