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Yes, there were 300 Spartan warriors guarding the pass at Thermopylae
And the Spartans? Not exactly teh pretteh. You know, at least the Charge of the Light Brigade had men in pants! With hair no more obnoxious than muttonchops! And there were 600 of them -- chance for more cameos!!
I'm not even going to get into the film's problems with the laws of physics.
OMG, the Spartans can fly?? (N.b. I have not seen this trailer yet.)
I think they're saying her movies are overrated because she's an appealing celebrity with a famous name. I think Stevens is taking the position that it's not that she's a bad director, but that there's no there there, and people are giving simple mood pieces too much credit because they like the persona of the director.
That proposition seems like such a stretch to me; I know several people that loved Lost in Translation and wouldn't know Sofia Coppola if she had her name, credits and family tree tattooed to her face.
The parts of Stevens' review that explicitly deal with Marie Antoinette can pretty much be summed up in 'It adds up to nothing'. And there I think she's flat-out wrong. The film is built around the idea that if you indulge without reprieve you'll tire of it, at which point you'll find a slightly modified form of indulgence to partake in. I think that's a point well worth making and point well made. And that's so obviously the meat of the thing it's annoying that people who are being paid for their analysis aren't keen to it.
I've seen ads for the movie that say "based on a true story." That's pretty much begging for people to judge its accuracy.
Isn't there give in 'based on a true story', though?
Isn't there give in 'based on a true story', though?
Tell that to all the people that protested ABC's "Path to 9/11".
I love that Nutty quietly corrected my poor spelling of Thermopylae in my quote. Thanks, Nutty! I knew it had a "Y" in there somewhere.
I only know it thanks to flea. And anyway, you asked!
Tell that to all the people that protested ABC's "Path to 9/11".
Do I have to? Some of their phone numbers I don't even know.
Do I have to? Some of their phone numbers I don't even know.Well, there are a lot of them. Maybe we could start a phone tree?
Well, my telemarketing scam could use some fresh blood... okay, I'm in.
Why is Virgin Suicides considered slight? It's a story of, what, five sisters who all committed suicide, most on the same night, and why they did it. Was it a trifle because the girls were pretty? I don't get it.
Also, I think it was the male protagonist who was dreamy and glazed in LiT.
Trivia: Thermopylae means Hot Springs.