300

[anogete]

Would it be possible - maybe, kinda, sorta - to just ENJOY A FUCKING MOVIE AS A MOVIE instead of making it into some sort of monstrous political statement about the world today?

In 300, Which is George Bush?

Are we all so obsessed with loving or hating George Bush that he even gets to infiltrate a movie based on a fucking comic book?

And don't any of you start on the metaphors and similarities, throwing out phrases like "defending western culture" and telling me that I just don't get the subtleties. I get it. I understand where the crazies are coming from. What I don't understand is why George Bush rules their lives to the extent that they have to somehow connect him directly to everything they think about. Goddamn. Do the haters/supporters jerk off to thoughts of Bush's State of the Union address, too? I bet they do. What will happen when we get a new president and they can't spend every waking hour trying to play six degrees of separation George Bush style?

Anyway, I might try to talk Jason into going to see 300 with me this weekend or next. And you can bet your best pair of panties that I won't be thinking about Dubya while I watch it.

Comments

[i-stareatyou.livejournal.com]

Or a movie based on Herodotus, whence comes the story. Been a while since Herodotus was writing, I don't think he foresaw the United States.

Someone wants me to see it with them, I think the liberties being taken with the actual history will annoy me the most. The Persians didn't have trolls.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I'm avoiding all information on the history of the battle or the war it was within. I have general knowledge of it, but nothing specific. I'll probably do a bit of investigating after I see the film. However, the trolls do stick out. I'm just going to tell myself that they're basing it off a comic book.