Comments for words are images http://wordsareimages.com/muse Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:32:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Into the Valley of Death Road the 300 by Kerry http://wordsareimages.com/muse/?p=13#comment-3 Kerry Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:36:56 +0000 http://wordsareimages.com/muse/?p=13#comment-3 The images, the phrase "Hot Gates," Xerxes and his wild outfit, all of that stuff was straight out of the Frank Miller novel. I loved the gloomy oppressive look. And, for the record, I didn't realize that Thermopylae translated as Hot Gates so give me a break. I hear a lot about what was historically inaccurate in the movie but people talk about the clothes most often. Perhaps it was historically inaccurate. So what? It was a graphic novel and then it was a book. I wish everyone would just relax about this and view it as entertainment. I didn't see anyone criticizing Pan's Labyrinth because some of those creatures don't exist. It's a movie. Not a documentary. Buy your popcorn, enjoy the eye candy and the rousing emotions and then go home and move on. sigh. The images, the phrase “Hot Gates,” Xerxes and his wild outfit, all of that stuff was straight out of the Frank Miller novel. I loved the gloomy oppressive look. And, for the record, I didn’t realize that Thermopylae translated as Hot Gates so give me a break.

I hear a lot about what was historically inaccurate in the movie but people talk about the clothes most often. Perhaps it was historically inaccurate. So what? It was a graphic novel and then it was a book.

I wish everyone would just relax about this and view it as entertainment. I didn’t see anyone criticizing Pan’s Labyrinth because some of those creatures don’t exist. It’s a movie. Not a documentary. Buy your popcorn, enjoy the eye candy and the rousing emotions and then go home and move on. sigh.

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