We went to see the move "300" with Sara & Kevin the other night.
I have to admit I had very little desire to see it. Even though I know it's not real, I do not want to see animals being mutilated. I don't care how good the rest of the movie is ..... I don't want to see that. So, I decided that I would go into one of the other movies while the 3 of them watched this one. After I got the gears a bit about wanting to do that I figured "fine, I'll go". I'd gotten enough of a head's up from
Carol's blog to know when the offending scenes were likely to occur so would just look away at those times.
When we arrived at the theatre there was somewhere between a skabillion and a gazillion other people with the same idea. I know for a fact that if it had been just Art and I we would not have even walked through the front doors. I wanted to leave immediately. I held back that urge and pressed forward. Once we made it past the initial mob it was OK. We were early enough to get the seats we wanted and I was very, very surprised at how good the movie actually was. I liked the message .... that free men have to stand up for their freedom, against all odds. There was humour and, of course, plenty of man-flesh. The women were few and not very voluptuous at all, which seemed quite strange to me. But I was impressed at the tenderness in all that violence. Leonidas loved and cherished his wife and regarded her above all else. He made me believe it. I was surprisingly touched. Great movie.
I have to admit I had very little desire to see it. Even though I know it's not real, I do not want to see animals being mutilated. I don't care how good the rest of the movie is ..... I don't want to see that. So, I decided that I would go into one of the other movies while the 3 of them watched this one. After I got the gears a bit about wanting to do that I figured "fine, I'll go". I'd gotten enough of a head's up from Carol's blog to know when the offending scenes were likely to occur so would just look away at those times.
When we arrived at the theatre there was somewhere between a skabillion and a gazillion other people with the same idea. I know for a fact that if it had been just Art and I we would not have even walked through the front doors. I wanted to leave immediately. I held back that urge and pressed forward. Once we made it past the initial mob it was OK. We were early enough to get the seats we wanted and I was very, very surprised at how good the movie actually was. I liked the message .... that free men have to stand up for their freedom, against all odds. There was humour and, of course, plenty of man-flesh. The women were few and not very voluptuous at all, which seemed quite strange to me. But I was impressed at the tenderness in all that violence. Leonidas loved and cherished his wife and regarded her above all else. He made me believe it. I was surprisingly touched. Great movie.
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