Comments on: What the success of 300 tells us about Youth and Reading. http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F03%2F12%2Fwhat-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading%2F&seed_title=What+the+success+of+300+tells+us+about+Youth+and+Reading. Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Wendy http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F03%2F12%2Fwhat-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading%2F&seed_title=What+the+success+of+300+tells+us+about+Youth+and+Reading./comment-page-1/#comment-24531 Wendy Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:36:00 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/12/what-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading/#comment-24531 If you can get past the gore (very bloody battle scenes) there is a lot of prime man-titty in this movie. For the guys, the Queen of Sparta wears some revealing outfits - but really it's the buff, Grade-A beef cake that makes 300 awe-inspiring. My only gripe is that it was gleefully melodramatic at times, and I tend to despise melodrama. That said, I went to see it for the visuals and I wasn't disappointed. If you can get past the gore (very bloody battle scenes) there is a lot of prime man-titty in this movie. For the guys, the Queen of Sparta wears some revealing outfits - but really it’s the buff, Grade-A beef cake that makes 300 awe-inspiring.

My only gripe is that it was gleefully melodramatic at times, and I tend to despise melodrama. That said, I went to see it for the visuals and I wasn’t disappointed.

]]> By: Rosie http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F03%2F12%2Fwhat-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading%2F&seed_title=What+the+success+of+300+tells+us+about+Youth+and+Reading./comment-page-1/#comment-24528 Rosie Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:15:14 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/12/what-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading/#comment-24528 The men in my family went over the weekend and couldn't stop talking about it. It prompted all sorts of historical commentary and many trips to the web for verification and further information. While I felt a bit squeamish after seeing the previews about seeing it myself, my husband went with our sons. I have to say nothing warms a mother's heart than seeing her kids interested in history and reading. They are still talking about it today. The men in my family went over the weekend and couldn’t stop talking about it. It prompted all sorts of historical commentary and many trips to the web for verification and further information. While I felt a bit squeamish after seeing the previews about seeing it myself, my husband went with our sons. I have to say nothing warms a mother’s heart than seeing her kids interested in history and reading. They are still talking about it today.

]]> By: Zeek http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F03%2F12%2Fwhat-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading%2F&seed_title=What+the+success+of+300+tells+us+about+Youth+and+Reading./comment-page-1/#comment-24523 Zeek Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:10:44 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/12/what-the-success-of-300-tells-us-about-youth-and-reading/#comment-24523 The film was a visually poetic, but I'll give that it left much to be desired in character development and plotting. Still, the story got through. One of my co-workers was impressed her teenage sons came back with the story of the battle of Thermopylae intact. Oh and I ain't no teenager, but I felt like one while watching it! I literally cheered outloud at one point. (When the gorgeous Queen of Sparta shows her own strength!) The film was a visually poetic, but I’ll give that it left much to be desired in character development and plotting. Still, the story got through. One of my co-workers was impressed her teenage sons came back with the story of the battle of Thermopylae intact.

Oh and I ain’t no teenager, but I felt like one while watching it! I literally cheered outloud at one point. (When the gorgeous Queen of Sparta shows her own strength!)

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