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Only your selves to blame


Jesus people lighten up. I enjoyed the movie for what it was, entertainment. I've read so many lists where people are criticizing the history and the actors, especially crow. For some reason, especially the English, take themselves too seriously. "Quintisential British story" as one persons lamented the fact that there wasnt a sizable British cast. God really!? like quintisential American stories with European actors that do horrible American accents. Like Blackhawk down. (Another Ridley Scott) Good story but all Anericans don't have "southern" accents and "Appalachian" accents. Hard to believe they were depicting elite Anerican Rangers and special forces detachment delta operators. Really bad dialects. Too bad they couldn't find American actors to portray American service men. If course I guess all they can do is "southern" and "non regional" Goes both ways doesn't it.
If this movie insulted your intelligence or it was that bad, you only have yourselves to blame. Its not like there aren't trailers and teasers and people talking about it beforehand. I go to lives to be entertained. If I want a history lesson or to learn something about myth or the period in question, I read up on it. I don't expect the movie industry to teach me, I put a little more effort into it than that. Good movie. Not bad at all

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I enjoyed the movie for what it was, entertainment.


Well, de gustibus and all that, but for me 'entertainment' is precisely what it wasn't. I found it implausible (not just historically implausible, but 'oh, FFS, who would do that?' implausible), slow, baggy, corny, and dull. I also had the distinct feeling that Scott was more interested in working through his relationship with his late father than making a good movie, and I don't go to the cinema to subsidise the director's family therapy.

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Can you think of any movies that were meant to entertain you, but didn't? Do any examples leap to mind?

Surely you can think of a few movies that were meant to entertain you, but didn't.

And if they didn't, and you decide to explain to people WHY they didn't -- are you really doing anything wrong?

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