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**unfolaReemoma** · 03-25-2007, 10:05 PM

I read the worst review of 300 yesterday in The Daily Mail. The reviewer took exceptions to the fact that

a) The men in the film only wear cape, helmet and pants when fighting, not full body armour "like we know they did".....uhmm. No, Spartans wore as little as possible when fighting. I think he watched too much Spartacus when growing up. No doubt he also thinks that cavemen wore leopard skin pants as he saw it on The Flintstones

b) Spartan children were only taught "fighting, fighting, fighting". Which was true, at age seven all Spartan men entered military academy to train. Some died before reaching adulthood it was so brutal. Again, read a book.

c) Spartans were shown as baby killers as they left the sick and deformed children to die. Which was....true!

d) The men have bigger breasts than the women. Hmmm, not sure what he means here, I'd say the men had bigger pectoral muscles than the women in the film, however I know what I would rather play with.

I stopped reading after that, there was still half an article to go but I was getting so angry! That, and my take-away was ready so I had to leave the Chinese anyway.

I know the Daily Mail is the largest toilet paper available in the UK, but even I was amazed at the ignorance of the writer.

03-25-2007, 10:05 PM	#9
unfolaReemoma Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	I read the worst review of 300 yesterday in The Daily Mail. The reviewer took exceptions to the fact that a) The men in the film only wear cape, helmet and pants when fighting, not full body armour "like we know they did".....uhmm. No, Spartans wore as little as possible when fighting. I think he watched too much Spartacus when growing up. No doubt he also thinks that cavemen wore leopard skin pants as he saw it on The Flintstones b) Spartan children were only taught "fighting, fighting, fighting". Which was true, at age seven all Spartan men entered military academy to train. Some died before reaching adulthood it was so brutal. Again, read a book. c) Spartans were shown as baby killers as they left the sick and deformed children to die. Which was....true! d) The men have bigger breasts than the women. Hmmm, not sure what he means here, I'd say the men had bigger pectoral muscles than the women in the film, however I know what I would rather play with. I stopped reading after that, there was still half an article to go but I was getting so angry! That, and my take-away was ready so I had to leave the Chinese anyway. I know the Daily Mail is the largest toilet paper available in the UK, but even I was amazed at the ignorance of the writer.
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