One hopes that people know they are watching something out of someone's imagination!Originally Posted by Scotus
... When you go to see a movie involving Wooly Mammoths helping in the building of the great pyramids...(again, very cool)... you know you're watching something that came right out of someone's imagination.
There has always been a balance between truth and what makes a good story. I think it is important to somehow clue the audience into exactly what they are watching.
For example, while I found the costumes in 300 idiotic (though oddly my lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess had no problem with them) I was fine with the other historical inaccuracies. This was because of how the begining and end of the movie framed the story of the Battle of Thermopylae as a tale. One told to rally the Spartan Troops as they prepared for battle. The "Tall Tale" aspects worked and we the audience were clued in that this is the story of the King Leonides and his 300 Spartans, rather than their history. For the record I still like the old "The 300 Spartans" better though.
I also think that dinosaurs building the pyramids would have been way, way cooler than Mammoths!
Cheers
Jamie
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