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We thought we would update this list with some more films you should check out if you're a big fan of all things Greek mythology. It isn't surprising that many artists and filmmakers have been inspired by Greek mythology. The legends, art, and culture that revolve around Ancient Greece are fascinating and incredible. Updated by Madison Lennon on April 4, 2020: Greek mythology remains one of the most interesting and popular topics of study and conversation out there. Kent Brockman ordering everyone in Springfield to get Homer.
The Kwik-E-Mart taking over Seven Eleven on the Movie Premiere. RELATED: 10 Most Underrated Fantasy Films From The Past 5 Years The Angry Mob attacking Homer hanging from the noose. Here are the ten best movies for fans of Greek mythology. Their grandiose stories and lives will perpetuate them in eternity - as proven by our many films in the genre. Their politics and customs are unique, fascinating pieces of history, from which we are not especially far removed. They were vain and vengeful, inviting convoluted and operatic drama.įurther, civilization itself was deeply intriguing. Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese. The gods themselves were every bit as flawed as humans, making them unexpectedly relatable. The 300 Spartans is a 1962 CinemaScope epic film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae.
It is the magical realism of the highest order, wherein humans coexist with monsters.
It incorporates imaginative fantasy elements into the sincerity of religion. Just don't try to derive a history lesson from the movie.There is something indelibly appealing about Greek mythology. But in terms of sheer bloody spectacle, "300: Rise of an Empire" gets a lot of mileage out of sheer venal spectacle. His most treacherous act was when Gorgo reluctantly submitted. Theron is a corrupt Spartan politician, who wants all that Queen Gorgo controls. He is portrayed by Dominic West, who also portrays Jigsaw, Simon Ambrose and Sab Than. Although seen by the rest of the play’s characters as an inhuman monster. Is there intelligent dialogue, or anything actually emotionally stirring? By my lights, no. Theron is the secondary antagonist in the 2007 film 300. Angered by his mistreatment at the hands of Venice’s Christians, particularly Antonio, Shylock schemes to eke out his revenge by ruthlessly demanding as payment a pound of Antonio’s flesh. Also, the color palette here is more expansive than in Snyder's original: in addition to dun, there's also a lot of blue, a dark gray, and lots and lots of crimson. Every time a sword swipes a battling warrior, the screen fills up with a lake's worth of spurting blood, to the extent that you really start hoping that one of the film's character's suffers a paper cut, just to see what happens. The rest of the film's over-the-topness is pretty purposeful as well.
The ruthlessness of Green's character is taken to extremes that meld Medea to the cheesiest serial you can name, and is hence delicious. "Rise of an Empire," directed by Noam Munro (who also made " Smart People," which clearly established his 3D action movie bonafides…no wait…) is entirely more engaging by dint of being absolutely impossible to take even a little bit seriously. I hated the Zack-Snyder-directed "300" with a passion: aside from its in-your-face hateful war-mongering sentiments and the aforementioned homophobia, the thing looked as if it had been shot through lenses that had been smeared with dog feces prior to each take. While the first "300," based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller, was relentlessly male-driven in a way that was both relentlessly homoerotic and blithely homophobic, the introduction (no doubt historically inaccurate) of Green's character to the combat changes the sexual dynamic in a way that's pretty ridiculous and also kind of jaw-dropping. And this naval commander, an unusual one by anybody's standards, is both intrigued and vexed by the Athenian, who goes by the name Themistocles, and is played by a stalwart Sullivan Stapleton.
They're coming by ship, and the navy is commanded by the golden boy's sister, Artemisia, played by the sexually intimidating Eva Green, who's going Full Diamanda Galas here, only without the singing. There's one Greek fellow, an Athenian, who believes in the "experiment" called "democracy," and he wants the Spartans to back him up as the fey Persians, spurred by possibly homosexual golden (literally!) boy Xerxes, come to lay waste to his model city.