re: #266 HappyWarrior

To be fair to 300, it was never intended or sold as a historically accurate film. It’s based off a graphic novel IIRC. Braveheart and Gibson’s other historical epic though The Patriot. Terrible and you’re talking about someone who has no reason to defend the English.

True. The theme of these two movies seems to be that a sufficient amount of uncontrolled rage will allow the protagonist to overcome impossible odds and perform super-human feats of daring and valor. KIlling 20 armed and alert redcoats with a hatchet? Really?
As a veteran I probably shouldn’t let this kind of thing annoy me, but it does because it is the direct opposite of the truth. In combat, loss of control will kill you, whether it’s curling up in paralyzed fear or standing up and screaming at the enemy to “bring it on.”