http://www.hapagirl.com/2008/07/03/his-roar-is-long-and-loud/ knitting and the occasional rant about academia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.hapagirl.com/2008/07/03/his-roar-is-long-and-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-129 hapagirl Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:45:03 +0000 http://www.hapagirl.com/?p=49#comment-129 Usually, I'm OK with testosterone overloads, provided the violence is depicted in more historically accurate ways and there's some kind of plot served by the blood and gore. There's a brief depiction of phalanx fighting at the very beginning of the very first battle scene that's pretty cool, but then it all breaks down and turns into one big Wrestle-Mania Hulk-Fest with very little brain or strategy. Even the biggest fan of gratuitous violence won't be able to sit through 2 hours of brainlessness. Usually, I’m OK with testosterone overloads, provided the violence is depicted in more historically accurate ways and there’s some kind of plot served by the blood and gore. There’s a brief depiction of phalanx fighting at the very beginning of the very first battle scene that’s pretty cool, but then it all breaks down and turns into one big Wrestle-Mania Hulk-Fest with very little brain or strategy. Even the biggest fan of gratuitous violence won’t be able to sit through 2 hours of brainlessness.

]]> http://www.hapagirl.com/2008/07/03/his-roar-is-long-and-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Nicole Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:21 +0000 http://www.hapagirl.com/?p=49#comment-128 I can't believe you made it the whole movie. I watched about 5 minutes and my brain exploded with the insane testosterone overload. It's like a huge excuse for blood. I couldn't take it - and I've been known to sit through some pretty horrible movies. In other news, I'm like 1/3 of the way done seaming Babette (!)... That's really not related to your post at all. I think I was going to make a statement about me knitting today even though I wasn't at the Pourhouse. My brain hurts. I can’t believe you made it the whole movie. I watched about 5 minutes and my brain exploded with the insane testosterone overload. It’s like a huge excuse for blood. I couldn’t take it - and I’ve been known to sit through some pretty horrible movies. In other news, I’m like 1/3 of the way done seaming Babette (!)… That’s really not related to your post at all. I think I was going to make a statement about me knitting today even though I wasn’t at the Pourhouse. My brain hurts.

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