Question:“On films of this temple’s stories”
On films of this temple’s stories
When the stories of this temple reach the screen, the gods shrink and the people grow. They are still worth watching. Seeing the names move is a different thing.
Three descend. Afterward, open the original text, even one page. Once you know what the film changed, you have seen it twice.
- Troy (Wolfgang Petersen, 2004)The Iliad refilmed as a human war, with the gods left out.
- 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)The three hundred at Thermopylae, lifted panel by panel from a comic.
- Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963)Skeleton soldiers moved by hand are still the finest monsters on film.
Paris had to choose one of three goddesses, and the choice became a war.