David Ritchie wrote: "Bear in mind, everyone, that the movie is based on a graphic novel which, for all its current ambitious artistic aspirations, has deep roots in the comic book genre. "Blam," "zap," "powee" "thok," and so on. Refresh your memory with, "Frontline Combat" reprints from Russ Cochran, Publisher, West Plains, Missouri." The movie is based on a Frank Miller graphic novel. Perhaps the best way to put the movie in its artistic context is to watch "Sin City", a recent movie also based on a Miller graphic novel. In "Sin City", there are no 'good guys' and 'bad guys', only degrees of bad. From what I have read, this is also true of "300" Sincerely, Phil Enns ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html