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I didn't say it was one versus the other all the time. But in 300 the movie, I think it's difficult to argue that there's a great deal in the way of subtext and thematic depth. People have suggested, for example, that there are similarities to the films of Leni Riefenstahl, and superficially there are. But I think that going from there to calling the film a modern day example of popular proto-Facist propaganda is, well, bollocks. At the end of the day, the slow-motion shots of 300 Spartans with swords and pouches are just that. I don't think the film has an awful lot to say, if anything. I doubt you'll find many people who honestly believe the film is deeper than it appears to be.
I'm not saying that Watchmen will head the same way. I'm saying that on the basis of 300 the movie, and the Watchmen teaser, it's very easy to imagine that it could. And I think that would be a shame.
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