The movie is da shyte! It’s been a really long time since I’ve watched a movie that I enjoyed THIS much. It’s sort of a combination of LOTR and Gladiator except 300 has a lot more blood. And I mean A LOT more blood! Yummy! In terms of special effects I think the movie has set a new standard the same way The Matrix did about a decade ago. The casting is superb and the graphic effects are much and I mean MUCH cooler than anything I’ve seen in any movie before. 300 is absolutely ENTERTAINING!
The story and the hidden political message were pretty interesting too. Okay, fine so maybe there was no such thing as a hidden political message but who cares, let’s pretend there is one just for the fun of it. Here’s what I thought:
Leonidas = Bush
Xerxes = Ahmadinejad
The Spartans who opposed Leonidas going to war = Donkeys ie. “unpatriotic traitors”.
Leonidas supporters = Elephants
Watch the movie and you’ll know what I mean. It’s pretty obvious in my opinion. On a serious note though, Persians were portrayed in a negative way which made them look like a bunch of smelly barbarians. That wasn’t a nice thing to do, but then again, the movie is not based on accurate historical facts. Instead it can be considered mostly fiction. Most of my Iranian friends who watched it, enjoyed it. A few told me they vehemently reject the “filthy American propaganda” and are not going to watch the movie.
But I know I will… AGAIN!
SudaneseThinker
SudaneseThinker
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Growing up in Europe I was taught to see the Greeks as “my side” in this war and the Persians as the foreigners who attacked “our” civilisation.
But over the years I have come to accept that it was the Persians who were civilised while the Greeks, with all their Greek civilisation and everything, were pretty much a bunch of immoral barbarians.
I have now the greatest respect for the Persian empire and the Persian people and I still believe that the Jewish people owe the Persian empire, should it be resurrected, a certain loyalty in remembrance of the ancient friendship.
As for Ahmadinejad, he should be really quiet. The empire the movie portrays in a negative way is the empire his evil masters destroyed.
Arent all movies usually between the good and the bad?
And isnt it true that the Persians had a big defeat against the Greeks in the past?
but i havent seen the movie yet, so perhaps my comments are not really applicable.
Drima-
Perians AREN’T smelly barbarians? Really?
Well whaddya know about dat?
but then again, the movie is not based on accurate historical facts. Instead it can be considered mostly fiction.
Though the movie might not be historically accurate, the story behind the movie is based on historical facts.
Actually, the historical records on this battle are more verifiable than the majority of passages in both the Bible and the Koran.
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