Posted on 03/14/2007 8:28:21 AM PDT by meg88
3/13/07 A few words on the unethical movie 300 produced by Warner Brothers Company of USA By Abolfazl Moghadam
One more time the world is witnessing the true face of hypocrisy and disrespect towards other cultures by a few who would put their profits before any kinds of rules of decency. One more time the world is witnessing the distortion of facts, unethical behavior of directors such as Zack Snyder.
It would not take much time for a reasonable man and woman after watching this movie 300 to well qualify Mr. Snyder and his irresponsible film studio, namely Warner Brothers, as the most successful candidates to win the top prize of insulting, disrespecting the Iranian (Persian) culture and the Iranians all over the world.
Have these people forgotten the civilization that Persia brought to the world? Probably not. They know the facts well. Their attempt in making such movie is nothing but assassination of characters. Even if they wanted to read the history, the most they would chose to go for a reference, would be no one but the Herodotus who fictitiously claimed and distorted the history and reported that the 300 Spartans stopped the Persian Army for 3 days! No one of course would be so much surprised as Herodotus was a Greek himself, and apparently Herodotus was not ready to reflect both sides of the coins, in a fair and equitable manner.
The fact is that the world's intellectuals whether be the Persians, or non Persians, those whose hearts are filled with the love of Persia, Persian poetry and civilization, those who appreciate the great contributions of Persians towards the world's culture and science, would understand that the movie 300 is nothing but a distortion fact machine. The irony is that in the movie the Persian King which supposed to be King Xerxes has been portrayed as someone with an African complex! The movie scenario is gravely equipped with tons of ill information and ignorance which is once again the manifestation of Mr. Snyder's and Warner Brothers' ignorance on the true history.
They could have done a better job, had they set aside their feelings of hatred towards the Persian culture and civilization. They could have better written the manuscript for the movie, had they known that, or cared to read about the first Charter of Human Rights by Cyrus The Great (550 B.C), and the impact it had on the human behaviors of many countries of the time, including Greece.
I have no doubt in my mind that the world would make its own judgment at the end of the day; that the movie 300 is an absolute manifestation of ignorance towards the Persian civilization, a complete facts distortion mission, a total disregard towards the human dignity, a complete disrespect and insult towards another culture and civilization, and finally a miserable move by the producer and people alike, in trying to save their troubled life by constantly manufacturing and portraying false events, so to make up for their own inability to move forward, and have positive progress.
Although the damage has been done, but Warner Brothers and Mr. Snyder must be courageous enough to withdraw the movie from the market impromptu, rectify the malicious misinformation and misrepresentation that have constituted the very inches of the movie, and apologize to the Iranian communities all over the world.
What have you done for me lately, other than hack off the heads of innocent people?
Take a hike, jerk.
Nobody was keeping the Persians from writing things down.
Apparently this habit of producing nothing of lasting value and criticizing those who do is nothing new...
Excellent point!!
...didn't the Iranians claim that the Persians were the first to create freedom of speech?
That's ironic on so many levels.
This is quite possibly the worst piece I've encountered on FR.
If the writer knows so much more about Persian history, why wouldn't he share it instead of whining like a crybaby that Zack Snyder isn't factual? There are no specifics in his rant to prove his point.
Moron.
For Pete's sake it's a movie. Have you ever seen a movie that was 100% historically correct? All this writing is trying to do is make everyone feel guilty about how they feel about Islam. That king, by the way...if you look at history, was an animal.
I agree. I will not see it four more times on the big screen. I will not buy the dvd so I can not watch it on my tv. I will not popcorn and watch it over and over.
"I heard this movie wasn't very good and not worth watching, but after reading this I'm going!"
They lied. It's real good. I want to see it again.
So true!
I think it's time for a prequel...about how the Persians got their clocks cleaned at Marathon by another smaller Greek army.
Then, we need to put out another movie about Alexander the Great and how he conquered Persia with a relatively small force.
Come to think of it, the Persians must have been real wussies on the battlefield. Did they ever have any notable wins against the west?
LOL...get in line...this is Hollyweird's trademark modus operandi. Where, exactly, was his outrage at the attack on Jesus by James Cameron? Would he care to revisit the definition of hypocrisy along with a mirror in hand?
I think it's time for a prequel...about how the Persians got their clocks cleaned at Marathon by another smaller Greek army.
Then, we need to put out another movie about Alexander the Great and how he conquered Persia with a relatively small force.
Come to think of it, the Persians must have been real wussies on the battlefield. Did they ever have any notable wins against the west?
Abolfazl Moghadam (or however the hell you pronounce that) geez dude. Get yourself a drink and relaxe. You're just way too uptight.
Dang. Get some fresh air...drink a couple beers...do something. You gotta loosen up, man.
Kind of funny actually.
If a Zoarastrian or neo-pagan devotee of ancient Persian paganism takes offense at the 300, I have a little sympathy: from what I've heard (I have yet to see it) the portrayal of Persian decadence as reimagined complete with effective magic is a bit over the top.
Carping about it from the moral and spiritual descendants of the Mohammedans who destroyed ancient Persian culture is, well, amusing.
He didn't.
Molon Labe, goat-effing sons of pigs
What?!
No Fatwa?!
This is ridiculous. While Herodotus is not exactly an unimpeachable source, his favorable treatment of and even occasional open admiration for the Persians in his Histories puts lie to the silly notion that he was somehow biased against them.
Saw it last night - SPECTACULAR movie!!!
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