[MARKUSPRIME]

300 was excellent and it wasnt Warner bros. It was based off the frank miller graphic novel which is a work of comic book fiction.

[Clintonfatigued]

Interesting commentary.

[sinanju]

I don't think the film makers meant for the flick to be taken all that seriously. But if it inspires any viewers to read the actual history it will have been worth it's salt.

I know I would much rather have been a Persian that a Spartan.

I'm a bit factory-irregular. I would have been thrown on the trash heap at birth.

[isthisnickcool]

In Iran when you are born you are automatically a moslem even if you might not want to be. That sucks, and because of it it's A-OK to make really cool movies using parts of history to say that Persians are skanky a$$ed homos. And why not? They are....

Gotta go, I'm need to do some more situps........

[Cicero]

Cyrus was a great king who was admired as a role model right down into the Renaissance. But Xerxes? I think not.

[M203M4]

...slandering a great civilization is an undeniable sin, and an intolerable offense by any standard.

I agree 100%. Good thing they didn't choose a great civilization to slander.

[Ecliptic]

If the king Xerxes was so great, why did he conquer other countries and rule over them? If Iran is so great, why is this writer not there?

[Billthedrill]

If we are talking historical fact instead of the comic book that was the origin of the movie we'd better respect all of it. Xerxes really did invade Greece and he really was beaten. Fact.

Now, as to whether the caricatures presented in the movie do justice to the historical characters, let's not be silly. Have they ever?

[Lil'freeper]

This is kind of like complaining that Sin City wasn't true enough.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Names Ash Housewares]

"slandering a great civilization"


NOT TRUE.

They were portraying the barbarism of an ancient empire that most assurdly occured.

[LdSentinal]

It's still more factual than An Inconvenient Truth.

[Eepsy]

Has anyone else noticed the keyword "300" doesn't work?

[expatpat]

Alas, that would not help either because the DeLorean was destroyed in the last “Back to the Future.

Hey, I have one in my garage. If I could just get a refurbished flux-capacitor......

[flintsilver7]

Well, let's see.

Anybody who thought, after seeing 300 - that the Persians actually had in their employ superb warrior mutants, a ten foot tall king who sounded like Darth Vader, a trained rhinoceros (or several), war-trained elephants, and lest we forget a giant mutant lobster-man with a bladed claw-hand for the express purpose of beheading the king's enemies - is an idiot.

As, for that matter, is anybody who thinks this film is intended to be historically accurate. It never was, and it never made that claim. It's a movie based on a graphic novel, itself loosely based on Thermopylae. If I remember correctly, Thermopylae never came up, and neither did Platea. I'll say again you have to be pretty stupid to think it's historically accurate or even remotely intended to be historically accurate.

[AIM-54]

I just saw it.

Great movie! It's not intended to be a documentary, so I don't understand all the point of all the anal historical nitpicking, but as an inspirational rally cry, it's great. It might even stimulate some backbone growth in some circles. Who knows?

[Dead Dog]

The Persians weren't much.

[Oztrich Boy]

By many historical accounts contrary to his depiction in “300”, Xerxes was a wise man, a tolerant king, and the founder of “Systematic Management”.

I'm thinking the Ancient Greeks may not have fully shared that viewpoint.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Xerxes, whose character was later distorted in Greek legend, was neither foolish nor overly optimistic;

....Appearently he was just plenty foolish and optimistic enough to think he could invade Greece and not get his ass kicked.

[DejaJude]

Just got home from seeing 300. I loved it. Would see it again. It was awesome. I don't care how historically accurate it was, it was a great ride. Go see it if you can take war scenes like Lord of the Rings or sex scenes like most are allowed on TV these days.