Contrevarsy Of 300 (the movie)

[Lakonian]

Hello again, this is a preety interesting subject. I have noticed lately a large buzz over this movie, and mainly a negative one. Theres alot of people who are already offended by the artistic approach of this movie, but yet it seems to me they have no real argument.

Im talking about the racial impact it has had on alot of people who have had the chance to take a glimpse of the trailer. Posts are feeling with hate threads , and history is been re written in there claims by realy no logic at all.

Some of these claims are as follows:

1-Modern day Jews are made of Greeks because they to raise there heads against the Middle East.

2-The movie is posing as white man shwoing a black man how its done.

3-Historicaly inaccurate with riddiculous claims such as Leonidas actualy kneeling at the feet of Xerxes.

My answeres are as follows:

1- This is absolute crap, Jews and Hellenes are like comparing night to day and besides, Xerxes was like god to the Jews, and im preety sure in his line of so called warriors there were many Jews coming to inslave little Hellas.and also his wife Esther was a Jew!.

2- Yawn....broken record.

3-LOL thats a funny one.

Im sick and tired of all the negative potrail our history is been given, are those idiots forgeting they attacked us for hundreds of years.....and failed!

From there Cyrus all they way to there biggest failure Darius III.

Xerxes wife prefered her slaves to be Greek rather then anything else.

Most of all the Persian army where not made up of just "Persians", and most of all who fought for those barbarians where dark skinned, Indians, Egyptians, Africans, etc why is that so unbelievable? What they were realy white and the Greeks were black?

It seems to me this movie is going to leave a bad taste in peoples mouths and critics are going to love it!
Im going to watch it with great pride, although its not historicaly accurate in many scenes it still captures a part of our history, and it was no myth! I have seen many clips, and i think it looks more Greek than TROY. Its art more than anything.

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

Completely lame. When you are on top, people want to knock you down, and hard.

[Tsontos]

the movie shows leonidas kneeling at xerxes' feet?

[Spartan]

The movie is not a documentary and never claims to be. One must remember that it is completely based on a visual graphic comic book. The emphasis is on the visual. The main thing is to remember the basis of the story. FREEDOM.

Don't think of it as a telling of history, think of it as pure entertainment. The same thing happened with Troy. It was so historically innacurrate but it was a good movie overall. Now Alexander was just a bad movie with many historical innacuracies.

[Lakonian]

Originally Posted by Voulgaroktonos

the movie shows leonidas kneeling at xerxes' feet?

Sorry i should of been abit more deatiled here, some Persian(Irani) was boasting that theres an ancient tablet in Iran that has written on it " King Leonidas nelt before the God King"...i have never heard of it before and if its true, its rubbish!

But and please do not read further becuse im about to qoute a spoiler here.....there is a scene in teh end when a persians screams to leonidas to kneel one last time, he does and he asked to throw his sword and shield and he does that aswell.
But as he goes to kneel, a spartan leaps and steps off his back and drives a spear staright through the Persian...although its preety cool, i think this scene will dissapoint me because a Spartan never releases his shield, not even for this "Matrix" style move the movie has basically taken away a main principal of the Spartans.

Anyway, im certainly not put off this amazingly made film, its still our history!

[Ehetlaios]

Originally Posted by Voulgaroktonos

the movie shows leonidas kneeling at xerxes' feet?

ΣΤΟ ΚΟΜΙΚ, ΤΗΝ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΩ ΟΙ ΣΠΑΡΤΙΑΤΕΣ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΠΕΡΙΚΥΚΛΩΘΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΣΤΗΘΕΙ ΣΑΝ ΜΙΑ ΧΕΛΩΝΑ ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΣΩΝ (ΦΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΟ ΤΡΕΙΛΕΡ) Ο ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑΣ ΑΦΗΝΕΙ ΚΑΤΩ ΤΗΝ ΑΣΠΙΔΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΔΟΡΥ ΤΟΥ. Ο ΞΕΡΞΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΕΥΕΙ ΟΤΙ ΟΛΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΕΛΕΙΩΣΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΥΠΑΣΠΙΣΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΗΓΑΙΝΕΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑ, ΑΛΛΑ ΤΟΤΕ ΕΝΑΣ ΝΕΑΡΟΣ ΣΠΑΡΤΙΑΤΗΣ ΠΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΚΟΜΙΚ ΟΝΟΜΑΖΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΗΛΙΟΣ ΠΕΤΑΓΕΤΑΙ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ, ΣΚΟΤΩΝΕΙ ΤΟΝ ΠΕΡΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΝΕΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑ ΑΡΚΕΤΟ ΧΡΟΝΟ ΩΣΤΕ ΝΑ ΑΡΠΑΞΕΙ ΤΟ ΔΟΡΥ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΤΟ ΕΞΦΕΝΔΟΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΞΕΡΞΗ.

[olvios]

The comic has nothing to do with history is full of things that they never did but Miller never said he was doing history.Just a comic.

[olvios]

There is an article in epsilon eleutherotypia can someone scan and post it? ITs about the movie and reenacting it has us too(i mean ÓðáñôéáôéêÃ�ò Ìüñåò - ÅëëçÃ*éêüÃ* ¢ãçìá.

[olvios]

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/meg...SHMAXON/photos
here or
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/meg...os/browse/53b7

[Lakonian]

Here are some more crazy posts across the net in regerds to the movie i have pasted two of them with there titles bolded, ine malakismeni re pethia:

Unfair movie! Who do you call barbarian

The movie is very unfair about the Persian civilization! Look at Persian Empire in brief: What is the defenition of a civilized nation!
"Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the Great, who created a policy of religious and cultural tolerance that became the hallmark of Persian rule. Engineering feats include an innovative system of water management; a cross-continent paved roadway stretching 1500 miles; a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea; and the creation of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Mausoleum of Maussollos." (from the History Channel)

Who are Evils? You should be ignorant to call Persians barbers and evils;

the land that housed the birth of human rights, cultural and religion tolerance, complex civilizations and in fact monotheism.

1- Persians were the first nation practiced religious and cultural tolerance (read Bible-ex. Book of Ezra) although they were the first nation who accepts monotheism ( Monotheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... ).

2- Persian issued what is now called the world's first Human Rights and Freedom declaration ( Cyrus Cylin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...)

3- Engineering of the first complex and diverse civilization

These are heritages of the Persian Empire.

persia older than history, u can't make joke with it!


this poor theme just can show the unwareness of the auther and also the director of the movie! how can u do such a great project and ignoring the facts of our persian culture??persia is older than history...i don't know what to say ,but i wish u people to study more and be aware of our great history and culture! its so sad to hear some people sitting in the land of freedom and speaking wrongly about some thing that is so presious for more than 80 milion people allover the world...thats really shamefull!!