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reply posted on 14-3-2007 @ 11:41 AM by Antoine

I'm just curious... those of you arguing against this movie, do you believe that no films that have a group portrayed as historical villains should be released?

I dont think that anyone here proposed the movie should be banned or not even released that should be extreme. The only things that i have seen here so far though is not the condemnation of iranians on the movie, instead the condemnation against Iranians Why so much hate people? Its really sad


Is it fair to make a movie that shows the horrible and inhuman treatment that blacks received at the hands of the Southern plantation owners? Can't the residents of the South say that those movies should be banned since they're not like that anymore and it's portraying them negatively? Is it fair to make a movie that shows the Holocaust? Can't the Germans of 2007 protest the showing of evil behavior by the Nazis since they're not like that in 2007 and obviously the movie is going to make people mad at Germans?

Is it fair? Well i think not, since the other side (''villains'') do not have the chance to defend their point of view. So for example,someone who has not studied history since the 300 movie, more or less identifies persians/iranians like some kind of ancient barbarians. The same goes for the residents of the south and the germans which you mentioned.

Should they Ban these movies? Ofcourse not, whatever country for any reason ban a movie,a book,a site or anything that contains art,information or any kind of subjection ideas is fascist ..

p.s Iran has not ban the 300 movie they have though the right to protest against it even though the movie apart from its historical facts is based on a comic

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reply posted on 14-3-2007 @ 12:09 PM by Souljah
I have no problem with this movie - in fact, I just can't wait to see it in cinema! I am not telling anyone to ban it or something like that, maybe you missunderstood me. I am talking about the perfect timing of this kind of history/fantasy epic movie - it is clear as day, that the Persians are kind of a reflection of Iran today and that the elite Spartan army is a reflection of the USArmy. I mean, you do not have to be a genius to see that. I wanted to see, how many of people here actually do realize this and how many are really just going to see "another fantasy epic movie", kind of like Lord of the Rings. But the problem is, that Lord of the Rings is based on a fictional novel, and the "bad guys" are actually not some historical persons. In case of 300 - yes it is based on Frank Miller's comic book (to whom I have deepest RESPECT!) - yet he still based his comic on real historical events and real historical people. It is not complete fantasy on the level of Lord of the Rings or Star Wars - but it is the same GOOD vs BAD kind of a movie; and here the Persian Empire is portrayed as extremly bad with some weird-looking-ork-like creatures in first front lines. I mean, who is that dude with chains? Looks like a troll or something - not really human.

The other thing is, what was pointed out on Page 1 of this thread, is that Hollywood is also involved in this War on Terror and we should expect more movies of epic heroic deeds being commited against some kind of ultimate evil islamic invaders and/or other terrorists. Like Rambo 4 for example, which is in the making or the new Die Hard movie, in which I am more then sure, that John shall deal with terrorists of some kind...

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reply posted on 14-3-2007 @ 12:45 PM by whargoul
Haha! I got to see a prescreener at an IMAX and it was AWESOME. It was free and PACKED!

I had been arguing with my cousin about just this point up until the day we saw the movie together. His stand was that this was a politically motivated (I believe his exact quote was something like "right-wing-republican-matabatory fantasy"), where as I sided in on the it's just a movie side...

As soon as the lights came up I looked to the stranger sitting next to me and said:
"What'd you think?"
"Yeah, it was pretty good!" was his reaction.
Which I followed with "Let's go kick Irans ass now! Yeah, I'm psyched there a buncha pansies huh!?!"
He looked at me like I was crazy and got the heck away from me.
"See?" I said to my cous...

To be fair lets look at this from a distance:
-Yes, based on true story. These guys (in real life and in the movie) didn't defeat the Persian army, they just held them up for a couple of days so the rest of the Greeks could get motivated. In game terms (I'm a big Warhammer fan), we would call this unit a "speed bump".
-Yes, Frank Miller (the author of the book) is rabidly right wing and pro war (at least that is how he has come off in an NPR interview).
-No, he didn't write this book to support our current war or Shrubs Axis of Evil idea. It was published in 1998.

I honestly don't think that the movie is politically motivated. I think that the movie is financially motivated following on the heals of Sin City's success. Frank is a hot commodity in Hollywood right now, BUT the rights of his best works are already owned by other intrests. The Daredevil/Electra/Bullseye movie was already done (written by Mark Steven Johnson who ruined it), The Dark Knight (that's Batman for those of you who don't know Frank Miller's work) already has his own franchise, and RoboCop2 and 3 sucked already in the late/early 80s/90s (bet you didn't know Frank had a hand in those gems did you?)! I bet we'll get Ronin, Hardboiled, or Martha Washington on the big screen next...

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reply posted on 14-3-2007 @ 01:12 PM by Matt_Mulder
Originally posted by zerotime

I watched the film and can't say I thought about Iran once. It was based on the Battle of Thermopylae which was a real event. I guess Iran doesn't ever like to remember history. 300 spartians and 700 Thespians did hold off a persian army of 1 million.

en.wikipedia.org...



HAHAHA, 1 million !!!! seriously man, go back to history studies, the Persian Army was merely 100.000 ! And you know what? The Greeks weren't only 300 ! the Spartans werre 300 (yes) helped by around 3500 troops from other Greek cities. Anyway, the "1 million" joke was a good one ! can you imagine 300 guys slashing 1 million guys ? I can't !


reply posted on 14-3-2007 @ 01:50 PM by 2manyquestions
Originally posted by Antoine

Well let me tell you that,in Greece this movie is top of the box office at the momment.Noone complaints about the movie,why should? the greeks are the favored by the movie

The critics vox brought up are from a well known politiced and cultural lover movie critic who allmost always gives the worst cristics at hollywood movies.His opinions doesnt even come close to what the average Greek person thinks about the movie. At tv shows and news the movie is shown as a great movie generally


I am so glad you said this. There is always someone's "shocking" opinion that gets all the attention around the world, and people assume that this opinion speaks for everyone. It sells newspapers, what can I say?

In my opinion people these days get offended by just about everything! Things get taken out of context, political messages get pinned to things where they do not belong,..... etc. etc. Some people on this board especially are so paranoid, that they believe there is a conspiracy theory behind everything.

Go read this, people. It partially talks about what Frank Miller had in mind when he was creating the Graphic Novel.

Frank Miller's 300

Like I said earlier,...... WHEN is it appropriate to make something into a movie? We're constantly at war with the Middle East, we may continue to be at war with the Middle east for another 100 years. Should we stop making war movies alltogether? Should we make every future movie politically correct? When Lord of the Rings came out I always thought that some of Sauron's forces looked kind of Middle Eastern. They were on the "evil" side. What changes would they have to have made to make them look less so? Did anyone get offended over it? I can't remember.

I'll be damned if someone tries to stifle my artistic freedoms to use little pieces of history along with fiction to create something neat. I LIKE history, and I enjoy the costumes and means of getting around. I don't consider it my fault that someone takes it as a history lesson.

This 300 movie wasn't even made to LOOK historically correct. They had fictional beasts for crying out loud! It's supposed to be eye-candy. Had they made it in the form of "Saving Private Ryan" for instance, then I'd say that MAYBE you have something there. "Documentaries" are far more dangerous than fictional movies, and work a lot better.

As an artist,...should I be held responsible for every nutjob out there who happens to think I'm talking about today's politics? I'm just trying to tell an adventure story. Should writers be held responsible for their fictional murder mysteries modeled after the real world... which just happen to inspire some nutjob to go kill someone? Same with musicians.

There will always be heroes and enemies, characters that inspire people with their brave deeds. If you identify with them, great,...... BUT my work is never intended to be used as fuel for hate and violence in the real world.
Oh I know!!! Maybe I should be banned from depicting battle scenes alltogether. Let's all just make pretty pictures with unicorns and butterflies. Maybe THAT will make everyone happy.
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