Comments on: 300: More Than a Movie for Many Iranians

By: Global Voices Online » Iran:”Anti Iranian Series on Iranian TV!”

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:04:42 +0000

[...] Iranian series on Iranian TV” and it is produced in Iran. The blogger calls it worse than 300 movie.The blogger says in this series,Achaemenid's soldiers were shown as very wild people who used [...]

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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:33:57 +0000

[...] أن الرد المناسب على التلفزيون الإيراني يكون بتوزيع الفيلم “ثلاث مئة”, الذي يعتبر إهانة للإيرانيين, وبثه على جميع القنوات [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Afghan bloggers irritated by Iranian TV series

Global Voices Online » Afghan bloggers irritated by Iranian TV series — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:42:49 +0000

[...] Afghanistan. The blogger adds that a suitable response would to Iranian TV would be to distribute the film 300, which is insulting to Iranians, and air it on all 13 channels in [...]

By: Slobeck

Slobeck — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:02:09 +0000

While I agree wholly in the criticisms leveled at 300 where the stories of ancient events are concerned. Clearly HOW a people is portayed in a film can have a (frightening) effect on how others see the people who are portrayed. But where 300 is concerned, it all comes back to the comic book. The producers of the film preserved both Miller’s story and the look of his paintings, not history. What’s sad is less the movie, but rather that Miller himself wasn’t sensitive to the message that his pseudo-historical fantasy comic would have. I think had the original work had been culturally appropriate (at all) it would have been in the film. My point ultimately being that in making the story more correct historically, it would have not been “Frank Miller’s 300″ anymore. It may be that the movie be better not made at all than to try and “fix”it. I enjoyed the visuals, I guess, but I winced (to put it mildly) with all my friends at the freaky devil goat-head thing. It was really awful. It’s just the type of thing that “middle america” uses in formulating opinion about other cultures. Shameful. So whattaya do if you’re a Frank Miller comic fan (think “Sin City” and you want to turn this other totally visually amazing comic into a film? In my opinion you ask Miller to write a different story or just shelve the idea. The harm of the film may outweigh the artistic merit of the film as “art.”

Feel free to call me out if I’m way off base.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:53:17 +0000

Remember us, as simple an order as a king can give. Remember why we died. For he didn’t wish tribute or song. No monuments, no poems of war and valour. His wish was simple…remember us, he said to me. That was his hope. Should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be, may all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones: Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, that here by Spartan law we lie. So my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king’s cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, so far from home, laid down their lives, not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes’ hordes face obliteration! Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of 300. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks! Haroo! The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine. Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! To victory!

By: Bonb This

Bonb This — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:36:33 +0000

It’s based off a comic book for Petes sake. Get a grip. People want to blast Hollywood, or blast the film itself. The film was true to the “Graphic Novel”, or “comic book,” if you will. I disagree with what has been posted about americans not understanding the facts. The History channel and Discovery channel have been running programs about Sparta for the past few months. At the end of the day the facts are that the Persian Army lost by land and by sea, even though they had a significantly larger army and navy.

I agree with what has been posted about anti american films. I have seen a few of them. Those films are present day films attacking americans currently, not attacking american from the 1800′s. Even so, anti american films and even anti christian films (and there are many) may produce protest, but they never produce violence, distruction and murder. Can the same be said of protests against anti arab/muslim films, and the like?

Americans and christians are lampooned, made fun of, ridiculed, etc. unceasingly in the media. We take it in stride and laugh at ourselves. How many Jesus skits have we seen on SNL? But no one dares mention mohammed, or Islma in parodys, skits or even media. Hell, Van Goh was murdered for his film. No one wants to go near Islam out of fear. That’s present day news. Isn’t there something barbaric about that?

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:54:10 +0000

Lets be realistic people………IT IS JUST A MOVIE.

Im a big history buff. The theatrical way in which the Persians were potrayed in my opinion actually made them look more terrifying than the reality. Xeres defintitely wasnt a 17ft giant.

First.. the truth is that the Persian army wasnt even filled with Iranians. The major portion of xeres army came from the conquered nations that were nothing but slave forces.

Second…If the Iranians cant accept the fact that the babylonian rulers were hell bent on world conquest, killing all who stood in their way or opposed them …then too bad its a historical fact.

Third if Xeres were alive today he would slaughter all of the Iranians because they worship Allah and the Prophet mohammed. Xeres killed and destoyed all who would not recognize him as a God King. He was tolerant and forgiving, even the Bible shows that, but only if one submitted to his God like persona. Actually historical records recorded that all the babylonian kings were like that.

The Persian empire was a place of great wonder and beauty..but like all great empires..Egypt, Rome, Alexander..it was only made that way through military force. Anyone who resisted was killed. Thats a fact of all ancient warfare.

Also the only reason xeres lost so many men was because most of his men except the immortals were very light infantry with little to no armour. And their weapons were not strong enough to pierce the Spartan heavy infantry armour setup in a phalnax manuever placed in such a strategic location.

And to believe that hollywood sat around trying to figure out a way to discredit the Iranians, and poof… came up with this movie is ridiculous. It takes a minimum of 2-3 years for a movie to get approval for production another year or so for casting and resources.
Then the time it actually takes to shoot the film. Again another thought based on the idea that the big bad west is out to get Iran. Alot of Iran’s problems are self generated. Due to the lack of a free press and media. It is no secret that the Iranians flood the public with anti-west propaganda that is totally false. But..you know the old saying..Tell a lie long enough and people will believe it.

All these responses from iranians are emotional, knee jerk reactions.
Please think before you lash out at something so unimportant like a movie that means nothing.

This movie was for entertainment not historical accuracy.

Yes the movie was grossly exaggerated ….
BUT MAN IT WAS A REAL COOL MOVIE!!!!!!!

By: Mohammad Masih

Mohammad Masih — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:05:24 +0000

بسم الله,
ما هم که آدم نبودیم؟!

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