non-realistic

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2007)

I always hated the movies that tend to lie to the audience and flip the reality. Greece and Persians were neighbors at the time. How come one is such a savage country and the other is so democratic and how come one is full of ugly barbars and the other is all about good looking men and women?! history doesn't approve that. Persian empire was in deed a democratic empire founded by Kouroush: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great
Some might argue that showing an enemy, we shouldn't expect much of how Persian would look like. However, this movie is based on a historic fact and when embedding history, film maker must stay loyal to it. At least some research about how Iranians looked like or what they use to wear would be appreciated!