300 is amazing and definitely not racist.

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2007)

Basically, if you think that 9/11 was a conspiracy and wear a tin-foil hat to make sure the Bush administration isn't reading your thoughts, don't go and see this film. Instead, watch Loose Change on Youtube for the 90th time and argue in your college politics class that the war in Iraq is 'just for oil...man.'.
If, however, you like a good hack and slash movie with a healthy dose of cheese, and you know when to think and when not to think; you'll be alright.
Honestly, I'm not a member of the BNP, went on a couple of the anti-war demos and am one of the first to condemn casual racism, and I couldn't see anything racist about 300.
The film is told from the perspective of the Spartans, therefore the bad guys are going to be the Persians. People are claiming that the movie is racist because all the bad guys are Middle Eastern. OF COURSE THE BAD GUYS ARE GOING TO BE MIDDLE EASTERN, THEY'RE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST! OF COURSE THE GOOD GUYS ARE GOING TO BE WHITE, THEY'RE FROM EUROPE!
Is Zulu racist? Is it b*****ks.
Is this film bigoted because Persian King Xerxes plucks his eyebrows? No. He's 10 feet tall as well. Can you really see someone disliking this movie because "Oh that Xerxes bloke? Yeah, he's way too tall. No one's that tall." Does Zack Snyder hate disabled people? I don't know, I have never met the man. His movie, on the other hand, isn't. To any one who thinks that this movie discriminates against paraplegics and disabled people, I say this: Watch the film again. Remember that scene with the big lesbian orgy? All those paraplegics and mutants get to join in with that. That rules! I would love to get involved in a big, oily lesbian orgy.
This film is not meant to be a by-the-books re-telling of the Battle Of Thermopylae. It's about comic-book violence, slowed down like sports injury replays so you can punch the air and say "AWESOME!". It's about macho, rugby player's attitude towards sissies. It's both homo-erotic and homophobic at exactly the same time, which I think is brilliant.
This film has everything a balls-out, wall-punching, thrash-metal soundtrack action film needs: Uber violence, cheesy speeches, 6ft Greeks in loin cloths, hot girls getting it from all angles, lesbians, and, best of all, endangered species getting pushed off cliffs.
And if you don't like that, put down your U2 CD, get off your high-horse, go down to your local cinema, smuggle some beers into the place, relax, and live a little.