300

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2007)

It really aggravates me to see others accuse a movie of being a blatant form of propaganda, when it obviously isn't.
Movies are made... and meant to entertain, and hearing that 300 is a stale movie with brittle characters and I guess what some have called a "fascist" message, and then there are the ones that say the way Persians are portrayed in the movie is offensive.
These are people who obviously don't respect movies as the art they are. Calling a movie, "fascist" and exploiting the tag line of a movie just to force their own opinions on everyone else. Furthermore, in a movie... there has to be a protagonist and an antagonist, its how things have always been and always will be. In this instance, Sparta are the good guys, and the Persians are the bad guys... OF COURSE THE GOOD GUYS... are going to be made up and the BAD GUYS are going to look like beasts, its not racist, and it definitely shouldn't be thought as such. Thats like someone making a Beowulf movie and some ethnic group getting offended because they feel Grendal(besides being a monster) portrays their race incorrectly.
We all know, before 300 was a hit in the box office, it was Frank Miller's graphic novel, however not all of us know before that was the movie. "The 300 Spartans" and yes, it was made in a different time... but I urge anyone to watch and dare them to say... its racist... or fascist, it'd be entertaining to see.
I loved the newest 300, its visuals.. its story and its characters, and I was glad to see it in theaters.
Thanks.