Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2007)

I've always loved history and I study it constantly. I did not watch 300 with any notion that I'd be seeing a movie that was historically accurate. With that in mind, I was surprised at some of the little details that were accurate, (of course much of it is still inaccurate but hey it's a movie).
This movie is also not right-wing propaganda. If you think so, then perhaps you should re-examine your own outlook and see just how far to the left you have gone. You might as well claim that Braveheart and Gladiator are also right-wing propaganda. Of course, any film that promotes strength would be considered right wing to the Daily Kos readers that are on here. Okay, for the facts, here we go:
Fact, King Leonidas did lead about 300 Spartans into the Hot Gates...with about another 4,000 Greeks or so. This was in junction with a Greek Naval action that held off the Persian navy and forced Xerxes to land further to the North, thus forcing him to confront the Greeks.
Fact, the Persian Empire covered parts of Africa, The Middle East, and yes, Persia (modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc). Thus, there were Africans, Egyptians, Arabs and surprisingly, Persians in the Persian army. Another small fact is that the Spartans and other Greek city-states were in fact Greek, thus they would appear white, kinda like they did in the film. Yes I know we're all used to seeing every possible ethnic makeup on screen to appease the race-baiters, but it wouldn't make sense to have a Greek Phalanx made up for anyone but white guys, right? Kinda like how the film Zulu had black men play the Zulu forces...
As for the dialog...again, if you think this is right-wing, then perhaps you're just that far to the left.
Now as for the film itself. It is very entertaining. You'll get the general gist of the historical action but do not take the film as an accurate portrayal of how the events really happened. There is no record that Xerxes used Rhinos or elephants in his invasion of Greece. That's just an example but you get the point.
The film is violent but it's not incredibly bloody. There's nudity but it's not pointless nudity.
Hopefully, you'll watch this film and want to know more about the time and the events.