Do you know the meaning of the word "fiction"?

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2007)

This movie NEVER intended to be an accurate version of the Battle of Thermopylae. It's based on a COMIC BOOK that was INSPIRED by historical events but remain, mostly, as a work of FICTION.
OF COURSE the Persians were not like that... The Persian army in 300 looks much more like an alien army in a science fiction movie, and are not to be taken seriously as the real ones.
Anyone who thinks that 300 is a political movie or has any intentions to confuse people can only be described as narrow minded and just plain stupid.
That said, 300 is a really enjoyable experience. It's not as violent as most critics said (it's certainly not as violent as Apocalypto) and it's pretty much like Frank Miller's graphic novel (but not as exciting, i'm sorry to say).
The funny thing about all this controversy is that, when the comic book was first released, people were not mad at Miller because of the way he portrayed the Persians, but because of what King Leonidas says to the Persian Messenger in the beginning of the story (when he calls the Athenians "boy lovers").