A huge distortion of a glorious history

Rating: 1/10 (26 March 2007)

A historical film or a film about history must follow ethical principles. Art must be in service of culture and humanity. Somebody may say "come on, it is not a historical film, it is just for amusement". If one wants to produce a mythic film (unreal) just for amusement or fun, he (she) should not name the real persons and countries for his (her) unreal characters. For example, The Lord of Rings had a correct way. But,300 is a huge distortion of history. A glorious history was distorted to barbarian behaviors. Also, a historical film must be decorated according to historical books and monuments. Not only for the pictures of persons, but also for the dresses of soldiers, equipment, etc. I have seen a picture from Xerxes in a Persian translation of The Histories (by Herodotus) refers to the book published in Athens in 1976, page 620. I don't know it is real or it is an artist picture. However, there are numerous relieves of Achaemenid kings on the walls of Persepolis palace and in other monuments.
But why did I mention a glorious history?
*Xerxes was son of Darius the great and Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the great unified smaller kingdoms from the Greece borders in the west to the Indus River in the east with justice. "I freed the citizens of Babylon from the yoke of servitude". Cyrus declared the first human rights charter at 500 BC, e.g., freedom of religions, etc. He allowed the people to continue worshiping their gods and have their temples, despite his own monotheist believes.
*Old Testament explain good about Cyrus the Great (see Book of Ezra).
*Cyrus freed Israelites who were slaves in Babylon. Some of them went back to Jerusalam and the others stayed in Iran freely.
*Derius the Great ordered to dig the Suez Canal for shipping and it was operational at that time.
"...I ordered to dig this canal from the river that is called Nile and flows in Egypt, to the sea that begins in Persia... (from a stele that was discovered in 1866, by Charles de Lesseps)"
*Persepolis was built by wage, not by slaves.
*The first brain surgery in Iran dates back to 2800 BC, discovered in an excavation in Burned City near Zabol in the east of Iran.