Comic Book Propaganda

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2007)

The movie itself is OK... lots of effects etc. Though anyone looking for another Sin City will be disappointed. Where the movie gets interesting is in it's propaganda value; I have no doubt that it will be cited in history papers in years to come. The storyline has the "democratic" Spartans standing against the tyrannical Persians... which easily provides an anti Moslem vehicle. This of course neatly side steps the truth which is that the Spartans were a fairly autocratic bunch with no interest whatsoever in "freedom". So even if as a movie it comes no where close to Sin City - does it work as propaganda? Well its expensive propaganda.. and arty propaganda.. but at the end of the day I was left feeling that the Spartans were the Imperial Guard and the Persians the coalition forces.