A new film is crowned "Best Comic Book Movie."
Brothers and sisters, lend me your eyes so I may share with you the tale of brave Leonidas I, King of Sparta, son of King Anaxandridas II, descendant of Heracles, who led 300 Spartan warriors against the seemingly unending forces of Emperor Xerxes of Persia at The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.…
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176 - Elliot
I can't imagine how unformed, immature and feckless these stories will be after being translated into farsi. try translating a story that has been formed by over 40,000 english simple verbs into farsi with only 300 simple verbs.
177 - Christopher Rose
As the Comments Editor for this site, unless I get an explanation as to how and why so many people (Nery, kelly, sara, human right, megan, terry, sean, mark, russ, ben, jason, jack, Alf, jessy, Eric, edmond, toby, veronica, sandra, tin, russle, tommy and Elliot) all share the same computer/IP address and have the same negative opinion of Farsi, I shall be forced to assume that it is one person spamming the site and all such remarks, past and future, will be deleted and the user banned from the site. I'll give you 2 days to explain or you're gone.
178 - jacob Dinjens
The movie was great ,the graphics were amazing and what i thought was the most interesting part of the movie was the ending a lot of people did'nt like the ending but i did, It show every body the god was not actualy a god and he will have to live with every body knowing that he is a fake!
179 - larry
Iranian nationality does not exist By Edward N. Luttwak
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
As for the claim that the "Iranians" are united in patriotic support for the nuclear program, no such nationality even exists. Out of Iran's population of 70 million or so, 51 percent are ethnically Persian, 24 percent are Turks ("Azeris" is the regime's term), with other minorities comprising the remaining quarter. Many of Iran's 16-17 million Turks are in revolt against Persian cultural imperialism; its 5-6 million Kurds have started a serious insurgency; the Arab minority detonates bombs in Ahvaz; and Baluch tribesmen attack gendarmes and Revolutionary Guards. If some 40 percent of the British population were engaged in separatist struggles of varying intensity, nobody would claim that it was firmly united around the London government. On top of this, many of the Persian majority oppose the theocratic regime, either because they have become post-Islamic in reaction to its many prohibitions, or because they are Sufis, whom the regime now persecutes almost as much as the small Bahai minority. So let us have no more reports from Tehran stressing the country's national unity. Persian nationalism is a minority position in a country where half the population is not even Persian. In our times, multinational states either decentralize or break up more or less violently; Iran is not decentralizing, so its future seems highly predictable, while in the present not much cohesion under attack is to be expected."
180 - baz
There are some to point in these :
1. As a movie, this is a good one. But, in the end, wheter you like it or not, the message is wrong. Good American, good persian and others become so cruel say every bad vocabullary to insult each other.
2. Even, American film maker has told about how glorious eastern culture but still they put american message or american heroes in it. It's film style. The film about the Gaul (France) in Asterix always put Romans a bad guy. The spicy things about film is we can make our own thing more in everyway. Im any kind of film made by any nation of film maker. The film won't make any other persian less value than others.
3. For some who compare the comic graphic with nazi. I dont think its a good one. The German nazi is true, but the comic is not. Good people and bad people exist by many aspect such as family, neighbourhood, religion, social class, childhood upbringing etc.
4. Just be objective. You denie to be racist but all of you become racist to each other by saying bad things that you know only from short list of information and lack of experience.
5. Face the fact that eastern and western is influence by each other in so many ways. Any persons who says that his country is the number one by underestimating others also consider cauvinist including American who judge persian as chauvinist. Remember cahuvinism has brought us into war in WW II.
6. Keep the comment to the film not anything else beyond.
181 - mpg
300 was a lot of oiled, hard male bodies, running around with a snarl on their lips killing other really odd looking people in impossible costumes. It must have taken Xerxes 4 hours to put on all his chains, doodads and other lovely equipment. So much of it was ridiculous that I could not recommend it. I was able to watch it in about 35 minutes with the aid of my trusty "really fast forward" button.
182 - Jessica
"Not since the films of Sam Peckinpah has killing looked so good on the big screen."
aisdjas. That means that they don't show what it is to murder. It means that they got it wrong!
The film was dumb. The accents were random, the history was butchered. The only redeeming point was the chuckles I got from the men in little undies and red satin cloaks standing all muscly and glistening and going "it's going to be a rough night!"
But then I realised they were standing in front of a wall of human bodies. It didn't have the punch that Troy did in relation to the act of murder. Achillies, though not enough, in the film version was faced with the horrible nature of his murdering when Priam came to get Hector's body. "I loved my son from the moment he opened his eyes to the moment you closed them."
300 was a mess. I haven't read the graphic novel, but if was as shallow as the film, I pity the trees that died for the paper.
It didn't have to say murder was wrong. But it tried to make the 300 into heroes and not examine them as people. And do heroes have no feelings towards the people they murder? The film kind of shrugged and showed you some nekkid flesh.
183 - kyle
sure the history may be a little off but ur missing the point. the point is sum1 actually had the guts to go and fight against pretty much the world even tho they new they didnt have a chance of actually winning they could at least hold off the seige until sparta would decide to go to war. just because u live in a world were u do as ur told and sit in ur apartment thinking that everything is ok dont mean thats the real world.
184 - jelli208
to many words
185 - El Bicho
Stick to television and Michael bay movies. It won't hurt your brain so much.
186 - Chris Beaumont
Hey! I like some of Bay's flicks. No one blows stuff up like he does!
I would say replace Bay with Boll and you're good to go!
187 - El Bicho
What are you, some kind of Film School Reject? Set aside the terrible scripts, Bay doesn't even know how to tell a story visually. Most of the films I have suffered through, he has his most visually dynamic scene early on, causing the rest of the film to become boring to look at. Armageddon, Bad Boys,...I'd mention another but bad things happen when you mention three Bay titles in a row.
188 - Chris Beaumont
LOL, I guess I am. Never said they were my favorites, or that he was great, but there are mush worse out there and I love to see him blow stuff up.
I didn't even get into you messing with tv! haha
189 - El Bicho
Dude, I love TV and not just the high falutin' dramas like The Wire or imported fare like Prime Suspect. I love car wreck TV like Jerry Springer, Maury Povich Paternity shows, whatever VH celebrity nonsense they got going on. I was just trying to help my friend jelli who seemed to be overwhelmed by "to many words".
190 - Chris Beaumont
I just trying to have a little fun... I am not much of a commentor I'm afraid.
191 - El Bicho
I wasn't trying to stop you
192 - Andreas Kokkinoftas Nicosia Cyprus
Hey everybody!I'm from greece so excuse my english.I would like to leave a comment for this movie.I think that from the side of the cast,the script and of course the effects the movie is a masterpiece. Now there are some things which don't match to the original greek story such as that efialtis is something like a goblin or that the speciall persian troop 'the immortals' were ninja-monsters and that there were monsters in the army of Xerxis.Of course Efialtis was a nearby peasant and a normal person,nothing to do with the spartans,however he trade them. Second the immortals were the speciall troop of the persian army but they were normal persian warriors and again nothing to do with ninjas or monsters.At last there were no monsters in the persian army. That points (and some other)were added from the director to give more interest to the story. In my opinin it's ok but in some cases the director is overdoning it.Never the less i think it's a great movie and worths seeing it many times.
Andreas Kokkinoftas Nicosia Cyprus
193 - Achaemenian Soldier
The only thing that a persian boy wants to tell to World is that 300 was a BIG, BIG LIE....
People who believe in this fucking story, are as stupid as a donkey.
I don't know what can I do against this damn movie, but I'm sure that the way of PERSIANS will get back to a BIG LIE called "300".
These LIES is common and as all of you know these days, like Damn Alexander, Persepolis movie and etc.
194 - Aussie Guy
Worst movie i have seen in ages. The blood was pathetic as were the characters and acting involved. i actualy had to check again to see if it was a comedy or not.
1 star
195 - El Bicho
Aussie Guy, that's the worst opinion I have read in ages.
Zero stars
196 - TR
This was so much more than a movie. IT WAS A WORK OF ART. Every frame could be framed and hung upon a museum wall.
197 - Andreas Kokkinoftas
Yes i agree with the guy before me but NOT with the persian boy
The story is true
Greek historians have wrote these facts
And as you know modern history has began from these historians
So the movie is not a lie!!!!
198 - Monika Phoenix
Andreas don't be stupid, listen to the poor Greek kid a couple of comments before.
I loved the 300 movie, and I have Persian in my background. My mate told me it was made close to the graphic novel, so the Persians were made to look disgusting. It doesn't actually mean they ARE feral and obviously the story has some truth, but it has gone far off the track.
The effects were fantastic, and the movie entertaining. But a lot of people don't like it, cause they say it will lead people off the track and actually believe the story by the actual movie.
Which unfortunately, there will always be an uneducated bum that watches it and thinks Persians are like that. So in that case it sucks.
That was a mad movie! :D
haha
199 - Molly
Well...this was an interesting page. I'm writing a summary and reaction essay to movie reviews of The 300. Personally...I loved the movie. But then again i'm just an ignorant white midwestern american who doesn't know their history lessons.
200 - Andreas Kokkinoftas
Monika i know that the movie has been twisted for cinematic reasons but the basic storyline is what you see(basicly 300 spartans vs 700000 persians i think) anw the most important is the courage that was showned from the true leonidas and 300 spartans
201 - Parastoo
About a year ago, I sent a bunch of comments on this page, because I thought I had to defend my mother tongue, Persian (Farsi) against the numerous attacks which claimed it was not a professional language, an accent of Arabic, stupid, not capable of explaining modern issues like quantum physics, having only 300 simple verbs, a dead language, etc.
Today, I decided to check the page again; and thanks to the editor of the site who banned the apparently many names which actually used the same IP address to attack Farsi, I found that no more misleading comments are being posted.
Keep on the great job guys! It is interesting to see this broad range of ideas about the movie. I personally believe that the scenes were indeed entertaining, but they were also made so exaggerating that it was clear this movie was not made to reflect history.
202 - general330
I am amazed how people can relate even the smallest of things, to massive issues. People who say this movie was a propaganda ridden work of art, to supress any nation or people, while also having ANYTHING to do with our current war is wildly idiotic. I am from southern U.S. where we are all seen as idiot rednecks, that drink beer and have sex with our family members. Numerous movies, and TV shows have depicted us as such. But because i realize that is just sterotype, and even though its what most people think, i KNOW that is not me or anyone i know. So i wont bother taking offense to any thought or that type.
To Persians, or any other people who think you were "depicted" improperly in this movie, let me remind you how most of the world see America. In most countries in the world, kids are taught to hate us from birth. They are told we are the "monsterous americans". I am 100% sure movies have been made in your country depicting us as brutes and murders. You know what, thats ok. You're allowed. BECAUSE ITS ONLY A MOVIE!
The comments i have seen on this message board have swayed my opinions of some people more than anything i saw in this movie. See me as an evil american. Hate me for things you have only been told about , and have never seen yourself. Thats ok. I wont wear my insecurities about my people or country on my sleeve for everyone to see. I dont suggest you do it either. Because when you do, you come off as the very type of person you make me out to be.