What do the dissenters of 300 suggest that the filmmakers do?
4/18/07
300 recently hit theaters, raking in an estimated $127 million to date.The film, which is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, is adramatization of an ancient battle between a massive Persian army and aforce of only 300 Spartans. The film’s unique cinematography and epicbattle scenes aren’t the only things that are causing a stir – 300 isalso being accused of depicting “intense racism”.
Never mindthat the movie more or less accurately represents the participants ofthe battle, some critics have still found a way to play the race-card.What Zack Snyder and Frank Miller intended to be an entertaining pieceof film has now been construed into a bigoted satire of middle-easterncountries.[snip]
But here are the facts.
The battle referred to in 300 ishistorically known as Battle of Thermopylae. The battle took place overa period of four days in 480B.C. Xerxes I lead an army of Persians,Egyptians, Arabians, and Asians, totaling an estimated 100,000-500,000against 300 Spartans, who were later joined by 700 Thespians, and 6,000Grecian allies. Xerxes I sent his army in rushes of 10,000 men toattack the Spartans. The Spartans defeated the first few rushes losingonly 2-3 men per battle. In the end, Leonidas I, the ruler of Greece,sent almost half his army back to Greece in order to rally moredefenses, and the rest of this battle is, as they say, history.