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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:20 pm 
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IM gonna see this with my friend later haha

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Iran condemns Hollywood war epic

One paper said Iranians' ancestors were shown as "dumb savages"
Historical war epic 300 has been criticised as an attack on Iranian culture by government figures.
The Hollywood film, which has broken US box office records, is an effects-laden retelling of a battle in which a small Greek army resisted a Persian invasion.

Javad Shamaqdari, a cultural advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said it was "plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization".

He branded the film "psychological warfare" against Tehran and its people.

But Iranian culture was strong enough to withstand the assault, Mr Shamaqdari insisted.

"American cultural officials thought they could get mental satisfaction by plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization," he said.

"Following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural authorities in the US initiated studies to figure out how to attack Iranian culture.

"Certainly, the recent movie is a product of such studies."

Daily newspaper Ayandeh-No carried the headline "Hollywood declares war on Iranians".


The film achieved the best ever March opening in North America
The paper said: "It seeks to tell people that Iran, which is in the Axis of Evil now, has for long been the source of evil and modern Iranians' ancestors are the ugly murderous dumb savages you see in 300."

Three MPs in the Iranian parliament have also written to the foreign ministry to protest against the production and screening of this "anti-Iranian Hollywood film".

The film has already proved a major box office hit in the US where it earned almost $71m (£36.8m) in its first weekend, making it the best ever March opening in North American cinemas.

This is not the first time Iran has protested over its portrayal in films made in the West.

There was outrage over the 2004 epic Alexander which showed the Macedonian general easily conquering the Persian Empire.




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I think this falls under the people critics had with it not accurately portraying history, but they are just morons who do not understand, its not a historic film, its a movie about a Comic book/graphic novel.

people are so stupid sometimes, i do not know how we got to the position we are at on the food chain. time to get rid of hospitals and go back to good old survival of the fittest, or soon we will be living in our own version of the Hilarious movie Idiocracy.

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Sunshine and I went to see it yesterday and we were both blown away. I totally agree with Thunderstop. The movie was great because it wasnt historical, it was almost like watching the "Myth" version of the story. Its like we watched the version that Greek story tellers would have layed out hundreds of years ago.

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I'm not agreeing with what the critics are saying, but I do see where they are comming from. I noticed that a couple times in the film, the king and queen say: "it is our duty as Spartans to fight for freedom, because freedom isnt free...blah blah etc etc."

To me this sounded overly American. I mean, replace "King" with "President" and "Sparta" with "USA" and you've got yourself a bona fide quote from good ol' G-Dub. It may not have been on purpose, but the similarities are deffinantley there.

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During one of the kings last speech just before he was about to say something like "BE CAUSE WE ARE SPARTAINS!" I said "God Bless America" and sunshine started cracking up. I think it was during that speach youre refering too DJ.

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My friends all said that to me.

I really wanna give it the benefit of the doubt, because i really liked the movie.

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I read some reviews on Yahoo before seeing 300. The majority of negative reviews are because it didn't accurately portay history. People are fucking retarted....like several others said, this movie was based off a graphic novel. I even saw a "F" review on Yahoo because some "persian" guy was upset about the way his people looked in the movie. Reviews don't mean shit. If you like it, it's good.

I also noticed the dubya american babble. I would have cracked up if I heard "God Bless America" during that speech lol. FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!!!11

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Oh jesus christ. People have been saying "oh, this movie has obvious ties to modern politics" since it was released by some people think america is persia and others think america is sparta. The only thing that is historically accurate about this movie (besides a few lines of dialogue that really happened i.e "our arrows will blot out the sun/then we shall fight in the shade" and "tonight we dine in hades") is that yes, 300 spartans killed a ton of persians at thermopolaye.


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Yarr wrote:
During one of the kings last speech just before he was about to say something like "BE CAUSE WE ARE SPARTAINS!" I said "God Bless America" and sunshine started cracking up. I think it was during that speach youre refering too DJ.


sorry for late posting but I laugh on what you said yarr, and why do you say that?

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During one of the kings last speech just before he was about to say something like "BE CAUSE WE ARE SPARTAINS!" I said "God Bless America" and sunshine started cracking up. I think it was during that speach youre refering too DJ.


sorry for late posting but I laugh on what you said yarr, and why do you say that?


because Americans and Spartans both have a militaristic god complex


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I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would. Power to that queen for killing that asshole guy who raped her. YEEEAHHH!

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I thought that part was cool too, but he didn't rape her she gave it up willingly. she asked him the same question she asked leonidis which i guess in those days meant "ride me" but he did betray her, she gave it up cuz she thought he would take her side in asking the council to send the troops to help leonidis instead he was like "psh don't listen to this hoe" hence why he got raw-shanked

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He was a currupt bastard anyways, deserved nothing less. I wan't them to make a movie now called 10,000 lol. The end of the battle of thermopylae and the whole battle of plataea, i wanna see more slaughter!

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The queen subplot was added into the screenplay but wasnt in the comic, right?


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I thought that part was cool too, but he didn't rape her she gave it up willingly. she asked him the same question she asked leonidis which i guess in those days meant "ride me" but he did betray her, she gave it up cuz she thought he would take her side in asking the council to send the troops to help leonidis instead he was like "psh don't listen to this hoe" hence why he got raw-shanked


Maybe she did give it up "willingly", however, he still acted like a rapist. Especially when he said "You aren't going to like it". That grossed me out and was totally rapist-lingo. Also....Leonitis had a hot ass.

300 = Eye-Candy for Girls

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I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would. Power to that queen for killing that asshole guy who raped her. YEEEAHHH!


People clapped in the theater I was in when that happened. I thought that part was cool but I didn't clap.

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I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would. Power to that queen for killing that asshole guy who raped her. YEEEAHHH!


People clapped in the theater I was in when that happened. I thought that part was cool but I didn't clap.


I buried my head in my hands when they clapped.


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300 = Eye-Candy for Girls


and gays!


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300 made me want to play God Of War.

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well I just watched it with my wife and fucking hell yeah that was the best when king said "BECAUSE WE ARE SPARTAINS!".

I did clap on when queen stab that bastard!

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Also....Leonitis had a hot ass.

Not to sound incredibly gay but that dude was good in the Phantom of the Opera movie@title role.

I still have not seen 300 :(

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Also....Leonitis had a hot ass.

Not to sound incredibly gay but that dude was good in the Phantom of the Opera movie@title role.

I still have not seen 300 :(



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