300 & ...!

'300' the second movie of director Zack Snyder, 41 years old who is just looking for the fame not producing any logical & valuable movies which is so clear from his first movie ' Down Of The Dead' had started making '300' with 65000000$ budget.
This movie has been shown in 3100 cinemas of USA & it had 70000000$ sale in the first week. This director seems to insulted to all American natives & world people's instinct cause if u really see this movie in its details, u never would call it a movie, it's more similar to digital games; '300' was cinematized in a stedio with blue screens around it in only 2 monthes. In one more explaination I can say he really didn't direct a movie ''HE SURELY SHOULD HAD GOOD GRAPHISTS'' & as all the west critics said this movie's value is minus B!This movie was made from Frank Miller's novel who wrote this novel under the effect of movie 'The 300 Spartans'
that was directed by Rudolph Mate in 1962 which is about 'Thermopylen' war of 480 B.C. This war was between the army of Leonidas (King of Sparta) & Xerxes the 1st (King of Persia & the son of Darius the great). Frank Miller's paintings also were used in 'Sin City' movie & the funny thing about it is that the director exactly made the movie from Miller's paintings which are illustrated & it's what we can see in '300' as well.I don't want to express any of Zack Snyder's insults in '300' cause this movie seems to be full of insults!! Just for u to know Persian soldiers are called 'Beast Approaches' in this movie!
But all in all as Goebbels says: A lie whatever it would be bigger, people can accept it easier!

1. The '300':

If u pay attention to the way of writing the name of '300' in the movie title, posters & advertisements, u would see name '300' is written like 'ZOO'

2. The 300 Spartans:

There is no book u can find that is mentioned in it the number of Greek army were only 300 men infront of 18000 men of Persian army; In some of American & British encyclopedias is mentioned the number of Greek army were 2800 or 4000 or even 6400 men who were under the control of 300 Spartens & Leonidas was the commander of all of them! Also we can read it in 'Story Of Civilization' by Will Durant in 1935 who is a historian & a sociologist! I see something necessary to mention that is about David Stronach, professor of Oxford & Cambrige university who says Herodot has written whatever he wanted about Medieval Wars so we cannot trust in his words so much. In other words of David Stronach, he says that in 500 B.C, Greece believed only in two nations, one was Greek & the other was barbarian which means whoever except Greek nation was called barbarian, but what u see in this movie is like we, Persia call others 'barbarians' as it can never be right! In our history we had about 10000 or 12000 Greeks
men who worked for the army of Xerxes as employments but they all were paid money because the Greek economy was so low on that time & Greek men came to work for Persia because they wanted to spend their life better than what they could spend in their own country! (Read it in book of 'Pier Bryan')

3. The Persian Kings & Persian Beliefs:

Persia in Achaemenian time was included 1000 nations in its territory & all the Persian kings insisted on spreading equity & justice eveywhere in this huge area.The great work they did was writing the charter of human rights that now all its inscriptions are available & have been read & translated.In Persian beliefs which was and is on monotheism, our kings would never called themselves 'Gods of gods', may they called themselves 'Kings of kings' but they never ever said 'Gods of gods'! A very stupid thing we can find in this film is where Leonidas looks at the sky & he wants to get help from something up there! It's clear to everyone around the world that ancient Greek never believed in one God and they always had gods for everything such as for
sun, wind, sea and so so!One word from Author Christiansen in his book about Iran in Sassanian time: Iranians were not pure of wrongs but they had some great specialities which we can find in other races very rarely and those are kindness, politness, magnanimity & liberality! What we can see in '300' movie is that Iranians are foolish, murderous & uncivilized people but Greeks are noble & valiant people!!!!

4. The Persian Faces In '300':

Persian race is popular as being similar to German race cause of people's face such as their skin which is white but in this movie '300' the Persian king Xerxes is shown like an African king with dressing like what we never had in our history for our kings & Xerxes of '300' is not like what is remained for us of his face in Persepolise, Can Hollywood deny this too?!; Not only the Persian king in this movie but all the people and army are not Persian, they don't look like Persians, they even don't dress like Persians at all. As Herodot, Will Durant & Gezenfon have said Xerxes (Persian King) looked so smart & cute but unfortunatly as we can see in most Hollywood movies such as 'Constantine' (There is a mexican man who carries Devil dagger) they just try to show racism and use black, Asian & south America faces to bring it out that white races are the best and they have the right to live on the right side but it's somehow funny cause we, Iranians (Persian race) are not black, as we can read in Herodot and so many others' books, Persian race has been described so similar to German faces! In this movie what u see as Greek faces are like Persian faces & I even don't wanna say that the faces that u see as Persian faces in the movie are like Greek faces cause both races, Greek & Persian are two nations that their people are so cute and smart! Specially Leonidas's face is exactly like Persian & eastern faces; But I think Persian faces never looked like that in Zack Snyder's eyes!!!!

Xerxes (Real One) & Leonidas (In Movie)







Xerxes In '300'







Persian Faces In '300'















Persian Soldiers in '300'







Xerxes (Real One)
















Darius The Great








Xerxes & Father, Darius The Great


















Darius The Great


















Persian Soldiers (Real Ones)

5. The Political Views:

In a Pentagon movie 'Black Of Deam' (Not sure about the name) which we can see whenever the soldiers wanna show their consent with the commander's words, they say 'Hoa' loudly & it's what we can see in '300' movie too cause the Spartans say the same word 'Hoa' to Leonidas's words! Somehow this movie is a movie that should be shown in military bases to improve their nagative point of views about Persia (Iran) or their other enemies that they made for themselves!!!!





Where U Can Hear The Same Word 'Hoa' In Both Movies!

6. Diplomacy:

In the movie when ambassador of Xerxes goes to Leonidas, what is his reaction?! He killed ambassador of Xerxes & other soldiers as his escorts by throwing them into a deep well that also we can see this deep well in Miller's paintings. And the funny things is that their dresses are not Persian at all! I wonder where are they from?! At the first of the movie u can see that in Sparta they throw off the new born children who are weak, and in the other part it says we separate our children from their mothers from the age of 7 & teach them to suffer cause we want
them to be brave, they learn how to kill to rob and so so (Sorry if I didn't write the exact words in the movie) What the hell it is?! Are u teaching the children civilization?!

Throwing The Ambassador Of Xerxes Into A Well! IS IT DIPLOMACY!?

The Way U Can Teach Ur Children Civilization!

7. Have A Look On Americana Encyclopedias:

In its volume 29th, page 596 what is mentioned is Xerxes the great, son of Darius the 1st & Atousa (daughter of Kyrus).... In other part of it, they say Greek always exaggerated about the number of their army & all the time Greek was the beginner of the wars so I think everyone can understand that Iranians never were world conquerors.

8. Look On What Happened To Xerxes From Americana Encyclopedias, Volume 29th:

Medieval wars were started in 500 B.C between Persia & Greece; On that time Egypt & Western Asia were two parts of Persian Empire. In 500 B.C Greek attacked to Persia in the time of Darius The Great but finally Greek lost the war in 494 B.C; After Darius The Great passed away, his son Xerxes became the king of Persia. Again in Thermopylen war 4000 men of Greece with 300 Spartans as the commanders of Greek army lost the war in 480 B.C and as u see at the end of '300' Leonidas died after this war; Then Xerxes left to Athen and he lost the war there because of the storm & bad climate & he came back to Persia; But actually we didn't see anything of the greatness of Persian Empire in the movie!!!! And about the Thermopylen war, It's true that we won this war but Xerxes couldn't control the war like he wanted because one the Greek man who worked for Persian army commited treason to Xerxes & Persia!

9. Is It Really A Movie?!:

Look at this movie that in most parts of it u can hear somebody's describing what is going on on that certain part; When a movie can not describe itself and it needs a voice over it so can we really call it a strong movie!? A movie plays with shoots more than with voices! Isn't it a weak movie that there was no historical study over it & u only can find lies in it!

At The End:

At the end just ask urself what did u understand of '300'?! What does this movie want to tell u?! What's its aim?! A complete political movie but with insulting to the ancient world not standing infront of what hurts them right now in their present time!! It was ur last & only way!? Hah?!

Thanks Hollywood, u reminded me my reality, what I came from! I went after that for one more time in my life! U did a great job! But I still couldn't understand who were the enemy of Greece in ur movie!? Their faces were so similar to Arabian and African people; Just if once u came to read my words, plz let me know this! U know because I die for this lovely movie, it really hurts me when I couldn't understand its characters!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lies after lies! How long will it take?! Till we give u all our identity!?

Vesta, the great!

Thanks To:

Programme 'Poshte-Parde' - IRIB 4 (The source which helped me to write this text)