[133] Reviewers in the United States and elsewhere "noted the political overtones of the West-against-Iran story line and the way Persians are depicted as decadent, sexually flamboyant and evil in contrast to the noble Greeks". [120], The film's portrayal of ancient Persians caused a particularly strong reaction in Iran. A side plot involving the Queen and politics threatens constantly to slow the movie down. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter. [58][59] 300's opening weekend gross is the 24th-highest in box office history, coming slightly below The Lost World: Jurassic Park but higher than Transformers. Angered, Xerxes orders his troops to attack. Nevertheless, he also said the film is "an opera, not a documentary. 300 won both the Best Dramatic Film and Best Action Film honors in the 2006–2007 Golden Icon Awards presented by Travolta Family Entertainment. Snyder used this narrative technique to show the audience that the surreal "Frank Miller world" of 300 was told from a subjective perspective. He also describes the film's narrator, Dilios, as "a guy who knows how not to wreck a good story with truth". Dominic West is an award-winning English actor, best known for starring in The Wire and The Affair. King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. In January 2007, the studio launched a MySpace page for the film. [104], Outside the current political parallels, some critics have raised more general questions about the film's ideological orientation. Most of the background was done with CGI and even the characters are made to look as if they might be computer enhanced. Theron, a corrupt politician, claims that he "owns" the Council and threatens the Queen, who reluctantly submits to his sexual demands in return for his help. Like during the Battle of Marathon 10 years before in 490, the time of Xerxes's invasion of Greece coincided with a Spartan religious festival, the Carneia, in which the Spartans were not permitted to make war. [77] Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper acclaims 300 as "the Citizen Kane of cinematic graphic novels". He remarks that Simonides, Aeschylus, and Herodotus viewed Thermopylae as a battle against "Eastern centralism and collective serfdom", which opposed "the idea of the free citizen of an autonomous polis". This release also includes a digital copy. 300 is a 2007 American epic period action film ... Dominic West as Theron, a fictional corrupt Spartan politician (Theron is not featured in the comic book). Stills from the film could easily be used to promote Buns of Steel, or AbMaster, or ThighMaster. [138], Moaveni identified two factors which may have contributed to the intensity of Iranian indignation over the film. Like Patrick I was initially impressed by the graphics and then bored by them as in the end that's all this movie is able to provide. Azadeh Moaveni of Time reported, "All of Tehran was outraged. [108] Snyder himself dismissed ideological readings, suggesting that reviewers who critique "a graphic novel movie about a bunch of guys... stomping the snot out of each other" using words like "'neocon,' 'homophobic,' 'homoerotic' or 'racist'" are "missing the point". I also found it funny that King Leonidas' spoke with such a thick Scottish accent. By clicking OK, you are confirming that this image is only to be used for the rights in the existing license. Gerard Butler looks every inch the rugged soldier king as he bellows encouragement to his ridiculously outnumbered army. The best result I can hope for is that if the movie excites someone, they'll go explore the histories themselves. Wenham said there were times when Snyder wanted to precisely capture iconic moments from the comic book, and other times when he gave actors freedom "to explore within the world and the confines that had been set". [6][7] 300 was jointly produced by Nunnari and Mark Canton, and Michael B. Gordon wrote the script. A second 300 trailer, which was attached to Apocalypto, was released in theaters on December 8, 2006,[41] and online the day before. It's about the romanticizing of the Spartan 'ideal', a process that began even in ancient times, was promoted by the Romans, and has survived over time while less and less resembling the actual historical Sparta. The closest comparison you can draw in terms of our own military today is to think of the red-caped Spartans as being like our special-ops forces. © 2000 - 2017 Three Movie Buffs. They are joined along the way by a few thousand Arcadians. The Persians really used elephants in combat, but not during the first two wars against the Greeks; historical sources say that the first time the Greeks encountered elephants was in the battle of Gaugamela, won by Alexander the Great, one hundred and fifty years later. TNT agreed to a three-year deal instead of the more typical five-year deal.[55]. "The founder of the Achaemenid Empire, Cyrus the Great, was the world's first emperor to openly declare and guarantee the sanctity of human rights and individual freedom", "Cyrus was a follower of the teachings of Zoroaster, the founder of one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions", and to put his own words in action "When Cyrus defeated King Nabonidus of Babylon, he officially declared the freedom of the Jews from their Babylonian captivity.
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