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There is a difference though between 300 and schindlers list…
In 300 It were the Persians, because in that time they were a threat to other societies. But the way it is executed they might as well be Martians…It had nothing to do with reality. It was just an excuse for moviecoolness in a stylistic and mythical form.
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I agree with you. BUT, I see it differently. Some people may look at it and see it as so over-the-top that it can’t possible compare to the real civilization. But, it’s not about specifics, its about overriding feelings. For example, my friend. She is used to people looking at her and her home country as backward and “wrong” in some way. For her, this movie simply made a caricature of those perceptions. Yes they are over the top, both sides were. But if we were to tone them down we would still see two civilizations at war, and one would still be the Persians, scarred with their tyranny leader and orgies, and the whiter, more noble, brave Europeans.
What one person views as movie coolness, another looks at as another strike amongst a long list of strikes against their culture and the perception of them within outsider societies. It’s not as if Middle Eastern culture is deeply understood in places like the United States, so serving this horrendous mess up is really adding fuel to the fire, but it’s the worst kind of fuel. It’s so “cool” that it’s almost subliminal.