300 : Lying about History?

Question

Maybe it's a good or bad made movie.

Is there any ethics or moral that they should have tried to make something based on reality?

Although whole of the movie is totally aginst history. They have shown Iranian nation and government a totally devil in that time by twisting history.

How can we resist agianst lying like this and show the truth to people around the world?

Answer 1

No one ever said that it was a historical movie...and if the movie would have been based on reality, then I think it would have been boring...sorry but I want to see some freaky action that will make my heart race....**** I spend $50 every time I go to the movies, it better be worth it! If I want to watch a documentary I will save the $50 and watch the history Chanel.

Answer 2

The Persian Empire was known for walking in and outright conquering lands and nations. They may have left local people in charge, but they acted only as figureheads while the Persians maintained the true power.

Persia wanted to spread its dominance and influence as far as possible (the ideal for any empire) and had no qualms with invading and disrupting homelands and local populations. When the southern lands of Greece said no to Persia, the Persians decided to attack and take by force.

They failed the first time, which was ten years earlier when the Persians fought against the Athenians in a battle called Marathon. Darius's failure fell to Xerxes and he constructed a new battle plan. However, between the halt at Thermopylae (although the 300 Spartans were killed) and the naval forces were destroyed due to fierce waters and heavy night storms, Persia failed in its conquest of the Grecian city-states.

While Persia was the largest land empire on earth during its time, it had been stopped by Greece and ultimately fell years later to the Macedonian leader known as Alexander the Great.

Notice that I never said anything about the Iranian government in the preceding answer. Also ... 300 is based on the GRAPHIC NOVEL made by Frank Miller. There are historical inaccuracies on both sides in this film, but the general concepts are still factual and agreed upon by all sides, even Persian(Iranian) historians.

Answer 3

Well first the movie was based on the comic book that had bits and pieces of the real events in it. Secondly there was a lot in the movie that was based on history including quotes that were actully said such as we will fight in the dark then, and the scene where the King kicked the persian massenger into the well. Of course there are some parts of it that did not occur but that were in the comic book. And with the Iranian nation government thing they also should now it is just movie and not take it so seriously.

Answer 4

Well, the movie was certainly not totally acurate from a historical standpoint.

However, the Persians certainly did invade Greece, lead by Xerxes with the intention of burning Athens to the ground for the purpose of revenge. The actual motivation for the revenge was not explained in the movie (the burning of the Ionian colonies).

Throwing the diplomat into the well was reported by Herodotus - though the reported phrase was "dig it out for yourself" (refering to the requested tribute of earth and water) rather than "This is Sparta".

Many things were not well explained or glossed over in the movie (like the way Themistocles held off the Persian fleet at Atremesium while heavily outnumbered), and they certainly failed to show that Athens was evacuated by the Greeks and burned to the ground by the Persians before they were finally repelled.

I don't recall the word "Iran" ever being mentioned in the movie.

There is an excellent program on the history channel called "Last Stand of the 300" which goes into detail about the actual battle of Thermopylae and the other related battles of the Greek-Persian wars. if you're interested in historical accuracy, I recommend that program instead of the movie "300" - however the graphics are not anywhere near as flashy or entertaining.

Answer 5

come on people ... 300 is based on a grafic novel that was i.n.s.p.i.r.e.d by spartans - which in no way says that is is historically correct - it wasn't the intention either and of that i'm sure of
on the other hand it talks about persians and not modern iranians, and persians are as close to modern iranians as alexander the great is close to greeks - it is a part of history from 2000 years ago
(by the way alexander the great brought down a lot more nations than spartans did in their time)

please, grow up and stop seeing things that are not there
every single movie can be easily twisted into something else

what is the next thing - martians are suing earth over independance day, mars attack and E.T.?

Answer 6

a million it’s a movie and FICTION, recover from it 2 historic data exhibits the Greeks held the bypass for 3 days against a plenty extra effective Persian tension. 3 the movie replaced into concerning to the Spartans not the 4000 different Greeks there, back that is fiction. 4 No the place does it declare the movie is genuine 5 Xerxes regarded brown not black interior the movie, your making racist assumptions. 6 it is your opinion that the Persians had a "solid-finding and appealing" visual attraction, on account that we haven't any historic Persians alive on the instant that is not straightforward to declare precisely what they gave the impact of. Please undergo in recommendations modern-day Persians are additionally area Arab, Indian, Greek and Asian so they don't inevitably appear like their historic ancestors. 7 the movie under no circumstances claims the spartans killed a million men. in case you prefer data lookup the background. A Spartan led Greek tension held the bypass at thermopolye for 3 days on an identical time as a smaller Greek fleet held off a miles better Persian fleet on the comparable time battling the Persians from outflanking the floor forces. on the third day the Persians moved up a 2nd bypass, the Greek guarding the bypass retreated and the Persians have been given in the back of the Greek military. Of the 4000 Greeks in basic terms the the rest 3 hundred Spartans and their Thespian allies stayed to combat. The Persians, quite than enticing the Spartans who had slaughtered them up as much as now shot them down with arrows, killing king Leonidas. The Spartans fought and died to guard the fallen king. interior the aftermath Xerxes burned Athens to the floor. whether after a 300 and sixty 5 days the Persians had made little extra leeway. The Greeks reformed and attacked the the rest Persian military; Xerxes fled back to Persia and left his military to be slaughtered. ultimate ingredient to remeber that is FICTION! that is not certainty, that is not an undemanding representaion of historic certainty. Please don't get disillusioned because of the fact it does not slot in on your international view. that is not propoganda, that is not iran bashing, that could be a chew of entertainment fluff and thats all it replaced into ment to be. you will possibly desire to project extra approximately real existence and much less on a FICTONAL movie.

Answer 7

I did not see the movie but read the same thing in reviews. It's sad. If Hollywood wants to make a movie based on true events or history, they should respect it. I think it's because of the "focus group" where they show part of the movie and analyze how people respond. Then they change the movie until the majority of the focus group enjoy what they see.

That's why you can't go wrong with Chinese movies. If it's based on history, they must follow history to the letter. It's actually the law.

As for what we can do... I think we should try to send a clear message to Hollywood. Respect history.

Will probably never work.

Answer 8

No the movie is based off of a comic book and is just a cool storiy about the Spartan Characters...If you want facts read a book...if you want action and art go see 300 or read the comic book...No ethics related to this story. The Persians where led by a "God" of there nation and where nothing more then slave soldiers trying to conquer the world...Whats fictional about that?

Answer 9

I don't think it's listed as a documentary. I think of it as just a movie, maybe with some reality behind it. If I really want to learn about the history of it I'm not going to rely on the movie for facts. I'm sure there are plenty of books out there on the subject. Besides, the movie is adapted from a comic book...what do you expect? People shouldn't be so uptight, and just enjoy themselves and the movie.

Answer 10

Ummmm.......The movie does NOT depict the Iranian nation, but rather the ancient Persians, who occupied land now known as Iran. However the movie does not inaccurately depict them. They did invade and attack the Greeks multiple times under the reign of Xerxes.

It is closer to being historically accurate than you seem to think. Here is some info on the real battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae