Dear historian people...a question about 300 movie?

Question

hi friends
i study history and i know a little about it.i saw 300 yesterday ..we know the king of Iran was white and handsome and a suave man but he was black and ugly at this movie and wild ..i have a question of you,
what was Americans (W-B)motive of making 300 at this time.

Answer 1

well not americans did this movie but Warner-Bros. I don't think there is a reason why they did it now excpet for money. The graphic novelty brought people in theaters.
But personally I found it a really stupid movie and I rated it 1 out of 10.

Answer 2

I don't think there was a socio-motive for making the movie. It was made totally to make money. If you want to see a more accurate depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae check out a film called 300 Spartans, made in 1961 or thereabouts starring an actor named Richard Egan or go to Wikipedia.com and read about the battle. Incidently, how do we know the king was white and handsome and suave? He was Persian and probably looked much like the people of the Middle East today.

Answer 3

> what was Americans (W-B)motive of making 300 at this time

You are asking a meaningless question, and therefore cannot get a good asnwer. "The Americans" did not make the movie. Someone in Hollywood did. Why. To make money, of course. Why else do movies get made there.

Answer 4

Until paintings (the first photographs) flourished in the middle ages, no one really knew what people's colors were. People are now saying Jesus was black since the first Jews who came out of Egypt (Northern Africa) were surely dark. These "darker" people flourished in Central Asia (including Iran) thus the Iranians "could have been black or of darker skin". But of you go towards Eastern Europe there is surely a a blend already of whites from Northern Europe and the blacks from AFrica.

I dont think you could accurately say that Xerxes or Darius were "fair" and handsome because no one really knows how they look like except through drawings or carvings. We just assume that they look like modern day Iranians/Iraqians or the modern day artists rendition of them are accurate. But I surely doubt that.

But I agree with everyone and I very much doubt that Xerxes owned a body piercing parlor. Everything was sensationalized.

Answer 5

OK.maybe because American think all the wild people should be black and a white man cannot be wild or bad!the point is that Persian immigrate from north of Europe to Iran and the word Iran means the place that Aryan live and u know Aryan are white!

Answer 6

No- It was based on a historical event but it wasn't historically accurate. Although, maybe Allah was on their side. That clears things*. Oh, by the way, it's got hot scenes that you must watch, if you haven't already. PS. Persians won. Edit - I don't think it was racist. It was just a movie. You know, MOVIES! I do, however, think it unfairly portrayed Persians as evil and Greeks as heroes, which is not unusual in movies. If you think that was racist, open the book Protocols of The Elders. It is full of anti-Semitic lies that Muslims accept as facts.

Answer 7

Was there an "american motive"? Sometimes I feel people put too much emphasis on race and imply too much. Mesopotamians were dark skinned, this does not mean anything as far as who is good or bad. Xerxes being portrayed as such was probably only for theatical affect and does not imply any negativity against the persians. Besides, did you know that that actor is actually Brazilian? Also, you imply, in the movie, he was not handsome, look him up on imdb.com and you will be surprised. Is black ugly? I didn't know that, I've meant many attractive black men in my day, but I really don't care about what race someone is.....

Answer 8

Motive? To sell movie tickets of course.

Ultimately, Hollywood takes artistic liberty in all movies. In order to make a good story line, the movie needed a villain who wasn't very pretty.

Answer 9

i study history too, all history no just the american spin on it.
I think it wasn't the American peoples idea to do that.
rather it is what is known as using creative liberties. meaning, its his story to tell; & he can tell it his way. it dosen't have to be entirely accurate. hollywood is not known for historical accuracy, but for its drama & bending of the facts for a more interesting story in the creators eyes. & to make money.
i hope this helped

Answer 10

Don't expect accuracy from Hollywood, it's the Lie Factory