am I the only one who thinks that 300 was an allefory for organized religion?

Question

King Xerxes tells us that he doesn't want your food or your money, just your submission. If you bow down to him and surrender to him, then you will be rewarded, but if not you will be destroyed. The man who stands against him is a free thinking man who promotes freedom, which is a fairly anti-biblical position considering the place of slaves is so well defined in the bible as is the wife's place in a household as subserviant to her man. Leonidus ignores his gods, says to hell with his people who have been bribed (bribery being a rigidly conservative trait and rampant in religious authorities mind you). Finally you have him standing before the man who calls himself the "King of Kings" and "The Lord of Hosts" who says he will give Leonidus heaven if he only submits. Leonidus looks towards the traitorous hunchback and says "may you live forever." So that he may live eternally with the guilt of submitting to a pompous arrogant yet all powerful force. Damnation before slavery... never kneel

keep in mind I'm not asking about the battle of the spartans, but the way in which frank miller presents the characters and their positions. This is about interpreting art, not a history lesson of ancient greece

Answer 1

Consider the author, Frank Miller.

Answer 2

Why do you ask such idiotic questions? Don't you have anything better to do than say dumb things?
Btw, woman are not subserviant (it's actually subservient), God was merely stating that men are the "head of the household," for families need a figurehead. Someone to make decisions. And just because the man made decisions, doesn't mean the woman was "inferior." Would you rather that woman made the decisions? Then men would be "subserviant"! Men knew more of the outside world back then! Now all women are capable of supporting a family- but they couldn't back then! Even when a woman divorces, the woman usually gets more- you know why? Because women CANNOT survive as well as a man out there- it's A CRUEL WORLD!!!!
And as for God being arrogant… if you were perfect and all-powerful and a divine being, would you treat us as equals? NO! That’s because WE ARE NOT EQUALS TO GOD!!!! GOD IS SUPERIOR!!!!
As for that bit about bribery... It was men bribing- not God. You will always find corrupt people in something- whether it is the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts or Yahoo Answers (you for instance).
P.S. Learn to spell...

Answer 3

Yes, 300 is a shallow attempt. About the same level as the Chronicles of Narnia. But there's nothing automatically wrong with presenting hard to conceive ideas in a way the masses will internalise them. Same principle as "60 Minutes" & "20/20" ....... it may SEEM like dumbing down of complex issues but it's also making them accessible to a general audience.

Strangely, but not for Miller, "Persia", of course is America, the Spartans are the Taliban etc etc

Answer 4

While some elements of organized religion may have found their way into the movie, that is only indicative of the writers' and directors' own beliefs.

The movie itself was based upon an actual historic event. Look it up.

Answer 5

Your allegory predates Christ by almost 500 years. Nice try. Next time, skip the movie and read a real history book.

Answer 6

I thought some cheese and fish would go well with the bread and wine, in the name of Jesus, of course. It would be dedicated to him.

Answer 7

Im pretty sure it was just a movie, and you should sit back and enjoy it.

Answer 8

I will stick with God thanks..............