Is 300 propaganda?
There’s a new movie in town, like the stylized rendition of Sin City it is based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller. The movie is called 300 and loosely based on the battle in which 300 Spartans stood against the might of the Persian empire. I did not know this until today, but apparently a great deal of controversy surrounds the movie:
In just 12 days the article received over 110 comments, something of a small wonder considering this is my personal blog, a site that attracts less than 1,000 visitors per day. It became apparent then, and even more so when I read an article in Newsweek by Evan Thomas, that this was a broad and heated political issue.
Movie critic Neil Miller tries to make heads and tails in the controversy in The 300 Controversy: Fact vs. Fiction. Like Neil Miller I don’t really see the point, but his piece is well written.
April 1st, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Hi, although I did enjoy the movie, I think this movie is the best example of modern day propaganda at its height. Eventhough Bush’s plans have failed to get more troops over to the same region as where those freaky mutants in the movie were supposed to have hailed from, the message of the movie is clearly pro war: The Spartan senate didnt allow Leonidas to go to war, he does it anyway and in the end: after having offered 300 of his own man, he is celebrated as a heroe. I hope I’m not the only one who can see the strong similarities between modern day reality and the story the movie is presenting us.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:21 am
It is propaganda and I LOVE IT!!! GO GOP and/or Conservative I.G.‘s or whoever is responsible for it!