Comments on: 300

By: Dining in Hell - 300 reviewed - Broken Kode . by Khaled Abou Alfa

Dining in Hell - 300 reviewed - Broken Kode . by Khaled Abou Alfa — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:10:35 +0000

[...] than if I watched it in your run of the mill movie theatre.The movie itselfIn case you missed my review over at Splash Panel, go and have a read about the actual graphic novel itself first of which this movie is based upon. [...]

By: Mark Price

Mark Price — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:22:56 +0000

I enjoyed both the Graphic Novel and the film, but was struck by the film considerably more. Most notably the elitist King Leonidas downplaying the value of 6 THOUSAND farmers and menfolk that came to assist them, the bullying and persecution of Ephialtes, a disabled man that merely wished to serve his King and country.
Since Miller himself was involved with the film’s artistic look and feel, it goes without saying that several of the original Comics iconic scenes are kept beautifully intact. Zack Snyder (‘fresh’ from his brilliant re-imagining of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead), does another excellent job at the directorial helm of purveying the story with great clarity and conviction.
The downside is that the original tale (yes, it’s a tale) is largely bunkum.
Herodotus -sometimes generously referred to as the Father of Time, and sometimes more cynically as the Father of Tabloid Journalism- takes many elements from Greek Tragedy to the Nth degree, bestowing upon characters the golden virtues that sensationally set them apart from the common fold: love, loss, honour, glory, sacrifice and ultimately, martyrdom.
There have been some bold statements casting aspersions on the lifestyles of Ancient Hellenes, but the truth is a lot more complicated. The Ancient Greeks celebrated beauty regardless of the sexes, their history of casual bisexuality is well-documented and irrefutable. The Greeks were a lot more comfortable with their sexuality than several repressive sections of modern day societies. Even so far as the widespread publication of books regarding the safe practice of being ‘tender’ with younger males (thankfully, we have better standards on some morale issues these days but the facts remain uncontested).
I found the film, like the review here of it, skewered and potentially dangerous to anyone considering those comments as verbatim of the whole story. To consider a single conflict of the Greco-Perisan wars -as in the tale of 300, on par, or even greater than two WORLD wars; wars that affected the entire globe, is preposterous balderdash and spiele unfounded by any so-called ‘historian’.
Both Countries have contributed greatly to our modern culture and long may they continue to do so. Had the Persians conquered Greece, it remains pure speculation as to whether or not they would have destroyed its wonderful contributions to the world stage.

By: Frank Miller's 300 review - Broken Kode Test

Frank Miller's 300 review - Broken Kode Test — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:57:30 +0000

[...] I’ve reviewed Frank Miller’s 300 over at Splash Panel. It’s most definitely one of the few graphic novels that every red blooded male should have on their shelves. Tagged: Asides, Comic Book News and Reviews Feed for this Entry [...]

By: Broken Kode | Dining in Hell - 300 reviewed

Broken Kode | Dining in Hell - 300 reviewed — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:39:25 +0000

[...] movie itself In case you missed my review over at Splash Panel, go and have a read about the actual graphic novel itself first of which this movie is based upon. [...]

By: Jigsaw hc

Jigsaw hc — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:41:43 +0000

I really enjoyed 300. Lots of action and good cinematography.

By: Stathis

Stathis — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:24:59 +0000

Matti… Matti…

Adding to the comments above, i would like to add a quote from 300: “SPARTANS TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL”… and it looks like you are are what we will be chewing up and spitting out…

If you want to bring to the table the topic of Spartans and all the history that is associated with them and all you have to comment on is about “homosexuality”, then you are missing the point!

I am from Messinia, a ‘state’ in Greece about 100 km from Sparta. I am proud of my history and what happened in my part of the woods. The battle of Thermopylae is one of the most important battles ever… ever… and the Spartans that fought had balls bigger than your brain… so you go ahead man… talk homosexuality!

By: DimiK

DimiK — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:08:56 +0000

Spartans homosexuals? There are a few thinks that i have to tell you. 1st Spartans where no homosexuals and 2nd Women in ancient Sparta had the same millitary training like males. Sparta had a militaristic way of life. People were trainned hard on military skills and techniques.

By: lamogio

lamogio — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:02:06 +0000

Well the couple of things you mention there, like Spartans being homosexual or treating their women horribly do not really stand, especially the second. Think of a siege like that of Troy… What do you expect 50000 to do with no women around for say 10 years? anyway im off topic here, the fact that Spartans treated their women horribly is entirely wrong( read a few books and do your homework and you’ll see) they actually had them quite high on their scale of respect, as high women went those days.

By: moji

moji — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:44:26 +0000

It’s easy to judge about history when you just know about one side’s point of view.
I recommend you to read the first “charter of Human Rights” known to mandkind by the Persian emperor Cyrus the great, 537BC, to have a least idea about ancient Persia.

Yeah, maybe it ‘s easier to think of east as the land of savage people… it has always been…..

By: Matty

Matty — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:50:32 +0000

The one thing that bothers me with this is that Miller DID do his homework, and INTENTIONALLY left important parts out:
from the fact that Spartans weren’t really fans of freedom at all, to the fact that they were mostly homosexual and treated their women horribly, to the fact that for no reason he decides to make the persian king a scary-looking black dude covered in piercings when in reality he was neither.