Monday, 3 March 2008

Political Implications of the Movie '300'


Prior to watching this movie, I had heard rumours saying that it showed strong aspects of racism, to an extent where a friend of mine was actually refusing to view it. I can't say I knew the story of '300' before the movie and from the trailers it just looked like a macho blood fest with fight scenes akin to those of the 'Lord of The Rings' battle field. However, it wasn't long until I found I was mistaken and through watching the film, realised that there could be a potentially large number of political implications. I will go through these potential political implications before saying why I am almost convinced to disregard them.


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