Last weekend I had the chance of watching the latest blockbuster movie called 300. Its a story of how 300 smart and courageous Spartan fighters fought and died valiantly against the powerful, ruthless hordes of Persion army lead by Xerxes. They inspired 10000 more Spartans to fight.
The movie is outstanding for rivetting photography, art direction and music. And also for eyecatching 'spartan' physique (Gerard Butler looks awesome with his 6 packs and beard). The director took tremendous help of imagination and special effects in portraying and packaging a 5th century historical event to a saleable movie . I see a video game in the offing with the same name soon.
However to me the release of this movie at this time seems to be an irony..........USA is fighting a 5 year old war at Iraq and President Bush is asking more funds and solidiers to fight the 'evil'; this is so akin to the movie where the king goes to war with the best 300 soldiers and his wife is making a presentation at the state council for more forces and funds. She also kills the person who resist the proposal ( more like Bush vetoing any Congress sanctions!). What is however different between the movie and the present war is that the latter was almost unilaterally initiated and pursued by US while the movie depicts the war as an act of defense (and not offense), as an effort to preserve independance. Hope the people watching this movie doesn't get too motivated by the glorification of war/battle :-)
2 comments:
I will have to check this movie out. Sometimes Hollywood weaves the current political state into movies, although in this case it could be an example of history repeating itself or atleast having similar attributes.
Glad to see you are posting again. Hope all is well.
300 is truly an amazing movie. If are fortunate enough to live close to an IMAX theater - do not miss it. The graphics, sound and overall experience will blow you away.
However, I do not see this movie turning into a video game anytime soon. The fighting style does not encourage the individual but instead highlights the team aspect. A good point that we should all try to weave into our daily lives.
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