Another war movie, made in graphic details in all the glory and gore. Visually grand but histrorically, a fraud and insincere depiction of history.A purposeful depiction of the Persians as savages. Xerxes himself did not look like the ornated mannequin he is shown as in the movie.The Persians then were a population and kingdom led by Zoroastrian beliefs, not the savagery they are depicted to be indulgent in the film. But then friendsm, thats what hollywood does when some of its filmmakers decide to bat for the US government. In the Cold-war days all villains and murderers were Russians, after Sept.11 all of them changed to Arabs and now with the US stand-off against Iran(Persians)on the nuclear issue, its not surprising that an American movie comes up distorting history to project worldwide the Persians as butchers and blood-thirsty war-mongers. The US govt warmachine seems to gain everything,even through box-office.
