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"They Came From the Blackness"
Be ---- Hey yall, As much as I love any movie with swords, bows and arrows, Vikings, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Amazons, Gladiators, Chariots, and/ or The Huns… I think this film is FIRMLY rooted in western xenophobia and racism! Although most “war” movies carry metanarratives of patriotism, nationalism, xenophobia and racism, this one is egregious! I am sure I will love the cinematography, costumes, and musical elements… I am going to have a very hard time with the plot and dialogue… The trailers for the film feature this: "They came from the Blackness,” says the lovely pure Spartan white lady, to her defending white Spartan man, as she dies... Defending white Spartan man says, "You (the Black Persians - And yes they are all BLACK, BLACK American, BLACK European, Brazilian etc. from what I can tell from the cast) threaten us (the white Spartans) with slavery and death! - This is Sparta“ (The United States of America) and he kicks him into a Black hole in the earth… Exotic sexually deviant Black and Brown "Persian" women dance in jewelry and little else... Pure motherly white women of Sparta wears a white goddess robe and plays with her child in a field of grain... Dark, larger than life, heavily pierced and animalistic snarling, growling Persian men are juxtaposed with muscular but classically masculine "white guys" who attempt to negotiate and reason before turning inevitably to violence... Another trailer includes a scene where the Persian king threatens miscegenation saying, "you (Spartan men) will not be slaves, you will be dead, your women will be our slaves". Geez… I could go on… but take a look at the trailer. I also have included the official film synopsis… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZm52UrkDpA -Mel They say its about: Film: 300 Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy. Written by Anonymous In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw left with no options he moved. The battle lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected as a local shepherd named Ephialtes defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks. Written by cyberian2005 In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers. The battle is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that doesn't stop the Spartans from throwing their hearts into the fray, determined to take as many Persians as possible with them. Written by rmlohner uttered by a black girl at 12:08 PM. | 3 comments
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