Anapneo

saw the movie today finally!
what a waste of precious time and energy !

Somehow I cant be so flippant about the effects of popular culture. For a common viewer with no real knowledge of the historical accuracies ... it might
not be possible to see through the blatant exaggeration and falsities in the movies.

But the very exaggeration in the movie can also be a plus point as I really find it hard to believe that anybody would be fooled by the image of Xerxes as depicted in the movie !!!
It was just RIDICULOUS !
A face full of holes or as some prefer to call it ( multiple piercings), full make up !!!! complete with eye shadow, pink lipstick, a pencil drawn eyebrow !!!

I had read the reports about the Iranians being upset over the depiction of ancient Persians in the movie but when I saw Xerxes , I almost fell from the chair !!!!

I personally wouldnt be very happy
if some crazy filmmaker who made( Dawn of the Dead !) makes a movie about the Indian past depicting soem characters like that !
Although I would not be burning any posters and creating a riot....i would be just laughing over it and advise others to do so !

I also believe in not taking such movies seriously but But ... somehow I just can't dismiss the effects of popular culture on the mass public!
I read somewhere people equating the 'madman' Leonidas and the 'megalomaniac' Xerxes with Prez Ahmedinejad and Prez Bush...
.....which could be the side effect of such stupid movies.

if everyone can go home and forget about seeing it then it should be absolutely fine ....
Which i think many would be trying to do after seeing the blood and the gore...

But again after the movie , I heard my friend say that he would now get a DVD of the movie for the men aboard his ship. He loved the movie and said that that's the kind of brainwashing an army needs !