First I am glad you enjoyed it as for your interpretation..

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on April 17, 2007 at 09:52:35

In Reply to: So I fainally got to see 300 posted by dave c on April 17, 2007 at 00:14:53:

"(Please it was my symbol!!)..." If I am reading this right you are owning your interpretation rather than projecting it on the film makers. I have no problem with that. people are free to read what they want into things. But know this, the things you are interpreting as symbolic of today's politics really did happen. I don't think the real Leonidas, Xerxes, Spartans or Persians ever thought their battle would be symbolic of anything 2500 years in their future. The Spartans were in spirit portrayed with brutal accuracy. The movie was about that event and the film makers never intended it to be symbolic of anything else other than the universal truth of the nature of self sacrifice.

"Xerses himself was wonderfully... hey who said no one thought of the homo-erotic thing during this film??!!??"

I siad no one I know of thought of Xerxes being gay while shooting this film. We always meant to portray him as an androginous/omni-sexual narcissist. As for the eroticism we were thinking that it was, in this case, far more equaly distributed between male eye candy and female eye candy. So other than the kissing concubines and a few transvestites in Xerxes tent the eroticism was mostly heterosexual. Of course lesbians were free to be aroused by Lena Heady or the Oracle or the Persian concubines and gay men were free to be impressed by the Spartans. But I would say it was far more an equal opportunity erotic movie than a homo-erotic movie.

Glad you enjoyed it.

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - So I fainally got to see 300 - dave c 00:14:53 04/17/07 (13)

FWIW, ancient Greeks and Romans preferred being hairless below the neck... - MMasztal 13:16:21 04/17/07 (5)

Well, yes, the statuary is hairless but... all Greeks and Romans? You realize - tinear 16:10:43 04/18/07 (1)

and a huge... - dave c 20:46:02 04/18/07 (0)

Thank you - dave c 14:10:15 04/17/07 (2)

Pretty much everything except pubic and head hair... nt - MMasztal 11:26:11 04/18/07 (1)

So Greek men shaved their underarms? And what about the women? - dave c 20:48:04 04/18/07 (0)

I remember watching the 13... and 10... do these count towards that 300? - Victor Khomenko 12:22:16 04/17/07 (0)

First I am glad you enjoyed it as for your interpretation.. - Analog Scott 09:52:35 04/17/07 (2)

To be accurate, you'd have portrayed ALL the Spartans as gay. They - tinear 04:38:28 04/18/07 (0)

Carry on camping - dave c 14:17:57 04/17/07 (0)

It must have been that day todayâ€¦ - David Aiken 02:20:28 04/17/07 (2)

Where and when??? - dave c 14:12:41 04/17/07 (1)

Re: Where and when??? - David Aiken 20:30:40 04/17/07 (0)

Follow Ups

First I am glad you enjoyed it as for your interpretation.. - Analog Scott 09:52:35 04/17/07 (2)

To be accurate, you'd have portrayed ALL the Spartans as gay. They - tinear 04:38:28 04/18/07 (0)

Carry on camping - dave c 14:17:57 04/17/07 (0)

First I am glad you enjoyed it as for your interpretation..

Post a Message!