300 Just a Film

To:  Dr. Hamed Vahdati Nasab

Film's such as Warner Brother's newest release 300, have recently become the subject of debate. Such debates are irrelevant, due to the fact that most of the people who gave their signatures (including the creator of the online petition) have not seen the film yet.

The film is a product that has been created to entertain and sell merchandise. I realize this. The film's screenplay was adapted from the graphic novel written by Frank Miller. The novel is historically inaccurate in many aspects, including the depiction of Spartan warriors. It was proven that some Spartan warriors were homosexuals, while in the graphic novel and the film King Leonidas calls the Athenians "boy lovers." This misrepresentation of Spartans was not used to soil the image of ancient Greeks. Instead, this depiction was simply the creator's method for intensifying the Spartan machismo.

While some people may be angered by the depiction of Persians in the film, their arguments are futile as this FILM was not created as a historical reference, but as entertainment. Grow up and wake up to the real world. We are educated enough that if we'd like to know more about the historical accuracy of the battle of Thermopylae, we can research it rather than watch a piece of entertainment.

We petition that people who can't realize the difference between entertainment and reality should not be able to use the internet, nor write erroneous petitions to film studios.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The 300 Just a Film Petition to Dr. Hamed Vahdati Nasab was created by and written by Brian Gibson (FilmSchoolRejects.com) (brian@filmschoolrejects.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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