300 SUCKED!!

I had been really against going to see 300 coz I thought it would either turn out to be a really gross bloody movie or it would be a movie that has good graphics but no real story nor characters so I wouldnt "feel" the movie. I decided to go see it with my youngest brother and I was soooo dissappointed to find out I was right...it was a sorry excuse for a movie and all I enjoyed were the good graphics and the 2 minute comical lines that were in the script. My brother thought it sucked too so no its not just coz I am a girl! The movie lacked a real story, lacked real characters, and played on really silly movie tricks that any movie goer would spot. Firstly, why the hell were the Persians portrayed as ugly creatures? This is such a silly trick of portraying the "enemy" as monsters so that we are more pro the humans in the movie because we identify with them more. The Persians consisted of trolls, some weird Ninja Asian people, Arabs, and they even had blacks! Since when were Persians African Americans?! And the Persian king was a man standing there in golden speedos, with piercings everywhere, and make up on. Does that sound like a Persian to you?! Secondly, why were they trying to portray the Spartans as people who respected women and gave them a high importance in society while the Persians saw them as inferior beings? Spartans used to discard female babies! They used to throw them away! The whole play on Arabs vs Americans popped up in my mind and my brother's mind throughout the movie. This women part is one example, then you had the Spartans always saying how they were fighting for freedom and against a tyrant...it sounds a little too close to a way to justify America's actions against Iraq or even potentially Iran. Thirdly, the movie lacked any character building and lacked a story. I wasnt attached to any of the characters in any way and actually felt that the Spartan king did not do his duty as a king. When you know that your army is doomed and that after you are killed your people's wives and kids would be slaughtered and your city burnt...I think you'd want to entertain the Persian king's offer in order to save your people. After all your people are your responsibility. But no...the king's own personal need to be glorified was more important! None of it was believable, none of it touched me, none of it moved me! It needed to tone down with the stereotypes, tone down with the politics, and needed a large boost of character building and storytelling. It was a sorry excuse for a movie! I felt it insulted my intelligence!