300 - From Thermopylae to Warner Brothers
Warner Bros 300 looks like a prequel to the videogame, and I'm not much into videogames. But, having read Victor Davis Hansen's review, I went to watch it the other night.
The movie explains so well, and in such simple terms the West's battle with Islam. And in many ways, the politics of the movie mirrors today's. So much so that I found myself wondering whether it was really produced by the CIA or the US military.
I left feeling uplifted. More than anything else, the movie communicates the message of freedom, and the capacity of our western culture to generate the heroes willing to die to defend it. Most of the audience were there to see a good action film. They were not there to cogitate on the nature of good and evil as it relates to our current times. But somehow, I felt that the film's commentary on what we face today was not lost.
If the movie did not cause at least some Iranian generals to reconsider their policy of confrontation - even if just a little, I would be surprised.