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Originally Posted by CVD
I can see where you are coming from, but didnt this battle occur over a thousand years before Muslims came to be? I for one never associated Muslims with the Persians in this movie. Nor do I really associate middle-easterners with the "monsters" depicted.
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You have a point. The story is pre-Christian, pre-Muslim. At that point in history, religions were polytheistic. It's not a matter of religions portraying religions; it's Greeks vs. Persians. I will say that the story is misconstrued somewhat. It is humans battling humans, but at that time someone who was over 5'8" tall was considered a "giant." There was a lot of imagination written about the battle, so why not portray that in the movie to make it that much more appealing? There are some things that are true and some that aren't. You can't tell me that orgies, adultry, and body modifications didn't occur at that time. Maybe not like they were depicted, to that degree, but they were practiced.