300 (2006) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Gerard Butler | Lena Headey | Zack Snyder
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- Achara & Kristen watch "300," an epic historical action film that dramatizes the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, where King Leonidas of Sparta and his 300 warriors make a legendary stand against the massive Persian army led by Xerxes.
This film is directed by Zack Snyder (Man of Steel & Watchmen) & it stars Gerard Butler (Olympus Has Fallen & The Phantom of the Opera), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones & The Brothers Grimm), Dominic West (The Wire & The Affair), David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings series & Van Helsing), Michael Fassbender (X-Men series & Shame), and Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld & Love Actually).
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Fun fact: Spartan women who died during childbirth were honored the same way men who died in combat were, because they gave their lives for Sparta
🫰🫰🫰
In a way,they provided Sparta with more soldiers during their last breath.
We need to go back to those days
@@ericlaw171 true
Hopefully they watch part 2
Telling the hunchback to live a long life was the ultimate Spartan insult as it is their honor is to die in battle.
It was also pretty stupid of Leonidas to turn him away. Yes he’s right that he can’t participate in the formation, but just a few scenes later we see the Spartans all fighting on their own, not in formation.
Do not antagonize the one person who holds the information that can ruin your strategy.
@@merchillio He didnt meet the physical requirements to be in the army. Nothing personal. Those were different times, people were selected on pure merit and not allowed to be in critical places just because they wanted to and had painted their hair blue and been protesting for it on the streets with daddy's money.
@@merchillio ok, yes, but to Leonidas if he ask you to do the formation in a crucial moment and you are not physically able to do it, you compromise the whole formation, doesn't mean they are going to fight like that the whole time, but he need them to be flexible and follow his directions as he was giving them, greetings and salutations , I hope I didn't come across as an A hole :)
@@tullkass14 you absolutely didn’t, no worries.
@@merchillioyea I mean realistically they can use all the Cannon fodder they can get and I don't think they would turn away a sword. The movie needed a traitor though so there you go
"I like that he called them brave amateurs, because, like, they're amateurs and they're brave." Deep thoughts from Kristen.
definate stoner moment.
They talk over so many great lines... with the most inane prattle imaginable.
nobody watches these for the deep thoughts, but mostly the cleavage.
@@Mr.Ekshin "May you live forever" Kristen is maybe the only one who actually got that.
She was trying to make the point that the narrator at least acknowledged that the other guys were brave even if not as "badass" as these idealized Spartans.
In real life, the Spartan that Leonidas sent back to Sparta to give his final orders, received a very cold reception. His name was Aristodemus and he was regarded as a coward and subjected to humiliation and disgrace at the hands of his compatriots; in the words of Herodotus, "no man would give him a light for his fire or speak to him; he was called Aristodemus the Coward." Despite the fact that he was only obeying his King's orders, his fellow Spartans felt that he should have disobeyed them and died with Leonidas. He later fought against the Persians at the "Battle of Platea," with such berserker like fury, that his fellow Spartans did finally remove the stain against his name.
The man got had a purpose to fight for in the next I guess
There was another who was ordered back because of an eye infection, but who returned and fought (while blind) in the last stand...
Because of that... Aristodemus was considered a coward... There was also a 3rd Spartan who didn't fight in the last stand (because he was ordered to be an emissary) he too was considered a coward and ended up hanging himself.
@@drewf8619 dang! ur history skills are on point bro
@@meltherecafe2394 ❤
@@drewf8619 Only a true Spartan would be immune to such treatment /s
Kristen had me dying every time she did the baby tossing motion! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"We should check our babies and just....SUHHH!" 😅😅😅
Ikr 😂😂😂
@@imthewolf1 We do that today if the fetus is damaged.
@@PROVOCATEURSKworking hard to make it illegal.
To me, this will always be Snyder’s true masterpiece.
He combined story, action and visual in a way that he never really managed to do since.
I love this movie.
True, this is like the perfect mix of Snyder Cheese, great action and acting and killer dialogue. He hasn't really gotten that right since imo.
Yes
Masterpiece is a very strong word ..
300, Watchmen and Man of Steel are by far his best movies
@@Anonuk94 they are by the best
“Their shields are so well-made!” The Greek shield was an absolutely revolutionary piece of military technology. The official term for a Greek shield is a Hoplon, which is where we get the term Hoplite, which is the official name for Greek heavy infantry. The Hoplon shield consists of three layers: a bronze facing, a leather backing (the side facing you), and two inches of oak between that (it’s often compared to a kitchen cutting board, which is actually extremely durable itself. You can whack a kitchen cutting board with a battle axe and it won’t break). But what really made the Hoplon so revolutionary was the way you held the shield. Instead of grabbing hold of a handle in the middle, you would pass your arm THROUGH a loop in the middle, and hold on to a second loop at the RIM. This is what is called an argive grip, and it gave the user MUCH better control when holding the shield (it’s also what allowed formations like the phalanx to become possible).
Always love RUclips comments that actually have educational facts to back them up.
amm NO The official term for a Greek shield is Aspis , Hoplon is the greek word for weapon ( sword - spear etc) But you can say the shield as a weapon if you put the defensive in front, like defensive weapon ( αμυντικό όπλο- amidikon hoplon)
@@addfieroτο όπλον ήταν η ασπίδα εξού και ο οπλίτης
@@addfiero Huh. I just looked this up myself, and you’re right. Hoplon originally meant “tool” or “instrument”, and then it evolved to refer specifically to battle gear and weapons (Hoplite meant “armed man”). There were originally three words for shield, and one was Aspis, as you’ve said. And from what I’ve read, both are now considered interchangeable, but really the correct term is Aspis.
@@allmightosensei και μετα ξυπνησες
Fun fact the first fight scene Butler worked so hard to learn the fight. They were losing time and told him he had one take to try it before they used stunt man. The rest is history and we got one of the greatest action sequences ever.
"Only Spartan women give birth to real men!" Is one of the best lines in the whole movie.
😂😂😂 really whoever boink them
this is spartaaaaa
When reactors gloss over that scene in the youtube edits i am baffled.
Lena Headey is fantastic.
Were priests also Spartans?😅
Lay down your weapons - Come and get them - the most badass moment in history.
Spartans, what is your profession? Hawk tuah!
King Philip II of Macedonia: "Now, look: if I win this war, you will be slaves forever. You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my armies into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and level your city."
Spartan King: "If."
"Μολών Λαβέ" the true phrase which was actually the written response
@@PROVOCATEURSK😂
19:30 "Our arrows will blot out the sun"
19:34 "Then we shall fight in the shade." - This was a real exchange between Greek & Persian messengers, and the Spartan message in return is heartily, factually attested in historical records in both Greece and Persia as their true response to the Persian's threat.
should react 'Meet the Spartans' 😅
True!! Olso reall happens when ask them to lay down the weapons and the Spartans says ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (come and get them)!!!
@@jprakash7245lol...that will be great one
Actor Vincent Regan who played the Spartan Captain told a funny story about the movie's production. The actors all underwent a brutal training regiment to get into "Spartan Shape." He himself lost over 40lbs in just a couple of months. At one point his wife and daughter flew in for a visit. When he went to the airport to pick them up, they walked right past him. He had lost so much weight so quickly, it changed the shape of his face and they didn't recognize him.
That actor also plays a similar role in Troy.
He now plays a member of the Kingsguard in House of the Dragon
@@technofilejr3401 He's also Garp in the live action One Piece
@@technofilejr3401guess he enjoys these types of roles.
@@technofilejr3401What kingsguard in house of the dragon?
@@aaditkhan728 isn't he the one Alicent went off with when she floats in the lake in the most recent episode???
That narrator Dilios (David Wenham) would be the ultimate Dungeon Master. 😄
@@Bodyknock oh god yeah, or a narrator for historical documentaries
Oi. It was fine once, but upon rewatch ... Oi.
Agreed.
The only thing missing though is his use of sound effects, like "ka-POW!", "SKRZZZZZT!", and "shiver and queef."
reminds me of the narrator from "deadliest warrior"
He also played Faramir in LOTR
True... a Greek writer once wrote that during an Olympic game, an elderly Greek was going through the stands searching for a seat and couldn't find one. When he reached the Spartan's section every Spartan stood and offered him their seat... the writer wrote that every Greek knew the right thing to do, but it was the Spartans who did it.
Dilios, the Spartan who was sent home by Leonidas was based on an actual Spartan named Aristodemus. He was sent home for his exceptional oratory skills to tell the tale of the 300. He was shunned by Sparta as a 'coward' upon his return and had to live in shame until a year later at the Battle of Platea where he fought so ferociously until his death that he regained his honor in the eyes of his countrymen. What an epic story all around!
Took me over a decade to realize that the narrator (David Wenham) also played Faramir in Lord of the rings.
And the friar in Van Helsing!
also deadliest warrior announcer
That's not so bad. For years, I thought it was Sean Bean.
Smh knew it since before i even watched the movie. Because you know this came after LOTR .
When I was in Iraq in 08-09. my platoon's callsign was Spartan. It all started because our platoon had a habit of getting the shittiest details and assignments, so after we'd get bad news, our platoon sergeant would yell, "Spartans!" and we'd all reply "Fight in the shade!" Then he'd give us an occasional "What is your profession?!" It made me, a young private, feel pretty cool.
Why would you go to Iraq? Because the rich elite said so? How is that different from the Persians?
The problem is that the us army would be the army of Xerxes in the movie. always conquering, stealing and killing other countries lol
it's weird how the villains try to paint themselves as some sort of brave heroes.....
I can only imagine
@@sabin97boooo
Kristen here just chucking babies off of cliffs 😱😅
"Not you, not you...definitely not you!" 🤣
Soooo... she's a democrat?
For those who don’t know. The line “come back with your shield, or on it” was a prevailing theme throughout history. It meant after the battle, come home in victory, or die with honor fighting for your nation -and have your corpse carried home on your shield.
and yet he did neither.
@@sabin97 Yeah, cause there's no honor in the few fighting the many right? By the way, in the real events, after Xerxes had finally killed the Spartans, because his army sustained huge loses and his men had been demoralised (not to mention the fact that he shit his pants) in his vengful fury he gave the order to have Leonidas' head cut off from his corpse and stick it on a pole. The story goes that that following evening Xerxes saw a nightmare that the gods would punish him severely for his blapshimus act. So in his panic he gave the order to take the head back to the rest of Leonidas body and bury him with respect. It did not have the favorable effect he hoped for, as we know what happened later at the battle of Plataea, where the Persians were defeated.
@@johnioannou7578
that's a cute story.
and like all stories it can say whatever you want it to say.
39:58 He didn't missed, he proved that even a "God King" could bleed.
Casuals am I right
he could have done that by sticking the spear in his throat lol
so spearing him through the chest and killing him wouldnt prove that?
He missed. You're a glazer XD
@@MattMajcan It was a spear at considerable range. He didn't have the luxury of choosing WHERE to hit him, he was just trying to hit him. WHICH HE DID. Normally it would have been a minor wound, but in Xerxes case it was enough to signal the beginning of the end for the God Kings previously unstoppable campaign of conquest. So no, he didn't miss.
Funner fact: Immortals were called that because they were always kept at a force of 10,000 men. Leonidas said "May you live forever" as an insult because the highest honor was dying in battle.
And they wore the matching uniform and were all of similar hieght to keep the effect of it feeling like ur fighting the same person everytiime u fought forward
They were the only Persians properly equipped and armored for this fight. The others are light infantry with small spears, no helmet and wicker shields.
@@joelwillems4081 where was the other Persian soldiers in the movie?
Leonidas didn't miss. He proved Xerces being a mere human and not a god by wounding him - in front of the whole persian army!
He missed
I mean, he would've preferred to land that spear right in Xerxes's face, obvs, so it was a "miss" on that level. But in at least wounding him, he accomplished the thing he promised: To prove that even a God-King can bleed. By doing so, he broke the illusion that Xerxes was immortal in front of his own troops, confirmed for the Spartan people that Xerxes wasn't what he claimed to be and could be defeated, and probably put the fear into Xerxes himself. In that way, the "miss" was a "hit" and their defeat was still ultimately a win.
Aiming for the body would have been better, head is a smaller more difficult target.
@@maverickindia117 He was told by thor to go for the head.
He proved a so called God king could bleed
"Spartans! Lay down your weapons!"
"Persians! COME AND GET THEM!"
Will forever remain one of my favorite dialogue exchanges
The live forever comment was a huge insult since it was considered such an honor and glourious to die in battle.
I believe it was his way of saying, “your name and your treachery will live forever”
And it has.
@@mikeb4595ephialtes in Greek it's literally the word for nightmare.
The guy who went back alive from Battle of Thermopylae irl was Aristodemus. He got a eye disease and was excused from combat. When he turned he was humiliated.
In the words of Herodotus, "no man would give him a light for his fire or speak to him; he was called Aristodemus the Coward."
In the Battle of Plataea he fought with such fury that redeemed his name. Out of any Spartan in Plataea, he was the bravest.
I remember being in the theater when the trailer for this movie came on. It opened with the messenger riding over the hill to Sparta and ended with "the world will know that few stood against many" as Leonidas stood in a field of arrows. Whatever movie I was seeing didn't matter anymore. I wanted to see THAT movie.
yeah, unless you were just opposed to violence, i dont see how anyone could not
" FOR EVERY JIGGLE THERE SHALL BE MILLION VIEWS " - Kristen's Watcher. 😂
the jiggle physics are real.
I clicked so fast. One my favorite duos. 😂😭🤣
Kristen has a lot of people's favorite duos...
;)
@@drewf8619You're dirty. I like it.
@@drewf8619
that's mostly why i come here, to be honest.
These 300 Spartans still managed to kill around 20000 Persian soldiers until they were finally brought down. This was one of the best battles to show us how mighty and persistent the Spartans were despite being outnumbered
Source: trust me bro
@@JackRobertson-op3ib trust you on what
Hats off to Spartans! Also search the battle of Saragarhi where 21 soldiers held off a fort against 10000 Afghans before they were all martyred..... These were not humans they were something else!
in your dream😂
@@EDORAS. is that an insult
I think this is part of the reason she was good for Game of Thrones, but I feel her role as Sarah Conner was the real reason. She was a real badass.
I did like the way the story went full circle, with Leonidas using the same strategy that he had used to defeat the wolf when he was a boy.
A cool fact they didnt show in the movie. In real life Leonidas was in his 60's while fighting in the front lines.
So he was avoiding death for a long time, coward. /s
@PROVOCATEURSK or uhhhhh. An old man in a profession where you die young meaning he knew how to fight. Plus he was the king and troops don't let their king die.
"What can you do?" Damn. Fired up.
He didn't miss. Leonidas said he would make a God-King bleed. That's what he did.
he missed. he obviously aimed for xerxes, and didnt him him,
“May you live forever.” Means he’ll never die a glorious spartan death.
Actually, it's foreshadowing. The name "Efialtes" was never forgotten by Greeks after the battle (to this day). The word in Greek means "nightmare".
No it meant his name, and his treachery, will never be forgotten.
And it hasn’t , we still know his name.
Achara - "I love the visuals of this movie."
I bet you do, young lady.
"Who's this turtle looking guy?"
You killed me with that one.
Kristen was killing me in this 😂😂. Especially when he kneeled 😲🫨😱😒😦🫤🤣
he DIDNT miss in the end, he made his point VERY clear "even a God-King, can bleed!"
Snyder was never able to duplicate this level of quality. This was truly his magnus opus.
The graphic novel he adapted helped a lot and while Frank Miller has since become a little controversial himself, it was one of his best works.
I doubt that. I just saw his cut of Rebel Moon and he out does himself like a great visionary.
@@Madbandit77 That may be, but I was still happy how closely he followed the comic when adapting 300, including some of the most iconic scenes.
@@Dreamfox-df6bg Except TDKR and Y1, Frank Miller's writing sucks ass. 300 is the epitome of his shitty writings. Mr. Snyder's brilliant piece of filmmaking, visuals, delivery's what makes this movie watchable for me. The story, script and most of the lines annoy and disgust me.
HAHAHA WHAT? Tell me you never saw a good movie in your life... *Watchmen, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice, Justice League.* Mr. Snyder's usual brilliant piece of filmmaking, visuals, delivery's what makes this movie watchable for me. The story, script and most of the lines in this annoy and disgust me. The graphic novel sucks ass.
In the graphic novel, the hunchback guy did not betray them. Leonidas rejected him for the same reason and was kind enough about it just like the movie, but because of the rejection he threw himself off a cliff. So even in death he never betrayed them. Yet the movie makes him so much worse. That was a real character assassination.
Historically speaking, he did betray them.
It's debated if Ephialtes existed as such (a deformed spartan reject) or it was a made up character standing for the concept of treason (the name means "Nightmare", a bit fitting to be a real name given by loving parents); but yeah: in the surviving accounts, the person that was rejected to serve becomes the person betraying the 300.
@@DocuzanQuitomos No, it's pretty established that Ephialtes existed. He had a bounty placed on him that the Spartans ended up paying to the person who killed him (for an entirely unrelated reason). There is also the believed account where the word/name had it's meaning changed following the betrayal.
Spartan child: When I grow up, I want to be an awoo!"
Plase react to :
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Jamie Foxx & *Gerard Butler* _(LEONIDAS)_
🔥 *Dawn of the Dead* (2004)🔥Directed by *Zack Snyder*
21:10 "It's like a Taylor Swift concert"
That line was f**king hilariously true 😂
David Wenham, after his time playing as Faramir in the Lord of the Rings movies, went on to play Dilios (the one-eyed narrator) in this.
I saw this in the theater, and the entire audience cheered when Theron got it.
"May you live forever" is actually an insult and a curse to those who are unworthy of a beautiful death.
"I love they said brave amateurs because they're amateurs and they're brave"
Wise words
12:40 Turtle-Looking Guy LMAO 🤣🤣😂😂
17:19
Your guys’ synchronized head tilt is too cute 😂
Fun fact: My highschool mascot was a Spartan, and our colors matched their's. After this movie came out, they added the rally call to all announcements and it was the football teams rally call
Every other high school in this country have Spartans as their mascot. Using lines from this film in sports was ubiquitous when it came out.
Your union ancestors would get mad at you for supporting slave owners.
“Give them nothing. From them, take everything.” I love that line.
17:21 - I loved the synchronized head tilt. 🙂
"They're fighting for Justice for All" Cries in Helot
To everyone who says "That's not historical", I always took the movie as the Battle of Thermopylae, as told by the Spartans. They may have exaggerated a bit, with creative license
Spartans don't exist anymore 😂
This story was fiction made by a writer in this century.
This is NOT how they told it.
Yeah, that's the whole point of the "twist" at the end when it's revealed that the entire movie is the story that Dilios is telling to inspire the council to go to war and, later, to amp up the soldiers before charging into battle. It's not supposed to be "what actually happened" so much as "the epic legend of what happened, as told by Dilios." All the events in the movie are the propaganda version of "the real story" that Dilios is using to rev up the Spartans for the coming battle.
I remember sitting in the theater the first time I watched "300" and, once the rock music kicked in, the giant, fantasy animals showed up, the monster-y Immortals charged in, Xerxes showed up looking and sounding all crazy, etc. I found myself thinking it was just another one of those "period piece but with rock music"/style-over-substance movies that had been big a few years before ("A Knight's Tale," e.g.). I was kind of disappointed at first but just decided to turn my brain off and enjoy it for what it was (i.e. stylized fluff). Then it got to the reveal at the end where we see that the reason Xerxes was 10 feet tall with a pitched-down voice and there were giant, slightly fantasy-riffic animals and the Immortals had monster hands and faces, etc. is because Dilios is *exaggerating* the details to make the story more epic and inspiring for the council and the soldiers. THEN, suddenly, once I realized it wasn't just style-over-substance but was actually style with a narrative and thematic purpose, I loved it.
The people who complain that "it's not historically accurate" obviously missed the point of the ending. It's not supposed to be historically accurate and the movie tells you so right at the end. Anyone who watches the end of "300" and still says "It's not historically accurate" is like someone watching a Disney cartoon and saying, "That's not real life, those people are animated!" like they've discovered something no one else has. It's like, yeah, no shit, Sherlock. That's the whole point.
@@johnplaysgames3120 Bravo, spot on!
@@JackRobertson-op3ib Yes, a modern writer thought to himself "How would the Spartans tell their own story?"
@@alexkaen1701 yes lmao, it was literally a comic book 😂😂
12:41 "who's this turtle looking guy?" 😂😂 she's great
Zack snyder directed the heck out of this masterpiece.
Fun fact, Sparta was the capital of a region called Laconia. Spartans in particular were known for their blunt, austere and demeanor. That’s actually where the word laconic comes from.
The real Xerxes and Leonidas had a written exchange the night before the Battle of Thermopylae, in which Xerxes wrote and told Leonidas, “hand over your arms.” Leonidas’s response was “molon labe”, which translates to come and take them.
It's not just noble. Don't forget, a hundred years ago our grandfathers were lying about their ages so they could be eligible for draft to go fight the axis powers. If anything, he did it for his son even more than for his own pride as a father.
but mostly they were drafted
This movie is one among a handful, that i await the day my son grows to watch this with. It is a masterpiece.
It’s so hard to catch, but Xerxes is Rodrigo Santoro…he’s Carl in Love, Actually (the sweet designer at the office with Laura Linney), and he plays Jennifer Lopez’s husband in What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Such different characters 😳.
Don’t forget Paulo in Lost! Haha
I remember when I realized he was Carl from love actually, I was like wait Xerxes was hot? wtf?
That necklace is the fang of the wolf that Leonidas killed when he was young.
*Facts About Sparta:* Spartan shields were actually very brilliantly designed for their time, instead of being purely brass like they are in the movie they were actually stacks of wood piled on top of each other like a circular pyramid with brass coating on top of it, and a layer of leather between the brass and wood to absorb the impact.
There most effective battle tactic was the phalanx (shield wall) but it would only work if EVERY shield bearer was strong and worked together as one, it’s why for the Spartans if you lost lost your shield it was considered a disgrace. That same mentality is used today in the US military were soldiers are trained to treat their rifles as irreplaceable extensions of themselves.
Spartan women were the only women in Ancient Greece that were treated as equals to men, because as Queen Gorgo says in the movie “Because only Spartan women give birth to real men”.
Sadly what was the Spartans greatest strength, their warrior culture, was also what led to their downfall. The Spartan population was hard to maintain due to the constant absence and loss of the men in battle and the intense physical inspection of newborns.
Fun (Historical) Fact: Leonidas was actually around 60 when he fought in Thermopylae and the Queen (her name was Gorgo) was actually his niece his older half brother's daughter. His older half brother was deposed some time earlier on ground of insanity and he had been exiled. Leonidas then was made King Plutarch wrote, “When someone said to him: 'Except for being king you are not at all superior to us,' Leonidas son of Anaxandridas and brother of Cleomenes replied: 'But were I not better than you, I should not be king. His older half brother was deposed some time earlier on ground of insanity and he had been exiled. What he said about us remembering them that quote is true and it's written on their momument. It was built in 1955 and they used Simonidis quote (he was a poet and a writer alive at the time of the battles of the first and second Persian wars) which is the following: Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. In English : Stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lay here, faithful to their laws.
The captain who lost his son is Garp from the One Piece live action!!
Fun fact. The name of the Spartan traitor Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης) literally means nightmare in the Greek language today.
probably meant that back then too, which is why its that
Kristen is adorable when she’s confused 😝
I always thought it was a little silly that that “kid” never heard the whole ass horse galloping behind him.
25:06 That's what she said.
Spartans had slaves called Helots that they would declare war against every year in order to keep their troops trained.
Girls! You should watch "Olympus has fallen".
This is the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Within a couple centuries, the Greeks totally defeated the Persians, and launched a rapid invasion conquering the Persian Empire from one end to the other.
Great movie! Has so many good lines, especially, "This Is Sparta!"
Leonidas had earlier promised to Xerxes that the Spartans would prove before the battle was over that "Even a God can bleed", a jab at Xerxes claim of being a God-King. By making Xerxes bleed, Leonidas kept his promise, and you can see Xerxes himself shocked at such a graphic reminder of his mortality.
I am a 30-year veteran of the US Army. I enjoyed this movie. I would serve it all again. The comradery I enjoyed can never be replaced. There is no greater honor than to serve one's country.
This always reminds me of meet the spartans. 😂
My fav line is that: ''The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed.''
the irony of spartans claiming to stand for freedom against tyranny is kinda hilarious considering sparta was an oligarchy and fully embraced slavery
@@MattMajcan Totally agreed!
The immortals were the Persian kings personal bodyguard and sometimes special troops. They were called immortals because there were so many, that when one died, another took his place immediately. It was like his guard never died.
Having the whole movie be a retelling of the story by Dilios is pretty genius. It let them make the Persian army so much more monstrous and over exaggerate many features of the battle, but still keep it grounded.
7:56 "That's a deep ass hole..."
And thus, my comprehension took it differently. 😂
What’s amazing about this movie is that it was shot in only 60 days and almost all of it in doors.
probably looked like a bunch of heads floating around
There's a sequel to 300 called 300 Rise Of An Empire with a couple of characters returning and a lot of new characters and it happens at the same time. It's also amazing
Kristen should become new parental advisor and help yeet some babies 😂
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The 300
When Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks and showed the passage to Xerxes, a runner informed Leonidas that they were about to be encircled. In the movie, it is Daxos of the Arcadians that informs Leonidas and then leaves the battlefield with his troops. In reality, upon discovering that his army had been encircled, Leonidas told his allies that they could leave if they wanted to. Part of the army took him up on his offer and fled.
However, around 2000 men stayed behind to fight and die. The remaining Greek forces marched into the open field and met the Persians head-on. Considering that the 700 Thespians and the 400 Thebans were not professional soldiers like the 300 Spartans and were not trained from an early age to fight and die in honor, their decision to stay and fight till death may seem by some even more heroic than the 300’s.
Zack Snyder’s incredibly stylized telling of the Battle of Thermopylae gives nearly any other film on this side of the century marker an insurmountable standard to claim the title as the most mythological storytelling display in 21st-century cinema.
👏 you’re the first reviewers that truly understands the message of the story
The battle of Plataea is the last scene. This is when the Greeks finally came together to fight the Persians. Athens has been burned by Xerxes army by this point in the war.
I was 23 when this came out and what an experience in the theater. All men who walked out after watching it had their arms wide like we had huge lats and a great physique. hahaha good times.
they walked out in formation
*There is also the sequel "300 : Rise Of An Empire"............* ⬅📀⚔🏹⚔🛡
Nope, there's no sequel I don't know what you are talking about.
@@ecksearoh6283 That one got boobs in it. Female boobs.
Funny thing is, even to this day, Spartans were still the finest soldiers ever produced. It wasn't to war they went extinct, but to love. Soldiers weren't allowed to marry or start a family till they were 30. You can imagine, a society that honours death, marrying relatively late for ancient times and discarding many infants was unsustainable. They simply were whittled away to nothing
The reason that the whole film seems surreal, why the Persians seem so monstrous, and the beasts (wolf, rhino, elephant) are so huge and distorted, is that we're not seeing things as they happen, we're seeing things as described by our narrator, who as we see at the end is giving a speech to the Spartan army to inspire them in their imminent fight against the Persian army. It's a propaganda speech, designed to vilify the foe, and pump up the soldiers to kill them. For them, there is no greater glory and honor than to die in battle in service to Sparta. The story of Leonidas and the 300 Spartans lives forever.
The real Queen Gorgo was just as much of a badass as she is in the movie. She was also known for her intellect and wisdom. Spartan women went through a rigorous physical training, not to the level of the men, but still quite intensive. They also received an education, often more so than what the men received. It is in reference to this that the philosopher and historian Plutarch wrote of when a foreign woman commented to Gorgo that "you Spartan women are the only ones who rule their men", to which Gorgo replied "yes, we are the only ones that give birth to men."
If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend giving a listen to the song "Sparta" by the band Sabaton. Their songs are all about battles, soldiers, and military events, with a focus on the history of things. But for the Battle of Thermopylae, rather than focusing on the actual events, they based the song on the events of this movie. The result is a great song.
It's more that the movie is based on a fictional graphic novel that is rooted in a historic event.
@@deanwilliams433 It is based on a fictional graphic novel, but in both the movie and the graphic novel the parts that are shown in Sparta itself, that don't involve Leonidas, are not exaggerated. But all of the parts narrated by Dilios show the Persians and their animals as physically monstrous, and the Persians themselves as degenerate. And that being the case, I must strongly disagree with your contention that the reason the Persians and their animals are exaggerated is simply because the source is a graphic novel.
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THE 300 (some historical facts)
The film '300' focuses on one battle during the long Greco-Persian Wars, the armed conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states of the time (480 BC).
The "300" movie is based on the eponymous comic book by Frank Miller, which presents only a free version of the battle. Therefore, historical inaccuracies are unavoidable and excusable since the film is not based on real history but on a fantasy graphic novel.
Miller said that he traveled to Greece and researched history as much as he could. He clarified that his work was not a realistic representation of the historic battle of Thermopylae but a free version of the battle that contains several fantastic elements.
Y’all should watch “Spartacus” the series, it’s excellent,
Love this reaction. Especially Kristen with the military thing, she was all in! And I don't think 300 ripped guys bothered her either! lol
Zack Synder knows how to make a great movie
Oh yeah, how's the Director's Cut of Rebel Moon simpleton?
Fun fact, In actual history, there were around 9000 Greeks, the majority of which were hoplites (citezen soldiers) while some were helots (spartan slaves), not only 301 Spartans. Another fun fact, a lot of the time, the Spartans fought with the Persians, against other Greek city states. Another fun fact, Thebes was the city state best known for their exceptional soldiers, including the famed 300 Sacred Band of Thebes, while Sparta was best known for their beautiful women.
In my head canon, Xerxes is a Goa'uld and hence that is why he thinks of himself as a god. If you don't know what a Goa'uld is you should check out Stargate SG-1.
Xerxes is very apophis coded 😂
The Hoplite was the pinnacle of Bronze Age warrior. It led to the Roman Citizen soldier that ruled the ancient world. Spartans were an entire society dedicated to the perfect fighter, they culled their young much the way we would kill cattle who dont produce milk or are born malformed. Literally bred themselves for this moment. Though this is fantasy still the battle of Thermopylae (which probably wasnt against millions but hundreds of thousands) gave Themistocles time to gather men at Artamesium but still both battles were lost but the cost in lives due to brilliant commanders choosing their force multipliers correctly, terrain, cost so many lives for the enemy their empire was consumed. Force multipliers and attrition.
This is why armies can lose every battle but win a war.
"We fight as a single impenetrable unit!" Well yes for 5 seconds until you break ranks and just run at the enemy as a scattered horde. Ephialtes might as well have been allowed to stay.
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I saw this 3 times at the theater when it came out. Still one of my all time favorite movies! And, yes, us military people admire these soldiers for their skill, their bravery and their love of country.