Yes 300 is the retelling of the brave Spartan warriors who fought against Persia, now in modern days called Iran.
300 is VERY fact filled, right down to individual words spoken. These were really said:
"They look thirsty!" - Spartan
"Then Let's give them something to drink!" - Leonidas
"Immortals? We'll put their name to the test!" - Leonidas
"Only Spartan Women produce real men" - Gorgo
"We will fight in the shade" - Dieneces
"Tonight we dine in Hell" - Leonidas
Persian - "Spartans! Hand over your arms!"
Leonidas - "Come and get Them"
Ephialtes however was not deformed, nor ex-Spartan. He lived in Malis, a town in the hills south of Thermopylae. The number of Persians is actually underrated in the film!! Herodotus records there being 5,283,220 Persians (but that is probably a lie!) to 300's 2,000,000!!
In the film they actually put a piece of unhistorical clothing on the Spartans! They wore no sandals, from childhood they walked over sharp rocks and ashes to harden their soles. Other than that and a missing cuirass, their armor is fairly accurate.
Also, the Immortals were not souless beasts, just 10,000 crack troops recruited by Xerxes to be his bodyguard. They were not ninjaesque; they looked very much like the emissaries at the beginning of the movie.
Of Course 300 is a retelling of Thermopylae by the Spartans (Delios prior to the battle of Platea). So all that is shown in 300 is what the Spartans of course could have recounted it as! Deformed old creatures, huge half naked almost indestructable warriors. It's all relative!
However, a large number of warriors were left out of the movie. Alongside the 300 Spartans were most notably 700 Thespians and the 'Noble Band' of 300 Theban homosexuals who both stayed to the bitter end even though Leonidas had ordered the 6000 odd other Greeks to leave alongwith the Thespians the night before their annihilation.
The honours that people give always
Pass to those use-besotted gentleman
Whose numbskull courage is a kind of fear,
A fear of thought and of the oafish mothers
('Or with your shield or on it') in their rear.
Spartans cannot retreat. Why then, their praise
For going forward should be less than others.
But we, actors and critics of one play,
Of sober witted judgement, who could see
So many roads, and chose the Spartan way,
What has the popular report to say
Of us, the Thespians at Thermopylae?
-Norman Cameron
300 was the movie based on the battle of Thermopolaye. It took place on Thermopolaye pass, hence the name.
Xerxes The story will be the same heft as '300' but it cover a much, much greater span of time -- it's 10 years, not three days… This is a more complex story. The story is so much larger. The Spartans in '300' were being enclosed by the page as the world got smaller. This story has truly vast subjects. The Athenian naval fleet, for instance, is a massive artistic undertaking and it dwarfed by the Persian fleet, which is also shown in this story. The story has elements of espionage, too, and it's a sweeping tale with gods and warriors.
The Battle of Thermopylae in the Ancient Greek Wars against the Persian Empire. it deals with the valiant stand of the 300 Spartans and tends to ignore the 1000 Thespians who also stayed and fought to the end at the other end of the pass.
There are approximately 30 minutes of fighting in the movie 300.
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No, 300 is based on a true story; the spartan pit is not real.
300 was the movie based on the battle of Thermopolaye. It took place on Thermopolaye pass, hence the name.
Xerxes The story will be the same heft as '300' but it cover a much, much greater span of time -- it's 10 years, not three days… This is a more complex story. The story is so much larger. The Spartans in '300' were being enclosed by the page as the world got smaller. This story has truly vast subjects. The Athenian naval fleet, for instance, is a massive artistic undertaking and it dwarfed by the Persian fleet, which is also shown in this story. The story has elements of espionage, too, and it's a sweeping tale with gods and warriors.
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The Battle of Thermopylae in the Ancient Greek Wars against the Persian Empire. it deals with the valiant stand of the 300 Spartans and tends to ignore the 1000 Thespians who also stayed and fought to the end at the other end of the pass.
National Treasure.......No, that's completely fictional. 300 however, while it has some fictional elements, it is based on the real life Battle of Thermopylae in 480 b.c.
There are approximately 30 minutes of fighting in the movie 300.
The name of the movie with the 300 skit is called Epic Movie.
This is true if the equation is: 75% of 400 = 300
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His favorite movie is 300.