300

[Psychotic]

I liked it, but it wasn't really as violent as it was hyped out to be, so I am disappointed as far as that goes.

Interestingly enough, the movie that Vincent, Thunder God is talking about, The 300 Spartans, was on TV yesterday, and I watched it. I think you'll find the "Our arrows will blot out the sun" "Then we will fight in the shade" was a not-so-subtle nod to that. Unless that's an actual quote from the original Greek legend or wherever this story came from.

EDIT: Just looked it up and yeah, it came from the original Greek legend.

[BatChao]

I remember watching 300 Spartans in middles school in social studies class... that was kewlies.

Anyway, 300 was pretty much awesome. But I guess you just have to like that kind of movie. I'm a sucker for crazy guys chopping people up and cool special effects, so the movie was perfecto. It knows what kind of movie it is and doesn't try to do anything more and that is awesome.

[Mirage]

It took place in Greece, so I would assume it's a Greek legend.

[Riana]

I loved this film. All films aim to entertain that's what '300' accomplished.

Gerard Butler was fantastic in the film. I couldn't tell it was him! XD
But yeah the battle scenes, the special effects, the score and the acting was really well put together.

I suppose the balance was kept well, as it needed to appeal to both men and women. I can't believe the few people that said it was 'too manly' forgot about the naked (or semi-naked) women. Look how degraded they were, did no one notice that?

However the dialogue was a bit slow. It could have been slightly more fast paced, but then I wondered about the comic ( as I haven't read it). Was there as much content in the comic? Otherwise it's understandable to span it as long to two hours. That was pretty short for a historical film.

I love '300'.

[Aerisfanatic]

every one that saw it either awsome or okay,

personaly i think they over did it just a smidge

and think people always forget that greek people have a mid euorpean accent not that shotty brittish accent they tryed to pull off

[Mercen-X]

If there was any part I didn't like about it . . . I've forgotten what it was because it got buried by the rest of the movie which I loved. My dad wants to own the comic. Leonidas rocks!

[Diango12]

*yawn* this movie was a snore fest, the only thing that kept me awake was the loud and obnoxious cheerleading and that man boob yelling some barbarian language about about barta or whatever.

I thought the ending was good, just wished the persians would've went and arse raped those man boobs already. All that ass and nothing to show for it, what a waste.

[KasaiDraco]

I might watch it online when I feel like it.

[Araciel]

hah yeah when the queen stabbed that guy the theater we were in applauded...chem and i loooked at each other and did a simultaneous eye roll :P

[edczxcvbnm]

I saw the movie. Thumbs down.

I went into this movie thinking it was going to be bad BUT after the movie was over I hated it for way different reasons that I never thought of and actually like what I thought I was going to hate.

I thought they would not really focus much on the real story of what went down and have it flooded with way too much action. Quite the opposite actually. They completely made up what happened story wise(except for a few things) and didn't have nearly enough action. All the talk of how Greece is Free compared to Persia made me laugh though. That part was just ridiculous.

[Diango12]

This movie could have been good, it had potential but flooding it will all this crap and this sob story of boo hoo poor greeks boo hoo just made me ill.

The spartans held the pass for two lucky days through a military strategem not because of their fantastical warrior skills :rolleyes2

please thats a load of crap.

[edczxcvbnm]

This movie could have been good, it had potential but flooding it will all this crap and this sob story of boo hoo poor greeks boo hoo just made me ill.

The spartans held the pass for two lucky days through military and strategic outcome not because of their fantastical warrior skills :rolleyes2

please thats a load of crap.

1) Yep

2) I was giving the benifit of the doubt because it is an action movie. I also would not say it was luck that they survived for 2 days. In those 2 days they lost few. Had they not been betrayed I bet Persia would have never gotten through. But because of the strategy, training, armor advantages as well as weapon advantages compared to the Persians.

[Diango12]

Persia would have gotten through its called "human limits". Their weapons, armor were second class compared to Persia- training was a notch above the hastily conscripted levies Persia raised. The phalanx was the only real variable in the success of the defense.

In any case it was just two days, a few insurgents were able to hold off barricaded against an Army battalion for one week :rolleyes2 big woop

So keep things in perspective it was just two days, the Persians didn’t sustain heavy losses, they weren’t repelled after there endless onslaught as was depicted in the movie and they weren’t beatin as the movie would like show at its ending. There was just a nuisance over yonder between those cliffs and it would probably take a 40 some hours to clear it. That’s all it was big deal

-Alexander beating Darius- Now that was a battle
-Hannibal barca Defeating a Roman army of 87,000 men while his forces numbered some 25,000 and only taking 6,000 casualty’s from the battle is a true test of metal.
-An Arabian army numbering some 13,000 Defeating 200,000 Persians~ that’s right not holding off for some measly two days not forcing them to retreat not being behind two panzy mountains but fighting instead in the open desert and actually defeating every last soldier they had is the real test of metal.

In short the Persians had a failed system of raising armies where they relied on a horde of levies rather then hard earned trained men. And that’s why the Spartans were able to take advantage of this weakness. The only thing is that few poumpos idiots like to make into such a big deal and such a "great success" which I find silly and rather amusing but thats greek historians for ya.

[Madame Adequate]

every one that saw it either awsome or okay,

personaly i think they over did it just a smidge

and think people always forget that greek people have a mid euorpean accent not that shotty brittish accent they tryed to pull off

Tried to?

The guy playing Leonidas is Scottish. Gorgo is English. Dilios is Australian. Xerxes is Brazilian.

Diango: We still haven't claimed that this is in any way historically accurate or remotely relevant to what really happened, and we still don't care that it wasn't. Get over it.

I can't believe you're actually becoming racist about this. What the Spartans did at Thermopylae was heroic, whether you like this movie or not, and whether you like Xerxes' Persia or Ancient Sparta or not. The heroism rests in their willingness to face impossible odds, and to die in doing so, not in how successful their military tactics were. Jesus.

[Diango12]

Wait what?! Excuse me did you just say racist? You mean racist as in the same racisism that’s being projected against Arab/Persian/Easterners in these half asses Greek movies? Racist against a 3000-year-old civilization? And the fact that I happen to be an avid student of Ancient Athens and her exploits? Please elaborate.

Heroism sure but manipulating it way out of proportion is... in fact actually also ok. But smothering and rubbing down ancient cultures in the mud like they were some kind of dirt is Not Ok. What pissed me even more was how people in the theater started laughing when the brave Spartan warriors were slaughtering the helpless and mamed men in the aftermath, I was like WTF xD.

This movie was great it was full of action and violence and should be enjoyed.. but at the cost history or Persia.. I don’t think so