Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
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The movie is thrilling with war scenes that were very good made. The plot was weak. The rhythm of the movie and it's shape in the end is really what bothers me that I sometimes can imagine the green screens. In the end , watch for fulfilling it's main cause very good which is war.
Adapted from the graphic novel by the same name, so no it doesn't have to be historically accurate(although the battle happened and it is "based on" a real event"). This is a beautiful movie, every shot is gorgeous, whether it is a slow-mo shot of a killing blow that delivers crimson blood on white sand, a blood red Spartan cloak waving in the wind or a gleaming shield reflecting the blazing sunlight! It is also a very violent and over the top movie. This together with the heroic struggle of the Spartans, makes it an extremely entertaining movie to watch!
When I first saw this movie, on DVD, a few years ago it was 'competing' with two other movies on the same subject. At the time I didn't think 300 was the best of the three. I was so wrong. It's become a real favourite! For sure its a bit of romp with its steam puck monsters, etc., and its historical accuracy very debatable but does it say something about Hunan nature?
A brave, oddly blue-eyed group of Spartans screech about "freedom" and serve as a model for humanity as a seemingly alien race of ugly, deformed, evil mutant Persians tries to conquer them. This movie, made during the US-Iraq war that began in 2003, is nothing but propaganda to inspire hatred for people from the Middle East. The Spartans certainly excelled at warfare and were brave warriors, but the rear-guard force of 300 was part of a much larger Greek army, numbering as many as 8,000 -- something the movie entirely leaves out. Second, the Spartans were war-like primarily to control the massive numbers of slaves held in their homeland, who outnumbered Spartan citizens 10 to 1. Hearing the brave, blue-eyed (LOL) Spartans screeching about "freedom" really made me laugh. The invading Persians are depicted as nothing more than cowardly, ugly monsters. As a former military officer, I admire the bravery of the Greeks at Thermopylae, but this type of propaganda, styled as "cinema," makes me sick. My previous review, making these points, was deleted by IMDb. I wonder why.
