FIRST TIME WATCHING | 300 (2006) | Movie Reaction | Woman with Spartan Blood Watches 300!
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- The Mrs. watches 300 (2006) for the first time and realizes why her resolve is so strong... Must be her Spartan Blood! Here's her reaction.
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Mrs having Spartan blood completely explains the lack of tears for some reactions. I get it now.
The original Greeks and Romans looked nothing like the movies. Look it up. Deep search
@@everythingdivine what does that have to do with anything? Lol why even leave that comment
Oh, come on… her water bottle is her secret weapon.
praying or Karma doesn't save innocent women and children's lives anywhere in the world today
Because spartans have no tears.
When the persians told the spartans to lay down their weapons, Leonidas' reply: "come and take them", is an historical quote. There is a statue of Leonidas in Thermopylae with the inscription "Molon Labe", which is ancient greek for "come and take them".
It's very interesting that most of "the quotes" in this movie were actually told by the real people, in a similar or the same instance. For example "come and get them", "we will fight under the shade", "only Spartan women give birth to real men" etc. After all, 'το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν', meaning, Someone to speak with the special manner that Spartans (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) talk, is a whole Philosophy! That's a famous Greek quote!
@@christostragas8643 Sparta was in a region of Greece called Laconia, and this style of reply (short, blunt, witty) is still called 'laconic' in our present day. Basically they invented one-liners.
@@juanausensi499 exactly that! I couldn't find the English term! And btw it still is. The regions of Greece have a direct lining with the regions of the ancient Greek ruling. For instance Lakonia has as capital city Sparta, Macedonia has Thessaloniki, Attica has Athens etc
Molon labe
@@AliRzv313 Calm down, mate. It is a movie based upon a comic. Which was only very loosely based upon actual history.
Nobody watching that movie thought they were seeing a documentary.
Your lack of over acting, or over reacting is exactly why I watch these videos every week.
yeah. too many fake, exaggerated reactions on youtube
What are you talking about? They took this whole movie as a joke, total disrespect to the Spartans.
Yes!
Leonidas didn't intend on killing Xerxes, but merely humiliate him in front of his army, a fate worse than death for a narcissist with a god-complex
Yup, all about destroying his image for the whole world. That would no doubt leave a huge scar and a god would not have a scar.
Actual history is different , alliance of city states of Greece that had 7 000 men , was fighting Xerxes army and navy .
This movie is the last stand , where 300 Spartans , 700 Thespians , 900 helots and 400 Thebans. remained to protect the retreating Greece army .
Funny how they dont mention those other people at all and that in the end Xerxes withdrew with his army to Asia , most dying to starvation and diseases .
But then again you cant get movie from using facts ... people need to pull ideas from their butt and make people dumber .
@@pete_lind the Movie is called 300 for a reason my guy
@@pete_lind because its from the comic not the historical event
It was to remind Xerxes that he was merely mortal.
The persian messanger is an epic actor. He played the gladiator trainer in spartacus haha "A gladiator does not fear death. He embraces it,caresses it,....fucks it." Lol
By Jupiter's cock! You are right! I didn't realize that until this comment. Man I really need to rewatch that show.
Animaus was an awesome character!
I knew he was familiar I just couldn’t think what show that was wow I used to love that show..
He is an Aussie
I love how consistent this guy is. If he's asked a question about the technical details of the movie, he'll answer it, but not if it gives away any of the plot. That's not an easy line to walk, somtimes.
"You gotta use your words carefully around the Spartans"
Funny you should say that, they are famous for the origin of laconic phrasing (named after the region of Greece Sparta was in, Laconia). They take terseness to a whole other level, imbuing just one word with loads of meaning and intent.
When Philip II of Macedon was conquering all of Greece, he sent a message to Sparta asking if he should come as friend or foe. Sparta's response was just one word: "Neither".
Frustrated, Philip sent back "If I invade Laconia, I shall turn you out"
The Spartans again replied with a single word: *If*
Spartans did have the balls and massive respect to them. But Philip ii did kick their asses tho 😂
How did he beat them?
@@elijahchavez5847 He beat this shish out of them.
@@acephas3 Actually Phillip of Macedon never went to sparta and neither did Alexander the great...you could say they knew better than to fuck with sparta but the truth is they had no beef with them and it wasn't worth picking a fight, spartans had always been sort of isolationists.
Historically spartans were never really interested in empire building as they had more than enough land and resources etc especially for their relatively small eugenic society, plus they had a massive slave population to control and keep an eye on...they were incredibly disdainfully disinterested in what the rest of "Greece" was doing...typically they were usually provoked by Athens, it's beta league of allied nations or some other dumbass sabre rattling upstarts...so they'd march out kick their asses on the battlefield, siege their "capital" city until they surrendered, made them dismantle their own walls and fortifications...as well as pay a tribute or ransom in slaves, gold, silver and harvests etc...and then they'd just go home confident that everyone got the message.
Sparta strangely had no real walls or fortifications...one of their kings when asked about it pointed to his troops and said those are Sparta's walls...when asked about it's borders he held out a spear and said they stretch as far as this can reach.
Even up until the roman times when sparta was little more than a curious tourist destination for wealthy patricians the romans decided not to fuck with them because they were still considered great warriors.
@@Shamelesscritique1 Well, he DID invade Laconia, beat the shis out of the Spartans there, and sent them packing.
I've seen this movie so many times and the ending speech still gives me chills
The narrator is storytelling and playing it bigger than it was. Wich was he did an amazing job. Alot of people forget or never see it like this.
Indeed it feels like being a hoplite standing by the fire listening to the tale before the battle.
That gets missed by a lot op people, this isn't supposed to be a documentary but a movie based on how the story would ( likely ) be told by the one sent back to tell their tale.
@@DonKDD Delios turns what would have been a pretty damn good story already into an patriotic good v evil heroic epic, to stir the courage and pride of every Greek as a people.
Yep. Hence why all of the Persians are monstrous, oversized, bulbous, with all the boils and everything, and all of the heroes are perfectly beautiful and cut from marble.
Though, the Spartans did match that.
Frank Miller, who wrote the comic that the movie is based on, was inspired by the 1962 movie "The 300 Spartans." He said it was first time he had seen a story that said the heroes weren't the people who won but, instead, the people who sacrificed themselves for a greater good.
I saw that movie when I was little (not when it was first released, but years and years later, on TV) and I remember being totally mesmerized by it! I didn’t realize that that was the inspiration for the comic. Thank for the info! 👍
I guess he was unfamiliar with the Alamo whose men held out against overwhelming odds to buy Sam Houston time to train his army which ultimately defeated and captured Santa Ana.
Guess he missed the Battle of Bastogne during WWII in which defeated and retreating American troops stopped and despite lack of supplies, stopped advancing German units in weather that included heavy fog, 23 degrees below zero, and over 20 inches of snow until the German tanks ran out of fuel and Patton could fight his way tho relieve them.
@@aprilwing974 "300 Spartans" came out in when Frank Miller was 5 years old, and even allowing a couple of years for it to get on TV, he wouldn't have learned much about history yet, though I am a little surprised he hadn't heard of the Alamo because Disney's movie/TV mini-series "Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier" (which included the Alamo) was quite popular in merchandise marketed to kids at that time.
"SPARTANS!!!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!?!?!? HOU!!!! HOU!!! HOU!!! HOU!!!""
I know this battle was stylized and all that, but can you imagine the PTSD one would get from ancient warfare? Everything so up close and personal. And before anyone who says it didn't exist back then, from ancient Hittite records alone there are stories of soldiers reporting symptoms that sound very much like PTSD.
There's a character Guts that deals with a lot. Kills a kid in a fight. Has to be a monster in a monstrous world.
Of course, ptsd is common, and much more common in the ancient world. People like to think many things that we have discovered or created wasn’t around in antiquity but they would be wrong. Not just psychological problems but medical problems to, they had brain surgery, they knew of cancer, and they even had simple computers, at least from 2000 years ago like the Antikythera, but of course was rare because of the engineering/cost.
@@CChissel You'd be surprised at how many people think many of the diseases and disorders that are known today simply did not exist in ancient times. Many of them right here on UA-cam.
Yeah, back then they called it "Shield Shock".
Actually is belived that ancient soldier get less ptsd then modern one, because ancient soldiers were easly used to blood and kill your enemy melee and the enemy is always evil in their mind, no regrets. Not saying they don't get it eh
Spartans were known for their quick witty retorts but also for their respect for the elderly. There's a story about how during some games between several polis an old man was looking for a place to sit. No one offered him their seat. However, the moment he got to the Spartans they all stood up and offered him a place to sit. Before accepting he turned to the others and said "only in Sparta does it pay to grow old"
If I remember right their reasoning was you've been fighting life long enough to grow old, which is an achievement in itself.
Edit: On a sidenote, it's not only that for Spartans the best death was a warriors death, again if memory serves me right, in Sparta there were only 2 ways to earn a "tombstone" (or the equivalent in those times), either you died in battle or you died during childbirth.
Yeah, even though the Spartan dream is to die in battle, they had no problem with growing old and dying of old age, because it meant you were unkillable on the battlefield and no one could challenge your skill.
The queen of Sparta (I don’t remember when, or which queen) was walking through a city and a woman asked her why Spartan women were free to do as they wish, and she and others weren’t and she replied, “Only Spartan women give birth to real men”
Just saw this a few months back and I agree, this is easily Snyder's best work. Probably not an exaggaration to call it a masterpiece, not only because of the battle scenes, production design and the technical aspects, but bc the dialog is so well written. Such an emotional and inspiring story told in the best way possible.
It´s a good piece, but Snyder´s best work for me atleast is Watchmen.
@@DrLurkalot Watchmen is definitely Snyder's best movie with 300 as a close second
Snyder adapts graphic action novels very well.
Some people are just addicted to emotions. Glad to see you not getting bothered by their comments. Respect.
The thing that makes the slowmotion work so well in this movie as opposed to other movies is that it's *not just* for stylistic effect.
It complements the action so well as it both slows it down so you see exactly what's happening and also makes the movement feel softer and more stream lined.
This is hands down the best use of this effect I've ever seen in any movie.
"I can see why this movie is popular...lots of boobies!" Is THAT why Spartacus:Blood and Sand is so popular!? It all makes sense now!
Greek Mythology, swordplay, lots of blood and a ton of orgies 😂😂😂
Much more half Naked men..and If you think that modern women are nor interested in men anatomy like men are interesting in women ..yoy are totally wrong. They like good looking bodies amd They like sex like men.
Hahah the mrs. Is way too accurate about Zach Schneider movies lol. Keep up the amazing reactions. Also great job on doing the opening editing👍
Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard and the most powerful official in the Persian court, assassinated Xerxes with the help of a eunuch in 465 BC.
I respect the Spartan reserve.
One dude said If we win we will do ABCD.
They just answered IF...
@@fjparasite1172 Said dude was Alexander the Great's father. He told the Spartan emmisary that if he marched into Sparta he would burn it to the ground. The Emmisary said "IF". Philip II never did try to invade Sparta......
Spartans were actually known more for their philosophy than warfare, but their decision to stay and fight at Thermopylae is what inflated their military reputation and took them into legend
And thier treatment of the Helots 🤣
The wife must be a Spartan woman with all of her bravery in watching the horror genra that she's been checking out lately! Lol! Great review as always guys. Keep up the great work!!
Women's rights did have a long way to go during that time period. But Spartan culture was one of the rare exceptions in which a woman could speak her mind to a man, and not receive any type of criminal punishment.
@@wettau pretty sure they owned like 90% of the wealth to, spartan males had a really high mortality rate (dying on the battlefront means dying before 40ish, after that you're garunteed to die due to lack of mobility), which casued the wives to get the property, which would be willed to daughters, cycle continues.
Skippy! Popcorn! Carnage! Settle down, Skippy....😂😂😂😎🍷🍻🚬 Yes, Gladiator and Brave heart is a must!!!!!!! Do it!😎😜
David Wenham (Faramir from Lord of the Rings) was great in this! He was also in Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman). Very versatile actor!
0:53 - 'It's like slow motion with swords"
Us - "Uh...yeah it's got a little bit of that"
Spartan! Remember these, these are what you're fighting for. 8:37
the real life event referenced in the beginning of the movie for the boy was called the "Agogi". a kind of boot camp where at a young age the children were tossed out to live in the wilderness. There are a few accounts of what this entailed and no two accounts were the same. Suffice it to say: at its best and height, Spartan training was absolutely brutal.
This movie is so Cool. Definitely one of the most enjoyable movies to watch.
The only people who got grave stones in Sparta were men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth.
and the greatest respect went to the elderly for it shows there greatniss to not have died in battle.
"This is UA-cam!" (kicks the low subscribers into the pit) Oh, and a "blowie?" XD
Cool! I suggest watchmen too. One of his best!
Maybe you can watch the 2nd one it for some Eva Green action.
24:16 Absolutely! :D
And Spartan women were quite remarkable in their time. They could own land, they were educated, they were protected from the risks of too early sex and its associated death rate in childbirth and they were no shrinking violets, given to voicing their opinions with scathing wit. One thing they could not do was vote, in the main, but their opinions carried great weight. And woe betide a Spartan son who was a coward for his own mother was likely to end his life!
If you find the time, take an hour to watch this documentary by one of my favourite popular historians, Bettany Hughes - ua-cam.com/video/piAEzVOqHHU/v-deo.html
31:30 Spartans were taught to be witty. They could spar with you verbally as well as physically.
not only the best of snyder, one of the best comic book adaptations ever
That giant Immortal was played by Robert Maillet. A former Pro Wrestler. He's a big dude in real life, too. 6'11''. He plays the heavy in a lot of film and tv. He actually accidentally bloodied RDJ's face on the set of Sherlock Holmes.
Sparta is about 100 miles west of Athens. They are both in modern day Greece, but at that time, Sparta and Athens were city-states, and so: different polities. They were constantly warring with each other and competitors during this period, only allying to face the greater threat of Persia.
There is a good novel that is closer to fact than this movie by Steven Pressman.
'The Gates of Fire.'
Steven PRESSFIELD*, you mean. His publisher is the pressman.
@@genghisgalahad8465 Oops. Old man memory. Thanks for the correction.
The part I love the most about this story is that the whole tale is being told by Spartan Faramir at the behest of King Leonidas in order to inspire the allied Greek force to beat Persia, so even if the main facts of what happened at the Thermopylae are true, he's clearly bullshitting his way through all the details to make the Spartans look way more badass with their super awesome kills and badass one-liners and the Persians way more awful with their demonic soldiers and monsters and so on, when even in-story, let alone real life obviously, they were probably just normal dudes like the Spartans. I think it's a brilliant narrative choice.
Yes, there was a battle at that pass. Yes, the Greeks were outnumbered, and the Spartan contingent did number @ 300. But the rest of the story is up for interpretation. Why? Because in retelling the story, Spartan historians emphasized the military prowess of their warriors. This was because Sparta was one of the smallest city states, so making propaganda out of this event did serve as a warning to neighboring states who might consider invading their smaller city-state.
Most of those badass one liners were actually said by the Spartans. They're recorded in the histories of Herodotus and Xenophon; the primary sources for the time.
Apparently the athenians played a much bigger role in the battle than the movie portrays.
@@ziganda26 The Greek contingent in the fight is actually pegged at around 7,000, with 300 or so being Spartans, who held the pass for two days against the Persian force of 100,000-150,000. However, before the third day began they were indeed betrayed by Ephialtes, who showed the Persians a way around ( the name "Ephialtes" was adopted as the greek word for both "traitor" and "nightmare" following this). Leonidas sent the remaining greeks away before they were all surrounded, and the 300 Spartans held off for another day, caught in a pincer, before they were all killed.
Also this was happening concurrently with the naval Battle of the Artemesium Straits, during which the Athenian general Themistocles totally boned a large section of the Persian navy. Between him and Leonidas, they put a big goddamn dent in the Persian war machine.
Xerxes didn't die because he wasn't suppose to die. 300 is a historical fiction. Fictional because it based on a comic. Historical because the actual event that happened.
The historical part is that Xerxes ruled Persia even after their failed invasion of Greece. You can look it up in the Internet when was the battle fought and when he was still alive and ruled.
The war was the called "The Battle of Thermopylae" where Leonidas used a small canyon to bottleneck Persian forces.
Really enjoyed the sequel as well. Go see that as well and you're gonna love the director cut of Sucker Punch.
Sucker Punch changes everytime you watch it. A buddy of mine watched it with me and I was commenting on stuff I see and he was blown away he never realized some of the things I was pointing out.
24:47 To be fair, I would have betrayed Leonidas for that hat.
It's a dark pope hat
00:50 slow motion is because, people in sports say it , when they are in the zone, things happen in slow motion for them... cool right??
The dialog throughout the whole movie is fantastic.
It's poetic even and brings so much atmosphere.
This movie is a hidden masterpiece, disguised in the veil of an "action movie".
It *is* and action movie... But it's also a work of art, from the cinematography to the dialog to the acting to the wardrobe.
Its all perfectly executed.
Action movies can be good movies to, not just dumb testosterone dick-flicks.
This movie is the perfect example of that.
Actually in history the Spartans did try to assasinate Xerxes with a small group of soldiers they infiltrated the Persian camp using the river where the persian horses were drinking by swimming underwater using reeds to breath they attacked his tent but he wasnt there and they had to retreat they survived i think
The feller in the hat reminds me of myself. Y’all are my kinda folks 🍺🤠👍🏻
Zack Snyder is more than just a director, Zack Snyder is a genre of film
People thinking like that is what is/has destroyed the movie industry.
@@pook49 thank you.... snyder is such a fucking edgelord and it gets annoying really quickly.. he may be a competent director but everything he is involved in creatively is just bad, stupid and annoying
The only thing he should be a director of is cinematography. 300 and Watchmen were relatively good because for one he didn’t write em, and 2 he just had to follow the panels
🥱 he sucks
I like that Leonidas didn't kill Xerxes, because Xerxes will witness his downfall. Gain a lot of humility. Probably better than killing him. If any other "Godkings" pop up, then they can be like, remember that Xerxes guy? This is probably bullshit too!
The irony though is the Romans copied the Greek republican model but became an empire ruled by men who claimed to be Gods. Can't equal the originals I guess
@@nateman10 and then the romans destroyed „Germania“ (which was actually never a country, the romans just called them that)
Good stuff!
The sequel is actually about the Athenians, rather than the Spartans. Historically they were basically always mortal enemies until a threat came from elsewhere.
Now all I can picture is Leonidas dropping his shield on his toe, breaking it and hopping around.
The thing that makes the 300 film so captivating is because is based in fact and certain elements can be researched through history. like the fact that there were Spartans and they were warriors and they did fight at the hop gates.... its amazing.
Michael Fassbender went from this to being Erik Lehnssherr in x men....also in the meanwhile he did some phenom work in such films as ''Hunger'' (2008) and many others a great irishman/german that he is
'Persian Panty sniffer!' I lost it right there! 😂 😂 😂 😂
This movie and it's themes reminds me of that band Amon Amarth who base their songs on Norse mythology, they have a song called Across The Rainbow Bridge which has these lyrics, it's a bad ass band and a bad ass song.
My days are numbered, soon I have to leave
The Norns have stretched my living thread
The notion of my demise won't leave me be
Why cannot death just set me free?
I've lived a life of prosperity
But I'm not as young as I used to be
Down the road waits misery
Why cannot death just set me free?
Countless armies have I attacked
Not once have I backed down
And though I've spilled a lot of blood
I never once received a mortal wound
I've raided shores in many lands
I cannot count the men I've killed
So many friends died with sword in hand
But the warrior's death was never granted me
I dress myself in battle clothes
Alone I make the final ride
My sight is blurred by whipping snow
I seek to end my life
I want to walk across the rainbow bridge
And see my fathers in the golden hall
They beckon me to join their feast
In my dreams I hear their call
It really was more like 1400 Spartans and thespians helots and thebans. King Leonidas chose the pass at Thermopylae as it was only 200 yards wide a portion of the Greek Navy was in the Straits to deal with the Thousand warships of Xerxes but they really were Outnumbered by tens of thousands Leonidas was hoping tie up the Persians at the pass long enough for the Greek Nations to mass enough troops to deal with the Persian threat, this has to go down as one of the most badass brave last stands I imagine every man knew they wasn't going home. The end of this movie always Tugs at my heart bravery and stoicism in the face of impossible odds always gets me.
I think you mistook hittites for helots.
@@victormanteca7395 probably.
"Never compromise..even in the face of Armageddon "
The Battle of Thermopylae took place at the end of August/beginning of September in 480 BCE.
Leonidas, one of the Spartan kings at the time (Sparta always had two), led the Greek forces, whereas the Persians were led by their emporer Xerxes, as well as his main general, Mardonius.
The battle resulted in the death of Leonidas, who became a hero for his decision to remain behind and fight to the death.
The Persian army at the beginning of the battle is estimated to have numbered 180,000 with most of the troops being taken from the various regions of Persian territory. Herodotus estimated the Persian army to number in the millions, but modern historians tend to doubt his reportage.
This a quick summery, but there us a little more to it..
LOL. FINALLY, somebody whose first thought was the same as mine: "Did he just contaminate their drinking water?"
09:14 When I saw this hand I swear I yelled
at home "Gollum!! Gollum!! Where's my preciousssss"
Edit: 10:07 Ooopss there u go, lol
"this is Sparta" so iconic
Lakonia or Sparta is a part of Peloponese, in Greece - the second ancient big city-state of Greece. the hot gates took place, after Marathon and Salaminas Nany Battle.
The film technique is called 'Keystone' I'm pretty sure !!!
Is it just me, or is Mrs. Movies becoming less stoic lately? Please, don't ever lose you "Spartan reserve." It's awesome, and it's the perfect counterpoint to Mr. Movies' exuberance.
I remember when this came out, my friends and I were all saying "Damn! We gotta cut back the carbs and hit the gym more often!"
This movie does a great job of story telling. I've watched this many times.
"Yesss I want it all! Wealth! women! .. and one more thing...."
"I want a unicorn."
Those three things sound great to me.
@@proteus404 yessss.
Here's a comment. Your Spartan woman is awesome!
I remember watching this movie in the cinema like 5 times, long time ago, just to see their muscle and abs 😍😍😍 omg I'm so happy ❤️❤️❤️
🏳️🌈?
Spartacus the series is a great historical drama that's stylized similar to this film
Yeah. I think we will watch Spartacus one day.
@@YouMeTheMovies, you'll have to watch it in this order: Blood and Sand, Gods of the Arena, Vengeance and War of the Damned; there's a lot of blood, gore, violence, nudity and sex crammed in, so be prepared
"Is he asking for a blowee"..😁😄😆🤣
Just wanna say that when the Captain said "I have others to replace him" he meant that if Leonidas didn't want that specific son to fight with them (Since Leonidas was concerned that he was a bit young) then he could get one of his other sons to replace him to go to war with. Not that he could replace him if he died. The reason they didn't end up replacing him is because he really wanted to prove himself to his father and they said fuck it, he can come if he wants basically
Love the soundtrack of this movie. I listen to it from time to time while working.
Lmao he has never overused his slo-mo style. He always does it the right amount and they make an impact. It's a myth that Zack Snyder loves doing slo-mo scenes.
Great reaction and great movie. History differs from the graphic novel, but oddly enough, not totally drastically according to most research. Other than the numbers of both sides (still debated), there is debate about when Leonidas fell. Lots of research suggest the 2nd day and the majority of the battle amount to skirmishes of the Spartans trying to recover his body from the Persians. It served as the catalyst to the Battle of Plataea, which was a real turning point in ancient Greece and their city state mentality.
I gotta say, Gerard Butler is growing on me. I thought he would go down the Jaston Statham route and be type-casted as an ex-military role for every movie, but I gotta say he has a nice arsenal under his belt. 300, Phantom of the Opera, Greenland to name a few. Recently saw Greenland and really liked it.
These were his earlier roles. Nowadays he plays exactly that. An ex-military role or a romantic lead role.
@@stynershiner1854 Yes, hate to agree :(
@@stynershiner1854 Check him out in the drama "Dear Frankie" with Emily Mortimer, where he has to pretend to be the long lost father of a boy while the real father is a real, abusive lout.
27:15 ...because that's not where Xerxes died. He was assassinated by his own people around 20 years later.
From now until mountains crumble to the sea, "You" shall be known as Spartan Reserve.... :-)
So the reason the Spartans were eager to fight at Thermopylae was because years before the battle the Persians had invaded under the King Darius. The Spartan's rivals for power in Greece were the Athenians, ad it was the Athenians who led the Greeks to victory at the battle of Marathon. The Spartans missed the battle because of a religious festival called the Carneia (the same festival in this movie stops the Spartan army from marching again). Because the Greeks won the battle without Spartan assistance, it was a huge loss of face for the Spartans and helped Athens in their rise to power. Also the kicking the herald into the well happened 10 years before this movie, in Darius' invasion, not his son Xerxes.
This and watchmen i'd say are his best work (my opinion on his work)
"Leonidas doesn't need a formation."
Leonidas IS a formation!!
I suppose it would've been less cool for Leonidas to say "due to the extremely high proportion of slaves in our economy we can maintain a standing army and thus I've brought more soldiers than you did."
Also, that scene where he kills the wolf would have come across a lot differently if it showed the true Spartan "graduation to manhood" ritual, which was to hunt down unarmed slave men at night & secretly murder them.
Let’s not forget that a part of training involved raping the younger boys. As a matter of fact they would sleep with their wives for procreation purposes, sex was for their male lovers back in the barracks!
A delicious movie te watch and react, thank you guys for bring it up. My favorite is the captain...Artemis (it took 3 man to take him out of the battlefield). His rage is legendary.
19:00 lack of what? xD we just enjoy watch people crying
30:48 so good point, I agree
I prefer the sequel, cause it's like 'Well actually, Greece is a coastal nation and you can't defend it by land alone, dumbasses...'
Sparta is south of Greece.
"THIS IS SPARTA!"
"AWOO,AWOO,AWOO!"
When she said that, that guy is the Gollum of this movie, that’s actually a great comparison, never thought of it that way but it works.
Sparta is the capitol of Lacadamia, the region in Southern Greece below Carthage known as Pelopensia. Today we call them Spartans, but they referred to themselves as Lacadamians. Notably, the city itself had no fortifications because of the fierceness of the warriors. When ancients referred to the walls of Sparta, they meant the shields of the warriors. When a Spartan left to go to war, his wife would tell him, "Come home with your shield or come home upon it."
Yes, watch the second one. She really looks like the woman in that movie too 😂
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"Ephialtes" means nightmare in Greek. It's deserved. In addition, the phrase that Leonidas said to the Persians, "come and take them", is today the motto of the 1st Greek Army Corps. magnificent.
Leonidas didn't intend on killing Xerxes, but merely humiliate him in front of his army, a fate worse than death for a narcissist with a god-complex
I’ve watched this movie at least 20 times and have never thought of it like that. I agree with your perspective and think it’s very accurate.
Of course he wanted to kill him, but wounding his pride was probably a close second.
@@thehoogard Yeah, I don't know why people keep parroting the "just wanted to scratch him," line other than to try to eek out some kind of "victory" for the 300.
@@eXcommunicate1979 probably because of the whole "... that even a god King can bleed" thing. It does really seem like its setup and payoff. I personally also think that Leonidas was trying to kill him but just was too injured and exhauste and missed. But i get why people keep going on about that being his intention because it is also a compelling idea. Basically the idea of if Xerxes dies, his successor can just claim to be his reincarnation or whatever, leonidas is now the god killer/new god, etc. etc. Hurting him this way and ruining his faccade and allowing him to show his hurt emotions and shock might indeed be a more effective shattering of the illusion of men pretending to be gods. But its up to how you interpret it/what you feel makes more sense of course
The second film indeed is not as good, but it does have Eva Green. Which almost makes up for it.
We've actually gotten a bunch of comments saying the Mrs. looks like Eva Green. So I think we have to watch it now for sure.
@@YouMeTheMovies she's also in Sin City 2 A dame to kill for
@@YouMeTheMovies if you want some eva green in something actually entertaining (😜), i'd recommend the show penny dreadful
@@stefanforrer2573 was actually thinking of adding that to our tv list
@@YouMeTheMovies If you want Eva Green you could do Kingdom of Heavens instead. Also has Legolas ;)
Yeah i think you show enough emotions :) I like this. I dont like those overreacting people. I ofthen cant belive its real. Even tho there are definitly people reacting super heavy on about everything.
I watched this at an IMAX theater. Glorious.
It's nice to think that merely making Xerxes bleed was the plan all along, but that's nonsense. Leonidas wanted to kill his enemy. There is no about it. Spartans don't make symbolic gestures on the battlefield. They also don't train to use their spears as thrown weapons. Those long spears are made specifically to allow them to fight in an phalanx. They are not designed for throwing and Spartans don't use them as such. Leonidas missed because it was a long and awkward shot with a weapon ill-suited to the task, not because he wanted to humiliate Xerxes. But because Leonidas is a heroic figure, his throw was still accurate enough to draw blood.
Great movie, one that you just can't beat
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A lot of the quotes are historically accurate. Makes one proud of our European heritage! :)
Great reaction and I really like how you discuss the movie at the end
Ok, while the battle of Thermopylae did take place, and there were 300 Soldiers, this is a highly stylized and exaggerated retelling from a fantastic graphic novel. The real battle was more like 1200-1500 from sparta, with 300 soldiers and the support caravan of armorers and weaponsmiths, etc. Several other city states sent hundreds along with the spartans. As to the Persians, it's now estimated to be 100,000 and 150,000 soldiers, rather than millions, and they wouldn't have had the fantastical creatures and such. Still a fantastic battle and there is a monument there now that commemorates the 300 Spartans.
PS: As to whether killing Xerxes would've changed it.....well, it's doubtful Xerxes ever saw let alone spoke to Leonidas. Also, it's not a sequel, it's a movie that showed other battles of the Persian invasion.
The sequel is lead by the General Themistocles of Athens, not Sparta