@@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha Spartans had two kings and almost always they were sending one in the front lines. Kings supposed to lead by example and that boosted morale. The more you go back in time the more you will see high ranked people (even kings) fighting in the front line. Of course, as you are saying, this tactic has also a high risk.
This is Gerald Butlers BEST performance, I completely bought him as King Leonidas in every scene. The fact he even did his own stunts makes the performance even more legendary too. This film and performance to me are so underrated, Zack Snyder made a truly great film here which I feel still doesn’t get talked about enough in comparison to other period pieces. Makes you want to go hit the gym everyday and look like Leonidas
In my honest opinion they should’ve gave Gerard a little bit of gray hairs around the beard and head because it was said that Leonidas was 60 years old at the time of this battle.
Actually it did! When 300 Published Many body builder wanted to be 300 Main Cast’s Spartan physique(Gerard butler ) and many actually joined gym fitness center membership there was even diet for that
I actually saw this by accident, I was 15 and went to see Spiderman 3 but it was sold out but 300 was available, I didn't know what it was about, the movie poster they had for it was just a bloody 300 in a black background. It blew me away, very unexpected and it taught me things I didn't know before, for instance, I learned that the famed Oracle at Delphi was just a kidnapped and drugged up teenage girl talking gibberish.😅
@@user-vw3rm8np8fThe battle between Greeks and Persians happened, however not how the movie portrays it. It was a footnote in the war, which became a symbol because of later interest in Greek history. The Achemenids retreated after the battle of Salamis - which was a later, naval battle. Given the gloryfication of Spartans I would also like to add that some years later their rivalry with Athens would be so important to them, that they teamed up with Persia to take down Athens. So much for honorable oiled-up Greeks fighting off intruders.
Definitely up there for sure! Ride of the Rohirrim in the Lord of the Rings, the Battle for Helms Deep in the Lord of the Rings, and the last ten minutes of the Last of the Mohicans as well.
In 2007 a lot of classic movies came out. The 1st Transformers, Hulk and of course 300. I remember having 2 jobs n my part time job for sum extra cash was working at the movie theater. Regal Cinama in Queens Ny from 06 to 08. I remember seeing all the moves for free for 2 yrs. The experience of seeing 300 in the theater when it dropped was so insane. I didn't even know who Gerald Butler was back than. Fwd yrs later when i seen him in other movies n was like "Yo thats the dude from 300?" He is a master at his craft. 300 is definitely in my top 20 movies of all time. I will keep watching it till I've seen it 300 times😅!
That shield bash is one of the best things I've ever seen in any battle scene period. The bash mixed with the screams and yells of that horde of men puts this battle above the rest
Yea interesting that when directors decide to make their battles somewhat realistic with shield walls and tactics, the audience ends up enjoying it more.
Yup, the shield bash is what made this scene one of my favorite scenes of all time. The way he walks towards his vicitm afterwards man. A walk that portrays pure violence.
@@geechyguy3441 It's kinda like how in Top Gun Maverik they put the cast in real plane cockpits to film the scenes and flew real planes in front of the camera for everything but the hardest stunts that needed a bit of CG help. It does SO much for the immersion.
@@three5581 bruh King Baldwin was a straight up savage. Straight up was about to fight the east greatest general in a battle blind , bedridden while struggling with leprosy and above all that was still a good man.
0:49 I love this quote. Its not just that the battle will be remembered by history. Its literally a hardcore "Carpe Diem". If you survive or die, nobody can take away the fact you were at this battle. So fight like hell.
While "Earn these shields, boys!" does sound badass and represents the Spartan mindset, he actually said "On these shields!" It's a reference to how Spartan women would hand their men a shield when they went off to war, and tell them "Come back with this shield, or upon it". Basically saying, win or die.
I was fortunate to see this movie at a theatre with a Kurdish friend. The way they filmed this scene was incredibly hair raising, the kings words of courage, the Hoplite phalanx crush, the preparation to advance and destroy and then the rampage of death through the Persian ranks… my friend was dumbstruck, I was like shivering with excitement but didn’t want it to show in case he took it the wrong way and cursed me. Without doubt one of the most heroic scenes of hand to hand battle I’ve ever seen.
i am a full blooded 100% Peruvian, south america. The land of the Incas country. The Incas were the Greeks of South America. I fell in love with Greek culture and history and the medical terminology. I even can speak some words in Greek. I am in love with European men and love them so much, and love european history. 300 is one of my favorite european historical movies and The Greeks look amazing here 😊😊
In Ancient Greece, a Greek hoplite's gear weighted almost 30kg. Imagine having to constantly carry that weight with you. Those were not ordinary warriors. They were killing machines...
Twos days ago I watched 300 with my mom and I quoted your comment. She laughed so hard she almost felt on the floor (I even had to pause the movie). 😅😅😅
Not really. They drop their shields way too much just to stab, and conveniently none of the enemies take advantage of this. Not to mention the enemy army just sorta disappears so they can do the badass part at the end. Its cool AF though, no doubt.
@@HideyoshiKinoshita84 if the phalanx formation incorporated missle warfare into it, they would have beaten the legion system. That is the biggest weakness of it, it does not have any ranged ability (nor defense) in the formation. Which is why despite what you may think, the Athenians won nearly every engagement in the Peloponnese War. Cause they used missle warfare.
I used to watch scene on my iPod walking home from school in my senior year of high school. Every single day. Never got old. The most badass thing about this is the fact that a literal KING is on the FRONTLINES of an army. Unheard of. That would strike fear into anyone.
😂 u couldn’t have said it more Funny or right Brotha!!! Hahaha Seriously who they think was gonna win a bunch of Guys still in Training as Rookies going up Against Bad ass Killing machine Trained spartans 🤣
Nobody and I mean NOBODY can frame an action scene like Zack Snyder can. His fight choreography from sucker punch to this and his DCEU movies are unmatched.
I was 15 when this came in Cinemas. I went to see this movie with my friends in cinema and in India we had never seen anything like this ever before as new age cinemas were offering hollywood movies. When this scene came , entire theatre was screaming and we could not believe what we were watching on big screen, after this scene was over we all were completely baffled and by the next scene with immortals we all were sure that these 300 will massacre the entire Xerses army ruthlessly ! Such was impact of these battle scenes !
*I don’t think everyone is understanding how POWERFUL was **0:45** - **0:50** is!* You are inspected meticulously as a newborn baby. . .& survive being discarded. You survive & conquer the Agoge. You thrive throughout the rigorous, extreme military training process of all Spartan men. You set yourself apart as one of the finest soldiers in this Warrior-Nation. You are personally chosen by the Captain of the Military to fight in a special battle where you will be outnumbered nearly 3,500-to-1 and you eagerly accept it. You march all through the Greek countryside to meet the massive army at the coast where they land & rebuild the ‘Hot Gates’. You excitedly take your place in the mighty Spartan phalanx at the battlefront beside your King, your Captain & the greatest-of-the-greatest of your fellow warrior-brothers. . . . . .& your Captain turns to you: “EARN these shields, boys!!!” After all you endured & accomplished & created, you still had to EARN that Spartan shield all over again; every day, every battle. SPARTA was that🔥🔥🔥
It's a reference to what happens should they fall in battle: They mention in the movie that the fallen spartan is carried on their shields back home... To earn your shield is thus to die an honorable death, taking all the enemies you can with you into the abyss.
@@drointhewind480 The ride of the Rohirrim is legendary, but I gotta say that was an entirely different vibe. That was a whole army, King Leonidas is a one man army.
I disagree. There were far more tense duels and battles in cinema. Zulu (1964) was for more tense imo and a beautiful tribute to the Zulu fighters (one of the actors playing the chieftain was actually a grandson of the real one that existed in this historical battle and on the british side some actors were actually veterans looking very credible in their role) and the british fighters. I can think of the Seven Samurai too.
@@RonJeremy514 if youre an oap maybe, not much comes close to this, maybe gladiator, scenes from tv show spartacus, zulu great film but pretty funny if u watch it now, so bad
@@fillipfairfile801 Zulu funny if we watch it now? Oh I see, for you guys cinema as art (nevermind, as a product for consumers lmao) is all about the technological progress of nice lenses and cameras, filters, SFX... So basically all the classics from the past are doomed to be bad because of that. Wow, 10/10 critique there gentlemen. So basically ancient monuments, paintings, classics of literature, it's all bad now because it's not as modern. Not even The Duellists in your list and this one blows out of the water anything in your list. All you want is explosions, overdoses of slow motion and yadi yada. Sorry but you have poor tastes.
@@lelouchvibritannia4028 to be fair my time stamp is directly on the image I was referring to. But yours encapsulates the moment in action much better 😉
Changed action movies forever. It really did. The size and majesty….. of how this is shot….its almost overwhelming. It’s simply huge. You are utterly transfixed. It’s going for a ride ….with no interest in the end, just the journey. Too good.
Spartans! Lay down your weapons! Persians! Come and get them! Love how they included the Laconic speech in this movie (makes up for the many inaccuracies lmao)
When that final part with Leonidas just mopping everyone in sight came on in the theater, literally 3/4 of the audience was standing or hovering to stand up from their seats. Such a powerful moment.
I absolutely love when Leonidas breaks out of formation and just goes on a killing spree. The cinematography right there blew my mind the first time I saw this.
“Come and get them” That was actually said by Leonidas in the real battle (actually it was “come and take them”) It’s the motto of the Greek army to this day
Now when they say say come and get them they mean the IMF banks and the CIA run globalists via Goldman Sachs running them into debt where all of Europe /UK are nothing but an American Vassal state…now that is a Greek Tradgedy..warriors on the battlefield but fallen to politicians..like the one Goldman installed over a decade ago ..begging for scraps from America and the EU The US/Anglo alliance has better weapons..and they are just pens..not spears
same here brother....with the crap woke wood is pushing these days well never get a movie as epic as 300 again for a long timr but thor ragnorak comes close though
Amen. Also feel like we caught the last bit of real childhood before everything turned digital. We had the best mix of video games and actually doing shit outside lol
i saw this at the theatre when it came out. christ! what a movie! i was so amped up when i came out that i was ready for war. great movie and entertainment.
Can you just imagine how magnificent it must've been to fight with the literal king of the army you are with? like you were 1 of 300 men chosen to die with one of the most heroic, wise, and incredibly dedicated men like Leonidas. damn man. woulda sent shit hard as fuck!
This scene is one of the best scenes in movie history... " this is where we hold them this is where we fight this where they die" that is just so gangsta on so many levels
This isn't just the greatest scene in the entire movie, it's one of the greatest action slow-motion scenes in all of hollywood cinema; right up there with the scenes in The Matrix
@@RonJeremy514 nobody gives a sh it what you like or not like,just exactly the same way nobody ca res If you are al ive or not too bad for you the movie is ban gers both choreography and cinematography,go enjoy your marvel movies now LMAOOO 😂😂😂
As always, congrats to the camera man for surviving. And of course, congrats to the brave Spartans that refused to give up defending their homeland even though they were destined to die.
Must have been pretty damn demoralising seeing your side throwing thousands at just 300 men, just to kill one of them. The Spartans must have seemed like demi-gods to some of the Persians.
True. I mean, there were probably about 12,000 other Greek soldiers at Thermopylae (including light support troops), but still very discouraging for such a large army. Not only was the merit of their superior numbers greatly reduced by the Greek's ingenious use of terrain; but the vast majority of the empire's forces were drawn from desert nation's, and we're thusly light skirmishers accustomed to hit and run tactics and plains warfare. They were out of their element against the dense packed, heavily armored hoplites. It didn't help that most of them were nonprofessional draftees either.
this scene is pure gold but Captain's battle cry with voice crack and "No Prisoners !" burst me tears and give goosebumps everytime HE'S AN ULTIMATE WARRIOR !!!! AHOO !!
"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me. No, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so." - Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
I watched this scene habitually when it came out I watch it now to deal with a break up and pain and how I need to be when the odds are stacked against u internally. The Greek phalanx was in ingenuity of genius defense
It's crazy how in real life in the first wave of the Persian attack(the equivalent of this scene) which numbered around 10,000 soldiers, the 300 Spartan force only lost 2 or 3 Spartan soldiers. Similar in subsequent attacks. That's just insane and shows the might and well organized ability of the Spartan soldiers. It wasn't until the Spartans were betrayed and thus Persians entering the hidden path that allowed them to flank the Spartan force that they began to lose greater numbers.
indeed the spartans were only 300 BUT they were not alone they had other troops (non-spartan) stationed nearby and I believe the king was aware of the vulnerability of the infamous passage.
RIP Leonidas. What a bad ass little did he know that a couple thousand years later there would be a movie showing just how bad ass they were and how much that day was truly theirs!
Luckily for the real Leonidas, he was 65 when he fought this battle! Seriously! That is extremely old for back then, plus he led his 300 men and fought alongside them and they lasted for as Ling as they did.
According to history, the Spartans held the Hot Gates from the Persians for almost 3 days straight. Pretty much making Xerxes extremely frustrated that they couldn't get through until a traitor came and ruined everything. Thankfully though, it gave Greece enough time to rally their armies and beat the Persians back to where they came from. Such a sacrifice will never be forgotten.
When this movie came out, critics said that its colors and light made it look too unreal. They couldn't be more wrong. When I have dreams of a distant past, even from my childhood, the colors and lights are exactly the same as in this movie. I've no idea how the director knew it, but that movie captured my perception of the past in perfection. It reflects a long-gone era. Like memories of a faded past life.
@@kareemosman100 I had this still in that life actually, but not anymore. Time is unforgiving. What I meant is that dreaming about the past has a different "flavor", and our subconscious expresses that through shades of light and colors. At least, that's how my dreams deal with that "long gone era" . It amazed me the capacity of the director to reach such a level of collective subjectivity.
@@marcelosinico ammazing feeling. Maybe This is why this movie gets to the heart so easy. Personally , living many lives is probably true . I wish we have more recollection of past lives.
@@kareemosman100 Then, life would be an endless prison for eternity, an unending sequence of events without an final outcome. Dreams should be enough to recollect distant past, fading memories from another life. We must learn to enjoy it and let it go. We must move on. We have the present to care about.
The Spartan warriors were not soldiers, but the embodiment of the primal forces of nature. They were the thunder that roared across the heavens, the lightning that shattered the night, the hurricane that swept across the land, leaving nothing but awe and reverence in its wake. They were the embodiment of the warrior spirit, a force as ancient and as timeless as the cosmos itself. The battleground was their canvas, and their spears and swords were the brushes with which they painted their gruesome masterpieces. They wove a tapestry of war, a symphony of clashing steel and shattering shields, punctuated by the staccato rhythm of their battle cries. In their wake, they left a trail of vanquished foes and conquered lands, a testament to the fury and might of the Spartan spirit. Their hearts did not beat with the rhythm of life, but with the drumbeat of war. Each pulse was a call to arms, a battle cry that echoed through the ages, a testament to their indomitable will and unyielding resolve. Their veins did not carry blood, but the molten fire of courage, a flame that burned brighter with each passing moment, a beacon that illuminated the path of honor and glory.
What takes this to next lvl is a lot of these stills are straight from the graphic novel. They did an amazing job. It almost feels like you're watching the novel
WARNING : watching this will increase your testosterone level by 300%
HAHAHAHAHAH!
300? I thought it was 3000
hell ya!!! this scene is the most manly shit i have ever seen in any movie
Does anyone how the army got so less when leonidas fought them did the rest retreat or something
@@fightingtothepoint4u732 some retreat, direct order from leonidas
"Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight?"
It is indeed!
Achilles?
@@xjyo yeah
But what will happen if that King gets hit with an arrow from the opposing side the Army Fall Apart
Bowser laughing in the corner
@@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha Spartans had two kings and almost always they were sending one in the front lines. Kings supposed to lead by example and that boosted morale. The more you go back in time the more you will see high ranked people (even kings) fighting in the front line. Of course, as you are saying, this tactic has also a high risk.
The masculine urge to die for your king and country against insurmountable odds
It is there always, like a roar in the spirit, demanding a leader worth dying for.
@@user-ko1hi1fy9z cucks
More like Die WITH the King. Imagine throwing down with your King next to you.
This is Gerald Butlers BEST performance, I completely bought him as King Leonidas in every scene. The fact he even did his own stunts makes the performance even more legendary too. This film and performance to me are so underrated, Zack Snyder made a truly great film here which I feel still doesn’t get talked about enough in comparison to other period pieces. Makes you want to go hit the gym everyday and look like Leonidas
In my honest opinion they should’ve gave Gerard a little bit of gray hairs around the beard and head because it was said that Leonidas was 60 years old at the time of this battle.
Fr if Russell Crowe won best actor for gladiator then Gerard butler should have atleast Been NOMINATED for this role
The soundtrack is amazing as well
I'll lay down my man card and say Phantom of the Opera was his best performance.
cucks
"Give them nothing... but take from them everything!" Such a bad-ass line.
"No Prisoners!"
"No Mercy!"
Like my ex girlfriend haha
@@jesusmijangos9573 oof pay f to pay respects
@@jesusmijangos9573 lmao
It's a hell of a thing killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have
the true question : what is not badass in this movie ?
“Remember this day men... for it will be yours, for all time!” Love that line!
Absolutely!! 🤙🤘
My favorite line of the movie
@@GarrettB92 hmmm "Remember this day" doesn't it sounds like life?
That's the line that stuck with me. Wasn't wrong was he? 🤣
IMMORTALITY! TAKE IT! ITS YOURS!
Seeing this in a theatre in 2006 must’ve been so sick. I’m sure many a gym membership was bought afterwards
Actually it did! When 300 Published Many body builder wanted to be 300 Main Cast’s Spartan physique(Gerard butler ) and many actually joined gym fitness center membership there was even diet for that
I went to see this movie 3 separate times. Literally the only movie I went to see more than once
I actually saw this by accident, I was 15 and went to see Spiderman 3 but it was sold out but 300 was available, I didn't know what it was about, the movie poster they had for it was just a bloody 300 in a black background. It blew me away, very unexpected and it taught me things I didn't know before, for instance, I learned that the famed Oracle at Delphi was just a kidnapped and drugged up teenage girl talking gibberish.😅
It actually was, I can attest to it's greatness
@ericolson117 bro you don’t understand, this movie posponed the whole non binary shit another 15 years
I've always said, this is hands down the coolest scene in any cinematography of all time
It us really happened it's not just a movie bro
@@user-vw3rm8np8fThe battle between Greeks and Persians happened, however not how the movie portrays it. It was a footnote in the war, which became a symbol because of later interest in Greek history. The Achemenids retreated after the battle of Salamis - which was a later, naval battle.
Given the gloryfication of Spartans I would also like to add that some years later their rivalry with Athens would be so important to them, that they teamed up with Persia to take down Athens. So much for honorable oiled-up Greeks fighting off intruders.
Definitely up there for sure! Ride of the Rohirrim in the Lord of the Rings, the Battle for Helms Deep in the Lord of the Rings, and the last ten minutes of the Last of the Mohicans as well.
Love how leonidas doesn’t kill every single one, he knows his men are right behind him
I thought the same. He's leaving some for other men too🤣
A Great General. And A Well Optimized unit.
His men are just as hungry
He didn't even need to look back.
Yeah and I love how you can even see them being killed by his men. Even the ones he simply knocked down
The shield bash is legendary
I almost woke my girlfriend up just now cause I had a testosteronegasm when that happened
They get knocked on their asses by the shields and then stabbed by the sword and spears
The no look shield crack.bad ass shit
Especially considering his fellow spartan did and equally bad ass shield smash at the same time right behind him 4:37
Shield STUN not bash
In 2007 a lot of classic movies came out. The 1st Transformers, Hulk and of course 300. I remember having 2 jobs n my part time job for sum extra cash was working at the movie theater. Regal Cinama in Queens Ny from 06 to 08. I remember seeing all the moves for free for 2 yrs. The experience of seeing 300 in the theater when it dropped was so insane. I didn't even know who Gerald Butler was back than. Fwd yrs later when i seen him in other movies n was like "Yo thats the dude from 300?" He is a master at his craft. 300 is definitely in my top 20 movies of all time. I will keep watching it till I've seen it 300 times😅!
Nice positive comment bro. 300 is a classic for sure😎💯
I have a hard time regarding any movie based on a comic book as "classic".
I can't think of many more scenes to bring the absolute testosterone out of you than this one. Such a brutal epic of a movie
I remember watching this scene in the theatres and was like omg what is happening , this is hype af
i was flippin through channels and this scene is the first thing i ever saw from this movie.....i was like ooo shittt this is insaneee!!!
Well the trend word "hype" wasn't in use back then
2:10 Just the sound of it in the theaters probably sounded like the real thing as if you were in the actual battle yourself
@@aidenfielding9709
Hype was definitely used back then lol TF
@@NinteddyRose the term hyped up was, but nobody said "this is hype", because it makes no sense
My mom : aww how cute he is playing with her toys!
My imagination:
He is playing with her toys? Lol confused are we
@@MERLINnecrofan lmao oh wai-
@@MERLINnecrofan 😂😂😂
@@MERLINnecrofan I can't unsee now
Men: what a monster, what a beast king Leonidas.
Women: what beautiful, so cute, sexy and hot.
Twisted brain.
Nothing beats this fighting scene. Beyond badass.
I always think of these guys before going to the gym 🙏
That shield bash is one of the best things I've ever seen in any battle scene period. The bash mixed with the screams and yells of that horde of men puts this battle above the rest
Yea interesting that when directors decide to make their battles somewhat realistic with shield walls and tactics, the audience ends up enjoying it more.
The shield is wood overlayed with bronze. And they are big and heavy. A single bash can break a skull.
@@idontknow164 Many Persian skulls were probably broken this day
Yup, the shield bash is what made this scene one of my favorite scenes of all time. The way he walks towards his vicitm afterwards man. A walk that portrays pure violence.
@@geechyguy3441 It's kinda like how in Top Gun Maverik they put the cast in real plane cockpits to film the scenes and flew real planes in front of the camera for everything but the hardest stunts that needed a bit of CG help.
It does SO much for the immersion.
I love the overwhelming power they have in this first battle. Their shields are like giant gates. Opening briefly to kill, then slamming down again.
warriors vs slaves.. and phalynx united helps
@@fillipfairfile801 Freaking love it! I think they should have let the traitor guy get some kills in. They would have killed many more Persians.
They are shields fundamentally. In the hands of the Spartans, though they became Iron Walls.
It was meant to lower their stamina and lower their guard
Spartan and his shield is a well oiled killing machine
I can watch this movie on repeat all day. One of my favorite movies.
Oh Guys,you cant imagine how it was like watching this in a cinema full of Greeks. Insane
I swear I would go to war for this man if he was the leader lol
Same goes for Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, and King Baldwin IV
@@three5581 bruh King Baldwin was a straight up savage. Straight up was about to fight the east greatest general in a battle blind , bedridden while struggling with leprosy and above all that was still a good man.
@@Captain_Titus3867 “GREATEST leaders are remembered in history, but respected by their enemies.”
@@three5581 true to that
You do know in real life, he was one of the first to be killed.
0:49 I love this quote. Its not just that the battle will be remembered by history. Its literally a hardcore "Carpe Diem". If you survive or die, nobody can take away the fact you were at this battle. So fight like hell.
I have been seeing this scene my whole entire life and when I remember this I keep coming here! SUCH A MOVIE DAWG!
I always scream "this is Spartaaaa!! " for no reason after this movie
The fact that he, Gerard Butler did this on his own and it wasn't a stunt double, amazing
ikr? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM PLAY KRATOS IN A GOD OF WAR MOVIE
@@adad87821 yo that would actually be sick I can totally imagine him in that role.
@@adad87821 unfortunately Gerard Butler is too old now :(
For me Gerald from now on is Ellinas.
Even more amazing is they just let Butler kill all those guys without repercussions. Snyder really had a hardon for practical effects.
"This is where we hold them. THIS is where we FIGHT. THIS, IS WHERE THEY DIE!!!" "Earn these shields, boys!" ⚔🛡
Ha-oooh!
“Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.”
While "Earn these shields, boys!" does sound badass and represents the Spartan mindset, he actually said "On these shields!"
It's a reference to how Spartan women would hand their men a shield when they went off to war, and tell them "Come back with this shield, or upon it". Basically saying, win or die.
I tan i epi tas
Men
I was fortunate to see this movie at a theatre with a Kurdish friend. The way they filmed this scene was incredibly hair raising, the kings words of courage, the Hoplite phalanx crush, the preparation to advance and destroy and then the rampage of death through the Persian ranks… my friend was dumbstruck, I was like shivering with excitement but didn’t want it to show in case he took it the wrong way and cursed me. Without doubt one of the most heroic scenes of hand to hand battle I’ve ever seen.
i am a full blooded 100% Peruvian, south america. The land of the Incas country. The Incas were the Greeks of South America. I fell in love with Greek culture and history and the medical terminology. I even can speak some words in Greek. I am in love with European men and love them so much, and love european history. 300 is one of my favorite european historical movies and The Greeks look amazing here 😊😊
no they dont
Just wanna let you know , this movie isn’t exactly very accurate . It’s based off a comic interpretation
WTF are you talking about!!!
It's probably a woman.@@KRoOoOoZ
I knew this movie word for word. I remember my mom used to be sick of me running around the house talking like Leonidas and quoting these scenes. 😂
Honey, dinner's ready!
You: TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL!!!
@@TommorowISNAP LMAO 🤣
@@TommorowISNAP Also him: THIS IS PASTA!!!!!! And then he kicks over the table because he doesn't like pasta. Makes him fat. Spartans gotta stay lean.
@@TommorowISNAPOk, that made me laugh hard and loud. 😂😂😂
@@TommorowISNAPI was going to say something similar
In Ancient Greece, a Greek hoplite's gear weighted almost 30kg. Imagine having to constantly carry that weight with you. Those were not ordinary warriors. They were killing machines...
That's exactly what they were!
Men back then were just Built Different
I mean tbh, men back then are alot stronger than we are now as they don't rely much on transportation and a more complex tech.
Yeah but they still can't beat the mighty rajput
@@spcomics7006 but can your Rajput defeat Goku tho?
3:48 onwards… one of the best movie scenes ever made.
This scene is iconic. Like wow. 300 is my favorite movie of all time
4:10 the throw was so strong it killed the guy next to him
They were conjoined twins
hahahahahaha
@@dr.bright6272 i thought look before you write that, you are awsome.
They were holding hands
Twos days ago I watched 300 with my mom and I quoted your comment. She laughed so hard she almost felt on the floor (I even had to pause the movie). 😅😅😅
This shows the genius of the Phalanx Formation. How easily so few can easily destroy so many simply by having better tactics.
Not really. They drop their shields way too much just to stab, and conveniently none of the enemies take advantage of this. Not to mention the enemy army just sorta disappears so they can do the badass part at the end. Its cool AF though, no doubt.
@@CerpinTxt87 I'm not saying that it is 100 percent correct the way it is executed. But the underlying genius is obvious.
And then the Phalanx formation fell to the Roman Legion system.
@@HideyoshiKinoshita84 if the phalanx formation incorporated missle warfare into it, they would have beaten the legion system. That is the biggest weakness of it, it does not have any ranged ability (nor defense) in the formation. Which is why despite what you may think, the Athenians won nearly every engagement in the Peloponnese War. Cause they used missle warfare.
The Macedonians ruled the phalanx, not the Spartans.
I used to watch scene on my iPod walking home from school in my senior year of high school. Every single day. Never got old. The most badass thing about this is the fact that a literal KING is on the FRONTLINES of an army. Unheard of. That would strike fear into anyone.
after all these years unmatched cinematography, the most chilling scene in all cinema
This is what happens when you get an army of noobs vs an army of veterans
More like a company of vets. But I agree
😂 u couldn’t have said it more Funny or right Brotha!!! Hahaha Seriously who they think was gonna win a bunch of Guys still in Training as Rookies going up Against Bad ass Killing machine Trained spartans 🤣
An army of antifa/blm vs Americans
Persian soldiers were not noobs but that battlefield on Thermopylae was not favourable to them
e quindiii mi auguro che non ci siano le Grüber dumb ass Spartans where much more Trained Powerful and Baddass what u mean mate?
Nobody and I mean NOBODY can frame an action scene like Zack Snyder can. His fight choreography from sucker punch to this and his DCEU movies are unmatched.
I agree 💯
For this yes , however he fucked low key fucked up JL
Ahem, the Wachowski Brothers, in a little movie called "The Matrix".
You're welcome.
every Jackie Chan movie says hello.
Tony jaa
I watch this when I work out , who needs a pre workout .
I was 15 when this came in Cinemas. I went to see this movie with my friends in cinema and in India we had never seen anything like this ever before as new age cinemas were offering hollywood movies. When this scene came , entire theatre was screaming and we could not believe what we were watching on big screen, after this scene was over we all were completely baffled and by the next scene with immortals we all were sure that these 300 will massacre the entire Xerses army ruthlessly ! Such was impact of these battle scenes !
*I don’t think everyone is understanding how POWERFUL was **0:45** - **0:50** is!*
You are inspected meticulously as a newborn baby. . .& survive being discarded. You survive & conquer the Agoge. You thrive throughout the rigorous, extreme military training process of all Spartan men. You set yourself apart as one of the finest soldiers in this Warrior-Nation. You are personally chosen by the Captain of the Military to fight in a special battle where you will be outnumbered nearly 3,500-to-1 and you eagerly accept it. You march all through the Greek countryside to meet the massive army at the coast where they land & rebuild the ‘Hot Gates’. You excitedly take your place in the mighty Spartan phalanx at the battlefront beside your King, your Captain & the greatest-of-the-greatest of your fellow warrior-brothers. . .
. . .& your Captain turns to you: “EARN these shields, boys!!!”
After all you endured & accomplished & created, you still had to EARN that Spartan shield all over again; every day, every battle. SPARTA was that🔥🔥🔥
It's a reference to what happens should they fall in battle: They mention in the movie that the fallen spartan is carried on their shields back home... To earn your shield is thus to die an honorable death, taking all the enemies you can with you into the abyss.
Or hearing your 2nd in command yell “No prisoners!” Followed by your King yelling “No mercy!” #Majormoralboost
*leonidas wasn't a captain*
@@snoopdogssb2 No, the other guy was the Captain lol
I see how you can easily misinterpret it, so it’s okay!
@@sclap2092 ok but leonidas isn't a captain
This is probably my favorite movie scene of all time
This and the raining arrows are mine after they finished off the Persians
Also mine, but my least favourite scene is the opening one of Saving Private Ryan.
Watch the last scene from Last of the Mohicans mate….awesome. This is also one of my faves though
Only the ride of the rohirrim is better. This scene is hype
@@drointhewind480 The ride of the Rohirrim is legendary, but I gotta say that was an entirely different vibe. That was a whole army, King Leonidas is a one man army.
Dude, that shield bash at the end with the "your not that guy pal, your not that guy" walk up for the kill. Just beautilful.
Maybe the most badass movie ever! Absolutely fking epic!
One of the most epic fight scenes in Cinematic history!
I disagree. There were far more tense duels and battles in cinema. Zulu (1964) was for more tense imo and a beautiful tribute to the Zulu fighters (one of the actors playing the chieftain was actually a grandson of the real one that existed in this historical battle and on the british side some actors were actually veterans looking very credible in their role) and the british fighters. I can think of the Seven Samurai too.
@@RonJeremy514 lmao no. not even close
@@RonJeremy514 if youre an oap maybe, not much comes close to this, maybe gladiator, scenes from tv show spartacus, zulu great film but pretty funny if u watch it now, so bad
@@fillipfairfile801 Zulu funny if we watch it now? Oh I see, for you guys cinema as art (nevermind, as a product for consumers lmao) is all about the technological progress of nice lenses and cameras, filters, SFX... So basically all the classics from the past are doomed to be bad because of that. Wow, 10/10 critique there gentlemen. So basically ancient monuments, paintings, classics of literature, it's all bad now because it's not as modern. Not even The Duellists in your list and this one blows out of the water anything in your list. All you want is explosions, overdoses of slow motion and yadi yada. Sorry but you have poor tastes.
@@warrior8716Trashy CGI cringe Indian action... right...
The only thing The Spartans feared was humiliation. Probably the most badass warriors who have ever lived...
The Sacred Band of Thebes sure did humiliate them.
@@peo733 Twice 😂
They would fuck the children in the ass and whoever spartan fhcked U would be ur mentor.. very badass
The Spartans are actually grossly overrated.
@@ethanarnold4441 They are not, you just concentrate on their eventual decay and defeats.
Great movie,one of my top 5 movies of all time.that first fight scene is epic,sets up the movie.
usually war movies dont scare me, but the part where Leonidas screamed "NO MERCY!!" in the heat of war like that honestly gave me chills...
That shield smash at @4:39 is one of the most iconic images of my entire life
Yea its like that guy was hit by solid wall xD
Here here.
4:38 At least get the timestamp right.
@@lelouchvibritannia4028 to be fair my time stamp is directly on the image I was referring to. But yours encapsulates the moment in action much better 😉
@@mattcv86 lol
Black Friday is upon us, a few brave employees fend off hordes of customers for their very lives and the stability of a store
Reading that as the shot of the hoard happened was hilarious
The fake eye wound passed down by generations of managers 😂😂😂
haha aye I forgot about that security guard with eye patch hahaha
THIS IS WHAT WE WORK FOR, THIS IS WHY WE GET PAID! THIS IS WHERE THEY SPEND....EARN YOUR PAY ANTS😭😂😂😂
"workers open your checkouts!"
"customers come and get them"
Changed action movies forever. It really did. The size and majesty….. of how this is shot….its almost overwhelming. It’s simply huge. You are utterly transfixed. It’s going for a ride ….with no interest in the end, just the journey. Too good.
Spartans! Lay down your weapons!
Persians! Come and get them!
Love how they included the Laconic speech in this movie (makes up for the many inaccuracies lmao)
When that final part with Leonidas just mopping everyone in sight came on in the theater, literally 3/4 of the audience was standing or hovering to stand up from their seats.
Such a powerful moment.
I absolutely love when Leonidas breaks out of formation and just goes on a killing spree. The cinematography right there blew my mind the first time I saw this.
I saw this movie 3 times in the theatres, I have never seen any other movie more than once in theatres.
The scene with the 200m spear throw is insane, the music, the suspense everything is insane
Screaming “NO PRISONERS” in the midst of battle is ice cold 💀
“Come and get them”
That was actually said by Leonidas in the real battle (actually it was “come and take them”)
It’s the motto of the Greek army to this day
'Molan Labe' It more so means, if you have the balls to reach me, try to take them.
That's true. " Μολών Λαβέ". (Molon Lavee). Means Come and take them.
Isn't “Come and get them” literally the same as “come and take them”? Also the original phrase was in Greek so why does it matter if it's get or take?
There is no "them" in the 2 Greek words. ΜΟΛΩΗ ΛΑΒΕ. Literally, Having come, take.
Now when they say say come and get them they mean the IMF banks and the CIA run globalists via Goldman Sachs running them into debt where all of Europe /UK are nothing but an American Vassal state…now that is a Greek Tradgedy..warriors on the battlefield but fallen to politicians..like the one Goldman installed over a decade ago ..begging for scraps from America and the EU
The US/Anglo alliance has better weapons..and they are just pens..not spears
I watched this movie twice in the theater just for this scene, it was incredible!!
Man I get chills everytime I watch this
I was 20 when this movie came out. 2007 was such an epic year. cal of duty 4 halo 3. feel bad for this new generation cause we aint the same.
same here brother....with the crap woke wood is pushing these days well never get a movie as epic as 300 again for a long timr but thor ragnorak comes close though
Halo 3 multiplayer all evening after school, fun times.....
Amen. Also feel like we caught the last bit of real childhood before everything turned digital. We had the best mix of video games and actually doing shit outside lol
Good times good times..
Hahahah true now there is fortnite and some other lame ass games, and call of duty ain't the same anymore.
i saw this at the theatre when it came out. christ! what a movie! i was so amped up when i came out that i was ready for war. great movie and entertainment.
Same here I was so excited trying to destroy something haha
Can you just imagine how magnificent it must've been to fight with the literal king of the army you are with? like you were 1 of 300 men chosen to die with one of the most heroic, wise, and incredibly dedicated men like Leonidas. damn man. woulda sent shit hard as fuck!
Hard for real for real 🔥🔥
I would love to go back in time to watch this sitting on top of a nearby hill. So many events I would want to visit
This scene is one of the best scenes in movie history... " this is where we hold them this is where we fight this where they die" that is just so gangsta on so many levels
Gangsters are degenerates.
That is so fire even today, tomorrow and forever! 👍🏻😆
One of those movies you wish you could go back in time to experience in the theater again for the first time
This isn't just the greatest scene in the entire movie, it's one of the greatest action slow-motion scenes in all of hollywood cinema; right up there with the scenes in The Matrix
This is most memorable fight scene in cinema history.. Masterpiece
Give them nothing but take from them EVERYTHING
3:48 Avengers be damned. You can’t not tell me this wasn’t an epic one shot, no cut scene
Meh, CGI and slow-motion all over the place.
@@RonJeremy514 Go see this scene in behind the scenes it's not cgi little to no cgi is involved
@@jhinabloomingflower807 Thanks to you, I think now it's even worse: it's badly choregraphed.
@@RonJeremy514 nobody gives a sh it what you like or not like,just exactly the same way nobody ca res If you are al ive or not too bad for you the movie is ban gers both choreography and cinematography,go enjoy your marvel movies now
LMAOOO 😂😂😂
@@RonJeremy514 Talk's cheap....
3:33, love this part, was so epic, where the men of 300 was the one moving forward instead and backing up the 10000 persians. so fcking badass
As always, congrats to the camera man for surviving.
And of course, congrats to the brave Spartans that refused to give up defending their homeland even though they were destined to die.
Ffs I accidently clicked this after watching calm music for sleep. Now I'm doing 100 press-up and it's 1am!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
4:38 most badass thing ive seen this year
Ridiculous. Saw this by when it came out and then had to go watch again a few days later
Facts
this year? Bro, ive never seen anything more badass
Leonidas said no Twice to the Supernatural and so did his Love the Queen before government.
4:28 and 4:32 is way more badass and brutal thus more epic and violent
Their fight techinique is so badass, the shields opening up like a gate then the spears coming out like spikes, fantastic!
Absolutely fantastic
Yep
Great film
Love ya
Must have been pretty damn demoralising seeing your side throwing thousands at just 300 men, just to kill one of them.
The Spartans must have seemed like demi-gods to some of the Persians.
Bronze killing machines
True. I mean, there were probably about 12,000 other Greek soldiers at Thermopylae (including light support troops), but still very discouraging for such a large army.
Not only was the merit of their superior numbers greatly reduced by the Greek's ingenious use of terrain; but the vast majority of the empire's forces were drawn from desert nation's, and we're thusly light skirmishers accustomed to hit and run tactics and plains warfare. They were out of their element against the dense packed, heavily armored hoplites. It didn't help that most of them were nonprofessional draftees either.
They may as well have been
Yeah but 90% of this movie is historically wrong
@@laughy38247357075834 The Spartan-to-Persian kill ratio must still have been pretty big.
Chills. Literal chills. - Brooklyn 99
Truly cinamtic art. Especially when they break the line, those wide angle shots and stances.
Badass helmets, 50 pound shields and badass king who stands in front of his men not behind them.
That's the way all Greeks were fighting. Remember Alexander the Great.
Damn! Even my testosterone itself grew a beard!
Leonidas’s little smirk at the beginning is such a great details. It’s like if he was joyful about what was coming.
Best scene ever. Especially slow/normal speed when he goes in. Well done Spartans
One of the most epic battle scene in cinematic history for me.
this scene is pure gold but Captain's battle cry with voice crack and "No Prisoners !" burst me tears and give goosebumps everytime HE'S AN ULTIMATE WARRIOR !!!! AHOO !!
And I believe that thing is the most demoralizing thing to hear in battle
300 movie is a Masterpiece.💪🏽
We are still at war, this is a battle
Never be ashamed of being a MAN. We are Numero Uno, and Badass.
"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me. No, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Did you just assume our genders?
@Martin Lopez stfu whinny bitch
@@samuelh.2118 French?
This comment reeks of incel
I think thats safe to say its one of the manliest things to ever exist on screen history
I watched this scene habitually when it came out I watch it now to deal with a break up and pain and how I need to be when the odds are stacked against u internally. The Greek phalanx was in ingenuity of genius defense
This has to be one of the greatest battle scenes in movie history.
It's crazy how in real life in the first wave of the Persian attack(the equivalent of this scene) which numbered around 10,000 soldiers, the 300 Spartan force only lost 2 or 3 Spartan soldiers. Similar in subsequent attacks. That's just insane and shows the might and well organized ability of the Spartan soldiers.
It wasn't until the Spartans were betrayed and thus Persians entering the hidden path that allowed them to flank the Spartan force that they began to lose greater numbers.
indeed the spartans were only 300 BUT they were not alone they had other troops (non-spartan) stationed nearby and I believe the king was aware of the vulnerability of the infamous passage.
Source : trust me bro
The source is herodotos you dumb fuck
@@felipe367 yeah there were like 1,000 greeks from different city states
It's a bit like the French vs the malamukes in the battle of the pyramids high causality one one and very few on the other
RIP Leonidas. What a bad ass little did he know that a couple thousand years later there would be a movie showing just how bad ass they were and how much that day was truly theirs!
Luckily for the real Leonidas, he was 65 when he fought this battle! Seriously! That is extremely old for back then, plus he led his 300 men and fought alongside them and they lasted for as Ling as they did.
Definitely a badass but... to get that point wasn't a pleasant experience
According to history, the Spartans held the Hot Gates from the Persians for almost 3 days straight. Pretty much making Xerxes extremely frustrated that they couldn't get through until a traitor came and ruined everything. Thankfully though, it gave Greece enough time to rally their armies and beat the Persians back to where they came from. Such a sacrifice will never be forgotten.
I hate the term "badass." It's CENSORED.
@@mathewallbright561and according to history Persians came to punish the Athenians.. and they sacked Athens ..
God done a amazing job making these ancient historical movies so good and brilliant
Love how that one Persian guy is yelling and pointing at them- like he is saying they are THERE!!!
I can only imagine the pure adrenaline you get when you see your leader charging forward infront of the pack into the enemy…
When this movie came out, critics said that its colors and light made it look too unreal.
They couldn't be more wrong.
When I have dreams of a distant past, even from my childhood, the colors and lights are exactly the same as in this movie. I've no idea how the director knew it, but that movie captured my perception of the past in perfection.
It reflects a long-gone era. Like memories of a faded past life.
So you had six pack and a beard.
@@kareemosman100 I had this still in that life actually, but not anymore. Time is unforgiving.
What I meant is that dreaming about the past has a different "flavor", and our subconscious expresses that through shades of light and colors. At least, that's how my dreams deal with that "long gone era" .
It amazed me the capacity of the director to reach such a level of collective subjectivity.
@@marcelosinico ammazing feeling. Maybe This is why this movie gets to the heart so easy. Personally , living many lives is probably true . I wish we have more recollection of past lives.
@@kareemosman100 Then, life would be an endless prison for eternity, an unending sequence of events without an final outcome.
Dreams should be enough to recollect distant past, fading memories from another life. We must learn to enjoy it and let it go.
We must move on. We have the present to care about.
@@kareemosman100 The six pack grew into a full barrel over time
The Spartan warriors were not soldiers, but the embodiment of the primal forces of nature. They were the thunder that roared across the heavens, the lightning that shattered the night, the hurricane that swept across the land, leaving nothing but awe and reverence in its wake. They were the embodiment of the warrior spirit, a force as ancient and as timeless as the cosmos itself.
The battleground was their canvas, and their spears and swords were the brushes with which they painted their gruesome masterpieces. They wove a tapestry of war, a symphony of clashing steel and shattering shields, punctuated by the staccato rhythm of their battle cries. In their wake, they left a trail of vanquished foes and conquered lands, a testament to the fury and might of the Spartan spirit.
Their hearts did not beat with the rhythm of life, but with the drumbeat of war. Each pulse was a call to arms, a battle cry that echoed through the ages, a testament to their indomitable will and unyielding resolve. Their veins did not carry blood, but the molten fire of courage, a flame that burned brighter with each passing moment, a beacon that illuminated the path of honor and glory.
What takes this to next lvl is a lot of these stills are straight from the graphic novel. They did an amazing job. It almost feels like you're watching the novel
Still one of the greatest action sequences ever!!! Bring on ZSJL !!!!