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Anyone looking forward to the movie "300"? Ever since I saw the silly little clips on YTMND, I've been wanting to see it soon.

For those of you who don't know, it's about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, where 300 Spartans went up against over tens of thousands of Persians.
 
Where 300 Spartans plus at least several 1,000 other Greeks went up against over tens of thousands of Persians. Such a glaring historical accuracy can only be made in Hollywood.

I do like the YTMND about the film.
 
SpartanEvolved said:
Where 300 Spartans plus at least several 1,000 other Greeks went up against over tens of thousands of Persians. Such a glaring historical accuracy can only be made in Hollywood.
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Of course. It's for entertainment purposes. 300 Spartans alone is a much better story.
 
Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespian volunteers.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

I know Wikipedia isn't 100% accurate, but at that battle, there probably weren't more than those 1000 or so.

Looking farther in the Wiki, it shows that the greeks only had around 5200 people to fight, plus maybe 20000 more. Even so, it's nothing like Persia's armyu of millions.
 
Now this movie seems like an interesting one to watch. However, it can't just be all fighting. That would make it too short. So I wonder what other story lines they'll incorporate into it?
 
Hell Scyth said:
Now this movie seems like an interesting one to watch. However, it can't just be all fighting. That would make it too short. So I wonder what other story lines they'll incorporate into it?
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Well, they could go with the obscure nobody who rises to greatness and ends up running off with a queen. Or they can have a soldier of one army fall in love with a relative of his enemy. And then die at the end. Or they can do the general-turned-slave-turned-gladiator-turned-freedman. No, that wouldn't work. Maybe a crazed soldier with a Austrian accent who goes nuts, and turns into a killing machine.

Nah. Thos have been done already. Who knows??
 
Dart said:
Well, they could go with the obscure nobody who rises to greatness and ends up running off with a queen. Or they can have a soldier of one army fall in love with a relative of his enemy. And then die at the end. Or they can do the general-turned-slave-turned-gladiator-turned-freedman. No, that wouldn't work. Maybe a crazed soldier with a Austrian accent who goes nuts, and turns into a killing machine.

Nah. Thos have been done already. Who knows??
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No wait, you may be on to somwething with the crazed Aussie thing. Then again, if they wanted a role for that, they would have cllaed me :D

You're probably right with the 'soldier falling in love with a woman of the enemy' thing though. That, and the rise to glory, thing sound to be the most liekly thing for such a feature. Plus, thats whats been done before in previous 'historical replica' movies before.
 
This movie isn't supposed to be historically accurate, nor (I hope) is it supposed to support any of the cliches we've become so used to in movies of this sort. The movie itself is based off of Frank Miller's comic called 300 which is a completely fictional and stylized interpretation of the battle of thermapoly. It's intended to be entertaining, not accurate.

That being said I can't wait for this movie. In all honesty I think it looks incredible.
 
I know it isn't supposed to be accurate, but the fact it isn't bugs me. God knows the people at my school think TCM was real, they will believe everything in this movie too.
 
Well, TCM isn't real but some of it is based on serial killed Ed Gein, but you probably knew that.

As for this movie, I can't wait, I even purchased the graphic novel the other day.
 
Yeah, I know that TCM is loosely inspired by real events, but I really know people who thought it happened about like it did in the first remake.
 
God I hate how incredibly inaccurate this is. The Persians did have a huge army of roughly a quarter of a million, but there were actually a couple thousand Greeks at the fight, not 300. If I remember correctly, there were about 5,000. Oh, and everyone does know that this is based on a comic book (technically a "graphic novel") by Frank Miller, right? 8)
 
Like stealth said...this isn't supposed to be accurate at all. Do people hate God of War cause it doesn't accurately portray spartans? I mean honestly, let people believe what they want. I don't tell people what god to believe in, so why should I bother when they believe in fictional movies.
 
I can't really convince you to see the glaring flaws of this movie as I do.

I just think that if you are going to portray a historical event, portray it as close as possible to how it actually happened.
 
SpartanEvolved said:
I can't really convince you to see the glaring flaws of this movie as I do.

I just think that if you are going to portray a historical event, portray it as close as possible to how it actually happened.
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from a historical point, I can see what you're saying...but that's if they intended on it being accurate. Since this is on the comic book...It'd be a really boring comic book and movie if it were 100% accurate. That's what the history channel's for. :lol
 
When Leonidas learned that the Phocians had not held, he called a council at dawn. During the council some Greeks argued for withdrawal in the face of the overwhelming Persian advance, while others pledged to stay. After the council, many of the Greek forces did choose to withdraw. Herodotus believed that Leonidas blessed their departure with an order, but he also offered the alternate point of view: that those retreating forces departed without orders. The Spartans had pledged themselves to fight to the death, while the Thebans were held as hostage against their will. However, a contingent of about 700 Thespians, led by general Demophilus, the son of Diadromes, refused to leave with the other Greeks, but cast their lot with the Spartans.


I'm guessing it's loosly based off of this event in particular.

Yea, it's not 100% accurate. That's what documentaries are for.
 
SpartanEvolved said:
Is there a reason this battle is so revered and well known? It isn't because what happened there was boring.
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Just read the Wiki article. There was maybe 5000 something Greeks vs. nearly a quarter million or so Persians. Granted, they didn't win, but they were able to hold the Persians off long enough for the rest of Greece to prepare for the final battle.
 
I wasn't being sarcastic. I was trying to convey the point that the battle, as it actually happened, was great enough to leave a huge imprint on history. Strubes was saying it would be boring if it were accurate.
 
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