51:26 "may you live forever..." was the most insulting thing, you could say to a spartan... as every true spartan only had the right to be buried in spartan ground, if he died fighting for sparta, or in case of a woman, she died giving birth to a child... so if you live forever, your name would never be remembered, you would never truly be a spartan....
His name is, actually, being remembered. Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης) is what the Greeks call, nowdays, having a bad dream, a nightmare or having to deal with something disturbing. His treachery will never be forgotten. He will live forever in shame for his actions, as Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) cursed him.
The only reason was that, now persecuted, he'd have to live with the shame and regret of betraying his people. Was also offered a reward for his death and thus exiled himself. When years later he returned to his homeland, apparently feeling safe, he was assassinated. Ephialtes is perhaps the most hated of the entire Greek world. Ephialtes couldn't fight for Sparta anyway.
@@roundtwo____ i heard that a long time ago ! Ephialtes is a sinonimun of something bad , treasome , lies,unworthy etc , leonidas literaly damn that name for ever 🥶
"May you live forever" is a Spartan curse, Leonidas wasn't wishing the hunchback well, he was cursing him to never know a glorious and beautiful death.
No! The only reason was that, now persecuted, he'd have to live with the shame and regret of betraying his people. Was also offered a reward for his death and thus exiled himself. When years later he returned to his homeland, apparently feeling safe, he was assassinated. Ephialtes is perhaps the most hated of the entire Greek world. Ephialtes couldn't fight for Sparta anyway.
The 300 were never meant to win. They, along with 700 Thespians, and token forces of other allies, fought to delay Xerxes and the Persian forces, to buy time for the rest of Greece to gather. Leonidas tried to only take men who had already fathered sons to take their place. They fought, not just the Spartans, but all of them, virtually to the last man. Xerxes himself retreated sometime after the Hot Gates, but left his generals to carry on. The generals failed when they came up against the combined Greek force, and the Persians were annihilated.
This is one of the most complete comments depicting actual Greek history. Came here to say this cause for me as a Greek person it's funny having historic figures depicted as Captain America(s), but on the other hand it's not fair to other city-states who were also there at Thermopylae not being mentioned in the movie or being misrepresented or not represented at all.
I love women that love men. So many female reactors are so quick to hate on the idea of honour, bravery and valour. They think they're being edgy and cool, when in fact they're just spoiled and lame. To see you get emotional at the end and feel what the scene is supposed to embody was very refreshing. Awesome reaction.
I think it's ignorance. A man will always have to prove himself to b a man to be accepted by and bond with other men, a process that women will never be able to grasp because they don't have to go through it. There's a reason certain movies are considered guy movies, because they are about themes guys have to deal with. It's like trying to understamd why women like rom-coms, never going to happen.
Fun fact, this was a real event …. And leonidas was 63 years old at the time of the thermopilas encounter , he was an old strong men piercing persians left and right … a bonafide badass that went down in history , him and his men are inmortals
@IdkWhatIAmDoingWithMyLife-v4g It's loosely based on Greek history. The events are tracked in both Greek and Persian documents from the era. While the Old testament was written around the same time as these events, there's no reference to this battle in the Bible.
The Immortals were real. In a way. They were named “Immortals” because they had exactly 10,000 members, and if any fell for any reason, he was immediately replaced, keeping their numbers at exactly 10,000.
It was a miss. If it had gone throght Xerxes' mouth and out the back of his head, it would still show that a god king can bleed. It would also show that they can die. And more importantly, it WOULD kill him. Killing Xerxes would have been the ideal scenario
@@ashscott6068The entire point was to show he could bleed, not kill him. Killing him would have done absolutely nothing, someone else would take his place and Persia would have continued forward.
@@jjc5871So if Xerxes was killed by Leonidas, it would have caused the same thing happened after he actually died later? Sounds like Leonidas should have just killed him there since it wouldnt have actually made a long term difference.
300 is one of my favourite movies bc I'm named after Leonidas. My γιαγιά (Grandma in english) will say "Leonidas, King of Sparta, you strong boy?" And ever since my γιαγιά passed away 300 always reminds me of her.
Gerard Butler tried many different takes when he delivered his iconic "THIS IS SPARTA" line. Until he asked Zach Snyder if he could try something different, and that take was the one they used. After it was done, Gerard asked Zach "was that too much? Then Zach just said "yeah, but it was awesome!!" The cinematography of this movie was absolutely amazing!
They'd also settled on a take and were getting ready to move to film another scene when Gerard Butler asked for just one more take to try something else. Sometimes ya gotta just go with your gut!
This film is an excellent demonstration of how oral history, driven by storytelling impact, entertainment value, and propaganda, converts factual events into myths and legends. The older I get, the more convinced I become that storytelling is what makes us human.
you think this was factual then you have a lot more growing up to do my friend this was portrayed inaccurately not a single fact in this comedic nonsense about persians is true nor greeks were oiled up body builders
@@bigdream_dreambig in that case i made a judgment and a mistake, I apologize :) its astonishing to me just how many people watch a silly movie and take it as fact btw the director had to come out and apologize for the barbaric and outright WRONG portrayal of persians mentioning he was excited to be giving a project and a bunch of excuses and still people remember the movie smh
@@ohara. "converts factual events into" The collection of Spartan quotes from the Spartan inspired movie ‘300’ the quotes are historically accurate. Xerxes wrote to Leonidas, saying, "It is possible for you, by not fighting against God but by ranging yourself on my side, to be the sole ruler of Greece." But he wrote in reply: "If you had any knowledge of the noble things of life, you would refrain from coveting others' possessions; but for me to die for Greece is better than to be the sole ruler over the people of my race." When Xerxes wrote again, demanding Leonidas hand over their arms, he wrote in reply: "Come and take them."
That sacrifice of the 300 spartans was what united all of greece to defeat the invading and seemingly unstoppable persian empire. Such an incredible story
they didn't really defeat them though, just won some battles and held their ground, i know what you mean, but they were truly defeated by alexander the great over a century later.
@@Myhaay You have your wars mixed up. This battle was a holding action which gave the Athenians time to get their fleet ready and eventually defeat the Persians at the battle of Salamis. Alexander was born over a century later.
@@TheSocratesian what i meant is they didn't exactly "defeat" them at that point, it's like saying Dacians defeated the Romans when they first tried invading. I guess i'm arguing semantics here now but yeah you're right.
It was more than 300. It was a 1000 Spartans, and some books say 3000 Spartans. I don’t remember exactly which one it was, but it wasn’t 300. And that’s before counting the other Greeks that helped.
@@NikoStark1 I would love to see where you got those numbers. They are way off to my knowledge. Estimates for the total Greek force vary, but it is generally believed that the combined Greek force numbered around 1,000 to 1,500 soldiers with the 300 that engaged the Persians.
It's important to remember that the story we "see" is all being relayed by Dilios (the one eyed man Leonidas sends home, same actor as Faramir in LotR). Everything we see is the story he is telling - arrows literally blotting out the sun, rhino the size of a house etc, it's not *literally* what happened, it's the legend he's building to inspire the combined Greek army we see right at the end. I think that framing conceit is absolutely genius, it instantly defangs any possible criticism about realism - we're not watching "what happened", we're seeing the heroic visions conjured in those men's minds by his words. And the very stylized presentation - the slow mo and focus techniques you mentioned several times for example - all very much give that effect. And the Spartans knew they were doomed right from the start. The Persians were supposed to have *a million* men, to their 300 (plus allies, as others have mentioned). They were never coming back, that wasn't the point - the point was simply to delay, to shame others into rising up and fighting rather than rolling over and welcoming the conquerors. And finally - Leonidas got his wish. We *do* remember Thermopylae (the "hot gates") to this day, it's one of the most famous battles in history, and Leonidas and his 300 some of the most well known heroes of ancient Greece - perhaps the most famous that are actually more-or-less historical.
You DO realize that "stylizing" is very unbecoming for a Spartan. Spartans were extremely literal (and brief). Not saying you created the character, nor wrote the script.
I don't think this is correct. The hyper stylised aspect is actually something the film inherits from its source material, which is not the historical legend of the battle, but Frank Millers graphic novel/comic based on the legend, which itself was very stylised. This was simply an artistic choice for the comic, Miller didn't have to worry about raging historical fanboys writing him angry letters about the accuracy of his retelling of the original event. The overwhelming majority of his audience were people spending a significant amount of their time reading about superhuman beings, by comparison, Miller's 300 was relatively grounded.
One time, this King from another land sent a letter to the King of Sparta. The letter said something like, "if my armies march on your lands, your fields will burn, your homes will crumble to the ground, your women will be graped, your children will be slaves, and your men will die by the thousands, etc." The King of Sparta sent his letter in reply. It had one word on it. "If."
I believe you're referring to Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great himself. His actual message was: "If I invade Lakonia, you will be destroyed, never to rise again." The Spartans replied: "If." And Philip II then did attack and devastate part of Lakonia (which in turn, was part of Spartan territory) and drove the Spartans out of those parts.
@@alexlim864 I love that, because most of Spartan fanboys don’t even realize that’s what happened. Many like to think Sparta was some powerhouse conquering everyone around them and winning every battle, it gets a little annoying.
Another nice story: during the Olympic games an old man was looking for a free place in the audience. But no one cared. When he cried out, "Is there no one who would leave his seat to an old man". All the Spartan men in the audience did stand up together like one man and let him choose his place.
@@alexlim864If I remember correctly, this was a follow-up letter from Philip. As I recall, in trying to coerce Sparta to his side, his first letter said something to the effect of "Do you wish me to come to you as friend or as foe?" And in classic Spartan fashion, their response was "Neither."
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In real life, the Spartans wore a bronze curiass (breastplate) along with the shields. Most of the Persians only had armor made of wicker. The Spartan weapons easily cut through and the Persian weapons had trouble. But what made the Spartan Phalanx possible was the grip on their shields. Instead of the handle in the middle, it was moved to the side with a leather loop in the middle of the shield that sat on their forearm. This gave them so much more control of the shield. It is known as an Argive grip. One of the other heroes of this battle was the Naval General, Themistocles. Without him, the Persian Navy would have out flanked the Spartans via the sea and the battle would have been over quickly. They tried to cover him in the sequel to this film but I'm just not a fan of the sequel. There was a documentary in 2007 about this battle and all of what led up to it, Last Stand of the 300. It involves the reasoning behind the Persian invasion, the battles, Leonidas and Themistocles....all of it. Worth the watch if you ask me.
Also Spartans used the longest Sarissa (lance) of all Greeks, which gave them a small advantage at enemy contact. Only later in Thebes and then in the Macedonian Phalanx of Philip and Alexander the Sarissa in use was even longer then those of the Spartans. The downside of course was, that it also became heavier and more difficult to handle. The backstory to the Spartan royal guard of the 300 is also interesting... while mostly fighting as infantry, they actually were a cavalry unit. Wikipedia: Hippeis
@@Astuga Sarissa was not a Spartan weapon. That spear (lance) was the main weapon of Alexanders the Great Phalanx. The name Sarissa indicates the Macedonian phalanx main weapon. All Ancient Greek armys had spears but not "Sarissa". They called that spear "DORY".
@@Astuga They weren't cavalry. I think you confused Hoplites with Hippeis. He wouldn't take horse riders in small passway to fighting like that. He will obviously take Hoplites that specialise in such battle. If Wikipedia says that then it's just wrong.
@@SIPEROTH I wasnt talking about hoplites. I was talking about the Royal guard of Sparta (the so called 300). If you dont belive me, then look it up. wikipedia: Hippeis#Early_formation
"I can't stop looking at the thighs,...not in a creepy way...in a respectful way." I've got to remember to try that one next time...I feel like it isn't going to work for me.
"I can't stop looking at the boobs,...not in a creepy way...in a respectful way." Yep, might not work for men. However, men are much more accepting of hot women stalking them lol😂😂😂
@@jasonlindsay4282 Spartans literally never trained for battle, they trained to dance and play instruments and do stuff like that. They were a leisure class of nobility built on the back of slavery. They weren't better than any other city-state in Greece at war despite their little myth that they built hundreds of years after their brief time as a power.
@51:10 If you remember earlier in the movie Leonidas says "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed." He wasn't aiming to kill him but to make him bleed to prove to everyone that he is not a god.
So, he wanted him to live? You can't be serious. If he'd killed him, would it not prove the Same thing? Also, throwing a spear at that range, the target sees the spear coming and can just move to the side... You know why they did it? Becaude historicall, Xerxes did not die in this battle. Easy Explanation.
I normally don’t comment on these kinds of videos. I know this is just a reaction video, but I have to say… Your specific reaction to this specific movie was pretty amazing. How you got emotional and started to participate at the end of the movie was sweet and moving. Thank you for this great content.
Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro is famous here as Xerxes in the film “300”, he has already done the remake of “Ben-Hur” and the series “Lost” and “Westworld.
I remember a historian in documentary about the Battle Thermopylae explaining that one of the reasons Xerxes" troops couldn't make any headway was that they couldn't keep their footing trying to advance over ground that was covered with "the bodies of men who are dead. the bodies of men who are dying. and, most importantly, THE BODIES OF MEN WHO ARE IN THE WAY." It reminded me of a scene from the movie "Gettysburg" when Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the bayonet charge that earned him the Medal Of Honor. The charge started slowly as the men advanced while trying not to trip over the many bodies of wounded or dead Federal and Confederate soldiers at the line of contact and picked up speed as got onto clearer ground. I fought in a war a long time ago, and I never wanted to end up as part of the terrain.
A lot of the most epic lines: "We'll put thier name to the test" "We will fight in the shade" "Come and get them" All of those are the ACTUAL things that the Spartans said during this battle.
Great movie, but heavily fictionalized. In reality: -Spartans didn't fight naked, they had some of the most sophisticated and high-tech armor in the ancient world. Frank Miller knew this, all of the "inaccuracies" in the graphic novel are artistic license choices, he was inspired when he visited Thermopolye and saw a statue of Leonidas in the nude except for his cape and helmet. He found the image evocative and thought that in the mythologized version they should fight shirtless, barbarian hero style. -There was no conspiracy to bribe the monks. Spartans were as religious and superstitious as everyone else in the ancient world and really thought they couldn't send more than 300 guys. The subplot with his wife wasn't even in the comic and was added for the movie. Without the added material, Gorgo only had one scene. Spartan women enjoyed an exceptional level of freedom and social agency for the ancient world and they wanted to showcase that and give Lena Heady more screen time and more to do. -Nearly all the city-states sent soldiers, not just the Arcadians mentioned in the movie. They did represent the largest contingent, but in total Leonidas had about 5000 men under his command. -It was a two-front amphibious batte. Along with The Hot Gates, The Athenian Navy was holding off The Persian Navy at a similar choke point several miles up the coast. Both fronts had to hold or else Xerxes could get behind the other front and cut them off. These events are depicted in the sequel "300: Rise of an Empire" -Xerxes was a normal sized guy with a beard, not a Navi-sized super-twink. His army was indeed estimated to be a million strong, although some estimates place the number as low as 300,000. He did NOT have elephants, rhinos, ninjas, and whatever that knife-handed guy was. He had cavalry but he couldn't get them up to the choke point, part of why The Spartans chose to fight there. -When the goat path was discovered, Leonidas began a phased retreat of the Greek forces under cover of night. *The Arcadians stayed behind with The Spartans* (totally done dirty by the movie) the last stand was about a thousand men, The 300 and The Arcadians and few other small contingents from other city-states. Fighting lasted all day. Leonidas was killed in the early afternoon and his soldiers fought to keep his body from the Persians until the last man fell in the evening.
Seems like a fitting place to put this. Can't remember if it's shown in the movie. If anyone wants a laugh, look into what Xerxes did to the sea after the first fleet crashed lol
7000 not 5000 and the spartans were the very front of the line. the spartans only sent 300 because at the time sparta was ruled by two kinngs, lionides was only 1 king so he couldn't make a decision for the entire city state. so he only took his own troops
Sorry, but that's a bit of a wrong take. This is not a movie about history. There's a reason why it looks like a comic book: because it is based on Frank Miller's comic book "300" which in turn was (vaguely) inspired by historical events. You know that. So the movie is "accurate" so to speak, as a Spiderman or Iron Man movie could be. As in somewhat faithful to the source material. And yes movies do add subplots and extend roles, like Arwen's in TLOR. The source material is not an historical account, but a comic book. Criticizing it for being "heavily fictionalized" is like pointing out that it's unlikely that a bite from a radioactive spider turns you into a superhero. Yeah, we know, and that's not the point. Now, everything you said is true. Still, it's a comic book not an illustrated history book. And yes the movie did dirty to the other greeks who fought there. The movie good at style and aesthetics, IMHO.
@@TheMule71 nope sorry it's faithful to the comic somewhat but that doesn't make it accurate. The movie actually has a "based on true events" market so the intention of the filmmakers was to link it to uostory
Wow. I remember watching this movie in the theater back in 2006 with my friends, unbelievably almost twenty freakin' years ago, now?! Damn, it doesn't seem that long ago at all. Time really does fly by!
A detail most didnt notice. The filmmakers used two different sized shields. Larger ones for the Phalanx fight scenes, and smaller ones for most of the open fight scenes. And on a side note: the large monster guy of the "Immortals" is Robert Maillet. A former profi wrestler. He had roles in many different movies. Like in Sherlock Holmes 2, Pacific Rim and Deadpool 2 ...
Delos' speech to the counil actually quotes the plaque at the monument to the 300, "Go tell to Sparta, thou who passest by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie."
25:06 I was doing a photoshoot with my girlfriend at the time, and at some point she said, let's make a break and go see this new movie 300 in theater - and we did. We were silent all the way home, and continue shooting, and up to that moment it was flowers and rainbows, but from that moment, she took some of my old swords, and painted her with fingers over face with black maskara - picters were best we did together :)
Just so you know. The narrator/Dilios (David Wenham) is the same actor as Faramir in 'The Lord of The Rings'! Also the captain is Garp in the live action One Piece. Edit: While I'm at it. The guy who says our arrows will blot out the sun is Tek Knights butler in a recent episode of The Boys.
@@bobbombar6711 Oh Shit! I forgot about Magneto and Cersei. And the douche bag Spartan politician was on The Wire but I didn't watch it so I'm not sure who he played.
Leonidas promised Xerxes that the Persian Army would see their God-King _Bleed_ and they did. I would just as soon have seen the spear land more lethally, but it wasn't a Miss. BTW: This event is mentioned in The Last Samurai, No Spoilers, so I'll say no more in case you haven't enjoyed that one yet.
"What is that giant pit?!" That's a WELL, my dear. The "This is Sparta!" scene actually happened about ten years BEFORE the Battle Of Thermopylae, and the Spartans DID throw the Persian messengers into a huge well when they came to Sparta and demanded earth and water as tribute/taxes to Xerxes's father, King Darius. But the actual "one-liner" the Spartans told the Persians when they threw them into the well was "Go dig it out yourself!"
I first heard about Sparta and the 300 in Elementary School an awesome story teller who came to our school he told this story so well that I never forgot it and I could imagine every detail that had happened.
To be jacked feels amazing. You feel like you can run through walls but it can also rein toxic to your personality if you’re not intelligent enough to stay humble.
The point is to inspire others through your actions. Your reactions to movies can inspire others to look at things differently in their own lives making an impact that you may never even see.
Definitely do your research. The Battle of Thermopylae was written about first by the grandfather of history Herodotus. This is an actual event, but the director obviously used poetic license to make it resemble the graphic novel. They would not have fought nearly nude for instance. In the historic account the 300 Spartans and her allies fought 1,000,000 Persians that gathered soldiers from across its empire though modern historians believe this was probably exaggerated. In closing I am just going to encourage you to do your own reading. This was the heart of western civilization.
What is the pit in front of the city gate for? Basically for what you saw in the film: it's a defensive structure, making it harder for the enemy to fight at the gates, as they keep getting pushed back into a deadly abyss. Most importantly, though, that kind of structure makes it impossible to ram the gates effectively, as you can't run straight at it with a heavy battering ram.
I regularly look for reactions to this movie for years.. yours is the best I've ever seen. The way you catch the nuances and pay attention to the story and your unhindered real emotion that mirrors my own when I watch is amazing. I really think you will go far in whatever you do thanks for the reaction!
I tried the shield and spear in Sen's Fortress PvP, taking advantage of environmental restrictions, preventing backstab circling. It was EXTREMELY effective. What wouldn't bounce off, got parried instead (shotel), and because I could attack while shielding (unique to spears), there was no way to defeat me (I'd interrupt magic). It'd end with the appropriate kick, usually. These men killed hundreds each before they fell, and after seeing how effective the phalanx can be, I have no doubt about it.
This was based on a graphic novel (comic book)! So epic. Glad you reacted, such a visual masterpiece 🙌🏾 PS. Thats a Dutch camera angle. Seen a lot in comics and anime! PPS. “This makes me wanna go to the gym, this movie” that was literally me and everybody when this hit theaters! 😅
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes, _many adaptations of that historical even have since happened._ There were about 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, and some others. This was compulsory reading in our *history of warfare classes,* and later mentioned many times in the military context - To show the importance of physical prowess and mental conditioning (patriotism, discipline and family ties in this case). _I was raised on a military base, and later schooled in Canberra, Australia._
I'm not so sure I'd go so far as to call it a Dutch angle, which typically means the shot is canted to the side. I think "worm's eye view" is a better description. A proper Dutch angle is mostly used in horror films to create a sense of unease. Sam Raimi and Tim Burton are two of the directors that are known for using them a lot. Either way, the use of extreme camera angles works so well in this movie.
@@martinrayner6466 You’d think it would be more about teaching geographical advantages and sound strategy rather than mental fortitude or physical prowess, as they held the hot gates and bottle necked Persian forces. Then did a phased retreat once their flank was vulnerable. Don’t believe all the propaganda about the Spartans, they were great warriors, but much of what is said about them or depicted in various media is mostly propaganda that they themselves spread along with ancient historians and even today with people quoting laconicisms and famous stories.
@@MetastaticMaladies Your points are well taken. Consider - would a modern day leader have made the same decisions? Probably not, even with the lessons learnt from that engagement. In WW2 when the Australians were fighting side by side with their allies from America (an others), in the Pacific. It is well reported that the American military leader wanted more fighters like the Australians - and bemoaned about his country men's fighting ability (early war). *Why.* It was only in part because of strategy. (Australian fighting and leadership strategy were different to English and Americans at the time.) The main factor was they were seasoned solders from the European theater of war, and they were fighting a foe determined to reach our home land. Therefore *there attitudes* regarding their fellow fighters, and the enemy was of paramount importance. That's what swayed the day, on many occasions. BTW; Some of the technical differences regarding command and attitudes at that time; Each solder was taught to take the place of any superior lost - on the spot, and trained to do so. And in combat the standing order for things like ambushes was - if ambushed run on mass towards the enemy fire, do not go to ground. These orders were also standing at the time of the Vietnam war - Some of my family members served at that time, and were active (and injured) in that altercation.
It captures the intimacy of war. The subjective rush and slow, vivid focus and atmosphere more than a setting; You stay engaged because you are there, not just a spectator.
Since you enjoy the cinematography you should definitely watch the 2 Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downey Jr. Two movies you didn't know you needed 🤣
Watching this movie as a kid I didn’t really think too much of it because I’m not the best in history but this movie has a really good impact on the 300 Spartans that didn’t make it in the end but still have created history that no one could possibly outmatch.
8:36 Started a war? Dear heart, war is what Sparta does. They trained for war from childhood. They even had two Kings so when one goes off to war, the other retains control, and if the King dies in war, Sparta does not fall into infighting, but continues, and a new second King is chosen. Spartan Hoplites, formed into the triple line or the phalanx, were the heavy infantry nobody sane wanted to fight. Spartan men served at least forty years in the Army, until they were 60.
And don’t forget, Sparta was a slave state, which is why they were able to do this, everything they weren’t doing such as agriculture, they made slaves do it. They were not kind to them either. I think it’s quite funny that they put the “we are free men standing against a tyrant” when Sparta could also be considered tyrannical lol
@@MetastaticMaladies Sparta was hardly alone in that. And 40 years, at least, in the army is not exactly freedom either. But that is looking at them through a contemporary lens and not a historic one. Consider this thought, but don't take it as condoning slavery, but rather to cast your mind into the thoughts of someone then.. You are a slave since birth. Your parents were both slaves since birth. Are you conscious of being a slave, or do you consider it normal? You know of no other life. Then one day, someone removes your chains and says "You are free. Door's over there." Is that a blessing, or a curse? You never had to make choices before. Never had money. Don't have any idea how to get a job or what fair pay would be. You may consider the one who freed you a tyrant. Again, just a thought exercise to imagine what it would be like a few thousand years ago.
Part of the reason for the slo mo as well is that many of the slow mo shots are extremely faithful to frames in the graphic novel. Fun fact about Snyder as a filmmaker: he storyboards all his own movies in great detail. So he basically envisions exactly how he wants everything to look and how he will shoot it before they ever start shooting, which is why his stuff is so stylistic.
I don’t believe Leonidas missed when he threw his spear at Xerxes. Throughout the film, there was vast speculation among the characters if Xerxes truly was an immortal god who couldn’t bleed. Leonidas wanted to prove that Xerxes was just a big fake, so he purposely missed just to make him bleed, and make him live with a battle scar and a permanent reminder that he was just like any other man with wear and tear. For Xerxes to live with such an insult was probably a fate worse then death. He’ll probably lose credibility from his followers. In a way, Leonidas won and Xerxes lost!!!
And it mostly deatroyed the delusion he lived. Now that he is actually shown he is but mortal, can bleed and die i imagine Leonidas ahattered far more then a clean death should. It is also why he telld Elphialtes the traitor "May you live forever". For most cultures this is something positive. As a spartan it means "Never have a glorious spartan death and redeem your parants." And he will never get a chance to. Living with that guilt and shame forever.
When this came out, it was like yea finally! A movie for the boys! Because practically every movie at the time was a romcom for the girls. As year's go by, I can see this movie catered to everyone lol there was a reason all the girlfriends went to go watch it too
@@Rickcooper7 yeah but Zack Snyder in particular hasn't really done anything good..... People praise 300 for the cinematography and the shot selection, but that all was created for him in the comic book.
"Come back with your shield. Or on it." If you run from a battle, the first thing you throw away is the heaviest piece of kit you have, your shield, so you can run faster. If you die in battle, your fellow soldiers would use your shield as a stretcher to carry you back home. She was telling him to come home with honour.
13:10 I love how every girl reactor says to “calm down” etc. when he was hyping the king up. Just proves to show how different we are between men and women. we were born for war. y’all say calm down. We say yessss motha truckerrrr
She also seems to think she’s more qualified to talk to us about camera filters and cinematography just because she spends her life in front of a camera and a mirror lmao
@@assrammington7961 More qualified? What's she supposed to say? Not talk about the film she's watching because she's supposed to know that assrammington7961 himself, the cinematography genius, is watching?
That was a great reaction friend ! And you mentioned very early on that it looks a comic book, well you weren't far off because Zack Snyder the director said that he wanted the scenes to look like the graphic novel this story was based off of. How's that for art imitating life ??
Spartan boys began their military training in the agoge at age 7, they graduated and were allowed to marry at age 30. They usually retired at age 60. King Leonidas was 60 years old when he died in battle at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E.
3:20 it looks like a comic book in a way... yes, this movie was made to look like the comic book, that was it´s inspiration... and they did one hell of a job, to keep the original comic aesthetic in the movie. the comic was based on the real ancient battle of leonidas against the army of xerxes at thermopiles.
Xerxes was actually a decent king to his subjects, and remember that Spartans all had to be great warriors to put down slave revolts since upwards of 80% of Spartan society were slaves.
ALSO one last fun fact. It came to pass that after the death of the 300 when they descended to Hades were the ONLY MORTALS that never drank the water of oblivion so they would remember for ever their accomplishments. So you can only imagine the impact this battle had in the Hellenic world at the time.
i am surprised you never heard of the 300 Spartans , this is a real famous battle that happen like 4000 years ago we still know about today , you should look up the story !
This movie based on the battle of Thermopylae (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae). The Spartans chose a narrow pass as the scene of the battle; this narrow terrain limited how many men could fight across at any one time, limiting the number of the much more numerous Persians who could fight the Spartans at any one time. The movie does a great job showing the Phalanx formation used by Spartans to great effect.
When this really went down, supposedly Dilios was actually shamed for returning alive. He regained his honor by dying in battle of Platea (the end battle).
54:09 "How is this happening? Why is Xerxes still, like, alive?" Because when you're telling a historical account, you can only embellish and stretch the truth so much. Xerxes lived and the 300 did not, so it must be.
“We will fight in the shade.” I don’t know the origin of this line, but it wasn’t this movie. My sixth grade teacher used it, when he was teaching us about this battle.
The origin of this line is herodotus (the father of history) Actually lot of lines are historically accurate such as "come back with your shield or on it" and "come and get them" Spartans really had some very good punch lines😂
ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς , (Ḕ tā̀n ḕ epì tâs): “Come with (your shield), or on (it). ” This ancient Greek phrase was said by their mothers or wives giving them the shield. It was a wish of victory, because either he would return victorious holding his shield, or his victorious companions would bring him dead on his shield.If they lost the battle no one was to return alive. The Spartans were famous for the condensed meanings (Laconize ) expressed with few words. There is the ancient saying: "Laconize is philosophy". The Lacedaemonians (Spartans) and the rest of the ancient Greeks, considered death as the door to the underworld (ADES) and had unwavering faith in its existence.
Someone really needs to teach a girl just cuz they’re hot, doesn’t mean anyone wants to hear them speak. Especially when they’re this dumb and annoying
She does pause, but isn't psychic or an oracle, she has no idea what is coming or when would be best to stop for talk. What she has accomplished has been done through merit of sheer personality and relatible charisma. Editing, a writer's comprehension of pacing, and the technical aid of experienced experts; she has none of these to help her, so she has learned as best as could be expected while her channel expanded far beyond any possible hope she had when she began and she's been scrambling to play catch up ever since. Personally, I love these little mistakes and flaws. Its very human. But then, I am also a fan of Van Gogh and Bacon's early work. She is still learning the skills you expect, skills she lacks and likely has very little natural talent in; also, she is probably lacking a mentor to show her the ropes because most channels would view her own as a threat or rival to their own. Her talent is in expression, in pantomime as a thesbian. It is perhaps unfair to expect such expertise from one whose profession is completely unrelated to the abilities you believe she should possess; as if this channel did not start as an experiment she expected to learn from attempting to accomplish and never assumed it would suceed. Have patience or give advice, references, or links to relevant articles on how and why she should change her current methods to the ones you wish to see. Either teach her, council her, or lead her to a source for the skills you believe she should already have, instead of criticizing her.
I am someone who would be labeled sexist for some of the things I say. But I'm honest. This woman impresses me. Just a few minutes into the video and I can see that she is very smart.
so i really loved your consistent input on the style zach used for his movie but i REALLY enjoyed realising you've never heard of Leonidas and his story so you were watching this thinking it was stylised fiction and not historical fact (with some embellishments of course). It was really nice to see the story through your eyes for the first time.
First reaction where I literally heard everything on the screen said and done repeated to me as if the obvious wasn't obvious enough. At some point, simply allowing yourself to take in EVERYTHING audibly and visually without commenting during it will actually enhance your viewing of it. Just a thought. At some point, stop talking and take it in.
I love this movie, and I have seen many reactions to it, but it is the first time that a girl can see everything good that this movie has, besides abs, combat and testosterone. How you highlight the technical section such as photography, camera angles, use of slow motion by and for different uses, color grading, cinematic focus and blur, soundtrack and narrative structure using everything mentioned above, made your reaction my favorite by far, I have been following your for a long time, your channel and reactions, but this was your consecration to how great cinema is, not just "entertainment" but seen as what it is, "art", great reaction and analysis @Colette Cherry sent you your well-deserved applause 👏👏👏. The last words of the king of those who could not show weakness or mercy, dedicated to his queen, his wife, his love, absolutely wonderful (you were one of the few people I saw who noticed this).
51:26 "may you live forever..." was the most insulting thing, you could say to a spartan...
as every true spartan only had the right to be buried in spartan ground, if he died fighting for sparta, or in case of a woman, she died giving birth to a child...
so if you live forever, your name would never be remembered, you would never truly be a spartan....
in the movie, in the real story spartans are pussy and cowards.
His name is, actually, being remembered. Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης) is what the Greeks call, nowdays, having a bad dream, a nightmare or having to deal with something disturbing. His treachery will never be forgotten. He will live forever in shame for his actions, as Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) cursed him.
Not only that, but he'd have to live with the shame and regret of betraying his people
The only reason was that, now persecuted, he'd have to live with the shame and regret of betraying his people. Was also offered a reward for his death and thus exiled himself. When years later he returned to his homeland, apparently feeling safe, he was assassinated. Ephialtes is perhaps the most hated of the entire Greek world. Ephialtes couldn't fight for Sparta anyway.
@@roundtwo____ i heard that a long time ago ! Ephialtes is a sinonimun of something bad , treasome , lies,unworthy etc , leonidas literaly damn that name for ever 🥶
"May you live forever" is a Spartan curse, Leonidas wasn't wishing the hunchback well, he was cursing him to never know a glorious and beautiful death.
*That his immortal name will forever be synonimous with cowardice and treachery.
@@caveymoley
well he was totally correct about it...
No! The only reason was that, now persecuted, he'd have to live with the shame and regret of betraying his people. Was also offered a reward for his death and thus exiled himself. When years later he returned to his homeland, apparently feeling safe, he was assassinated. Ephialtes is perhaps the most hated of the entire Greek world. Ephialtes couldn't fight for Sparta anyway.
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@@DIMITRISMOSKIOU Βασικά, λάθος.
The 300 were never meant to win. They, along with 700 Thespians, and token forces of other allies, fought to delay Xerxes and the Persian forces, to buy time for the rest of Greece to gather. Leonidas tried to only take men who had already fathered sons to take their place. They fought, not just the Spartans, but all of them, virtually to the last man. Xerxes himself retreated sometime after the Hot Gates, but left his generals to carry on. The generals failed when they came up against the combined Greek force, and the Persians were annihilated.
This is one of the most complete comments depicting actual Greek history. Came here to say this cause for me as a Greek person it's funny having historic figures depicted as Captain America(s), but on the other hand it's not fair to other city-states who were also there at Thermopylae not being mentioned in the movie or being misrepresented or not represented at all.
@@SataPataKiouta To be fair to the writers, their target demographic hears Ancient Greece and thinks "Athens".
In reality, they had about 7000 total behind a stone wall.
Don't forget the like 3,000 slaves The Spartans brought.
@@jasonmain6398helots
I love women that love men. So many female reactors are so quick to hate on the idea of honour, bravery and valour. They think they're being edgy and cool, when in fact they're just spoiled and lame. To see you get emotional at the end and feel what the scene is supposed to embody was very refreshing. Awesome reaction.
Simp!
Amen to that.
I think it's ignorance. A man will always have to prove himself to b a man to be accepted by and bond with other men, a process that women will never be able to grasp because they don't have to go through it. There's a reason certain movies are considered guy movies, because they are about themes guys have to deal with. It's like trying to understamd why women like rom-coms, never going to happen.
I know what you mean but I don't think I've ever seen anyone watch this movie and insult or disparage the sacrifice they made.
Thats exactly why I’m a fan of her
Fun fact, this was a real event …. And leonidas was 63 years old at the time of the thermopilas encounter , he was an old strong men piercing persians left and right … a bonafide badass that went down in history , him and his men are inmortals
Though they wore a lot more armor
Obviously fictionalized, but based on a historical event.
Another fun fact the oracle was high on weed 😏
lol cmon man
@IdkWhatIAmDoingWithMyLife-v4g It's loosely based on Greek history. The events are tracked in both Greek and Persian documents from the era. While the Old testament was written around the same time as these events, there's no reference to this battle in the Bible.
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The Immortals were real. In a way. They were named “Immortals” because they had exactly 10,000 members, and if any fell for any reason, he was immediately replaced, keeping their numbers at exactly 10,000.
We need some replacements.
Uh yea, how many?
10,000.
Who is this?
That was not a miss. He delivered on his promise.
It was a miss. If it had gone throght Xerxes' mouth and out the back of his head, it would still show that a god king can bleed. It would also show that they can die. And more importantly, it WOULD kill him. Killing Xerxes would have been the ideal scenario
"its not the lash that they fear, it is my divine power." ....keeping him alive after his entire military knows he is no God was the whole point...
@@ashscott6068The entire point was to show he could bleed, not kill him. Killing him would have done absolutely nothing, someone else would take his place and Persia would have continued forward.
@@jjc5871So if Xerxes was killed by Leonidas, it would have caused the same thing happened after he actually died later? Sounds like Leonidas should have just killed him there since it wouldnt have actually made a long term difference.
@@tankjr84 Point is, gods don’t bleed.
300 is one of my favourite movies bc I'm named after Leonidas. My γιαγιά (Grandma in english) will say "Leonidas, King of Sparta, you strong boy?" And ever since my γιαγιά passed away 300 always reminds me of her.
Gerard Butler tried many different takes when he delivered his iconic "THIS IS SPARTA" line. Until he asked Zach Snyder if he could try something different, and that take was the one they used. After it was done, Gerard asked Zach "was that too much? Then Zach just said "yeah, but it was awesome!!" The cinematography of this movie was absolutely amazing!
“Too much?”
“Yeah but it was awesome!”
Classic Zach Snyder
They'd also settled on a take and were getting ready to move to film another scene when Gerard Butler asked for just one more take to try something else. Sometimes ya gotta just go with your gut!
His name is actually spelled ZACK SNYDER
LOL "Was that too much?" "Yeah but it was awesome!" that's the vision statement behind this entire film. XD
This film is an excellent demonstration of how oral history, driven by storytelling impact, entertainment value, and propaganda, converts factual events into myths and legends. The older I get, the more convinced I become that storytelling is what makes us human.
you think this was factual then you have a lot more growing up to do my friend this was portrayed inaccurately not a single fact in this comedic nonsense about persians is true nor greeks were oiled up body builders
@@ohara. It's honestly impressive that you so totally missed his point.
@@ohara. Did I not say "myths and legends"?
@@bigdream_dreambig in that case i made a judgment and a mistake, I apologize :) its astonishing to me just how many people watch a silly movie and take it as fact btw the director had to come out and apologize for the barbaric and outright WRONG portrayal of persians mentioning he was excited to be giving a project and a bunch of excuses and still people remember the movie smh
@@ohara. "converts factual events into" The collection of Spartan quotes from the Spartan inspired movie ‘300’ the quotes are historically accurate.
Xerxes wrote to Leonidas, saying, "It is possible for you, by not fighting against God but by ranging yourself on my side, to be the sole ruler of Greece." But he wrote in reply:
"If you had any knowledge of the noble things of life, you would refrain from coveting others' possessions; but for me to die for Greece is better than to be the sole ruler over the people of my race."
When Xerxes wrote again, demanding Leonidas hand over their arms, he wrote in reply:
"Come and take them."
That sacrifice of the 300 spartans was what united all of greece to defeat the invading and seemingly unstoppable persian empire. Such an incredible story
they didn't really defeat them though, just won some battles and held their ground, i know what you mean, but they were truly defeated by alexander the great over a century later.
@@Myhaay You have your wars mixed up. This battle was a holding action which gave the Athenians time to get their fleet ready and eventually defeat the Persians at the battle of Salamis. Alexander was born over a century later.
@@TheSocratesian what i meant is they didn't exactly "defeat" them at that point, it's like saying Dacians defeated the Romans when they first tried invading. I guess i'm arguing semantics here now but yeah you're right.
It was more than 300. It was a 1000 Spartans, and some books say 3000 Spartans. I don’t remember exactly which one it was, but it wasn’t 300. And that’s before counting the other Greeks that helped.
@@NikoStark1 I would love to see where you got those numbers. They are way off to my knowledge. Estimates for the total Greek force vary, but it is generally believed that the combined Greek force numbered around 1,000 to 1,500 soldiers with the 300 that engaged the Persians.
It's important to remember that the story we "see" is all being relayed by Dilios (the one eyed man Leonidas sends home, same actor as Faramir in LotR). Everything we see is the story he is telling - arrows literally blotting out the sun, rhino the size of a house etc, it's not *literally* what happened, it's the legend he's building to inspire the combined Greek army we see right at the end.
I think that framing conceit is absolutely genius, it instantly defangs any possible criticism about realism - we're not watching "what happened", we're seeing the heroic visions conjured in those men's minds by his words. And the very stylized presentation - the slow mo and focus techniques you mentioned several times for example - all very much give that effect.
And the Spartans knew they were doomed right from the start. The Persians were supposed to have *a million* men, to their 300 (plus allies, as others have mentioned). They were never coming back, that wasn't the point - the point was simply to delay, to shame others into rising up and fighting rather than rolling over and welcoming the conquerors.
And finally - Leonidas got his wish. We *do* remember Thermopylae (the "hot gates") to this day, it's one of the most famous battles in history, and Leonidas and his 300 some of the most well known heroes of ancient Greece - perhaps the most famous that are actually more-or-less historical.
Plus the 6-7000 other greek soldiers
You DO realize that "stylizing" is very unbecoming for a Spartan. Spartans were extremely literal (and brief).
Not saying you created the character, nor wrote the script.
I don't think this is correct. The hyper stylised aspect is actually something the film inherits from its source material, which is not the historical legend of the battle, but Frank Millers graphic novel/comic based on the legend, which itself was very stylised. This was simply an artistic choice for the comic, Miller didn't have to worry about raging historical fanboys writing him angry letters about the accuracy of his retelling of the original event. The overwhelming majority of his audience were people spending a significant amount of their time reading about superhuman beings, by comparison, Miller's 300 was relatively grounded.
One time, this King from another land sent a letter to the King of Sparta.
The letter said something like, "if my armies march on your lands, your fields will burn, your homes will crumble to the ground, your women will be graped, your children will be slaves, and your men will die by the thousands, etc."
The King of Sparta sent his letter in reply.
It had one word on it.
"If."
I believe you're referring to Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great himself. His actual message was: "If I invade Lakonia, you will be destroyed, never to rise again."
The Spartans replied: "If." And Philip II then did attack and devastate part of Lakonia (which in turn, was part of Spartan territory) and drove the Spartans out of those parts.
@@alexlim864 I love that, because most of Spartan fanboys don’t even realize that’s what happened. Many like to think Sparta was some powerhouse conquering everyone around them and winning every battle, it gets a little annoying.
Another nice story: during the Olympic games an old man was looking for a free place in the audience.
But no one cared. When he cried out, "Is there no one who would leave his seat to an old man". All the Spartan men in the audience did stand up together like one man and let him choose his place.
@@alexlim864If I remember correctly, this was a follow-up letter from Philip. As I recall, in trying to coerce Sparta to his side, his first letter said something to the effect of "Do you wish me to come to you as friend or as foe?" And in classic Spartan fashion, their response was "Neither."
Your women will be graped.
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In real life, the Spartans wore a bronze curiass (breastplate) along with the shields. Most of the Persians only had armor made of wicker. The Spartan weapons easily cut through and the Persian weapons had trouble. But what made the Spartan Phalanx possible was the grip on their shields. Instead of the handle in the middle, it was moved to the side with a leather loop in the middle of the shield that sat on their forearm. This gave them so much more control of the shield. It is known as an Argive grip.
One of the other heroes of this battle was the Naval General, Themistocles. Without him, the Persian Navy would have out flanked the Spartans via the sea and the battle would have been over quickly. They tried to cover him in the sequel to this film but I'm just not a fan of the sequel.
There was a documentary in 2007 about this battle and all of what led up to it, Last Stand of the 300. It involves the reasoning behind the Persian invasion, the battles, Leonidas and Themistocles....all of it. Worth the watch if you ask me.
Also Spartans used the longest Sarissa (lance) of all Greeks, which gave them a small advantage at enemy contact.
Only later in Thebes and then in the Macedonian Phalanx of Philip and Alexander the Sarissa in use was even longer then those of the Spartans. The downside of course was, that it also became heavier and more difficult to handle.
The backstory to the Spartan royal guard of the 300 is also interesting... while mostly fighting as infantry, they actually were a cavalry unit. Wikipedia: Hippeis
Themistocles is the main character of the sequel "300: Rise of an Empire"
@@Astuga Sarissa was not a Spartan weapon. That spear (lance) was the main weapon of Alexanders the Great Phalanx. The name Sarissa indicates the Macedonian phalanx main weapon. All Ancient Greek armys had spears but not "Sarissa". They called that spear "DORY".
@@Astuga They weren't cavalry. I think you confused Hoplites with Hippeis. He wouldn't take horse riders in small passway to fighting like that. He will obviously take Hoplites that specialise in such battle.
If Wikipedia says that then it's just wrong.
@@SIPEROTH I wasnt talking about hoplites. I was talking about the Royal guard of Sparta (the so called 300). If you dont belive me, then look it up.
wikipedia: Hippeis#Early_formation
I saw this in a theatre full nof army soldiers, you can imagine how loud it was at the end😂
Her saying how they celebrate their bodies and Leonidas looking like a god- she described all Greek culture right there
"I can't stop looking at the thighs,...not in a creepy way...in a respectful way."
I've got to remember to try that one next time...I feel like it isn't going to work for me.
"I can't stop looking at the boobs,...not in a creepy way...in a respectful way."
Yep, might not work for men. However, men are much more accepting of hot women stalking them lol😂😂😂
"Spartans, ready your breakfast and eat hearty for tonight we dine in hell!!!"
“Heck”*
@@MetastaticMaladies ahh a man of culture.
@@MetastaticMaladies what word is that supposed to be correcting?
@@ryeguy7941 no
@@VColossalV You’ve never seen the video of if 300 was PG?
The Battle Formations the Spartans used, are still used today in Many military conditions, and tactical scenarios. They were Literally born to Fight.
@@jasonlindsay4282 Spartans literally never trained for battle, they trained to dance and play instruments and do stuff like that. They were a leisure class of nobility built on the back of slavery. They weren't better than any other city-state in Greece at war despite their little myth that they built hundreds of years after their brief time as a power.
@@jasonmain6398 stop talking shit.
@@Arska694 I know exactly what I'm talking about. You're the one who's just making s*** up
@@jasonmain6398they trained to dance not at war well that funny being there known as the most bad ass soldiers ever
An there tactic r still used roday
"THIS IS SPARTA!!" is one of the most epic scenes ever committed to film.
@51:10 If you remember earlier in the movie Leonidas says "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed." He wasn't aiming to kill him but to make him bleed to prove to everyone that he is not a god.
So, he wanted him to live? You can't be serious. If he'd killed him, would it not prove the Same thing? Also, throwing a spear at that range, the target sees the spear coming and can just move to the side...
You know why they did it? Becaude historicall, Xerxes did not die in this battle. Easy Explanation.
@@Falko-werexactly, he had to live for accuracy. But he had to have some final encounter with the main character to make a movie
It's definitely a stylistic kind of movie, but in the best of ways. It's considered a cult classic at this point.
@3l3f4nt3 you kidding me people love this movie?!?
Awful nordicist trash.
I normally don’t comment on these kinds of videos. I know this is just a reaction video, but I have to say…
Your specific reaction to this specific movie was pretty amazing. How you got emotional and started to participate at the end of the movie was sweet and moving.
Thank you for this great content.
Also the wolf scene in the beginning is foreshadowing how the Spartans will fend off the Persian army via the “Hot Gates”
Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro is famous here as Xerxes in the film “300”, he has already done the remake of “Ben-Hur” and the series “Lost” and “Westworld.
É verdade!
The way Collette is fawning over these men is encouraging me to go gym. lol
As all real men should. Go get gains brother!
I remember a historian in documentary about the Battle Thermopylae explaining that one of the reasons Xerxes" troops couldn't make any headway was that they couldn't keep their footing trying to advance over ground that was covered with "the bodies of men who are dead. the bodies of men who are dying. and, most importantly, THE BODIES OF MEN WHO ARE IN THE WAY." It reminded me of a scene from the movie "Gettysburg" when Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the bayonet charge that earned him the Medal Of Honor. The charge started slowly as the men advanced while trying not to trip over the many bodies of wounded or dead Federal and Confederate soldiers at the line of contact and picked up speed as got onto clearer ground. I fought in a war a long time ago, and I never wanted to end up as part of the terrain.
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I've seen this movie at least 100 times since 2006. It used to be the end of my night movie after drinking and when company left. It was great.
The 300 is an amazing movie. On the first day it came out, I watched it and I enjoyed it. It will always be one of the greatest movies ever made.
A lot of the most epic lines: "We'll put thier name to the test"
"We will fight in the shade"
"Come and get them"
All of those are the ACTUAL things that the Spartans said during this battle.
Great movie, but heavily fictionalized. In reality:
-Spartans didn't fight naked, they had some of the most sophisticated and high-tech armor in the ancient world. Frank Miller knew this, all of the "inaccuracies" in the graphic novel are artistic license choices, he was inspired when he visited Thermopolye and saw a statue of Leonidas in the nude except for his cape and helmet. He found the image evocative and thought that in the mythologized version they should fight shirtless, barbarian hero style.
-There was no conspiracy to bribe the monks. Spartans were as religious and superstitious as everyone else in the ancient world and really thought they couldn't send more than 300 guys. The subplot with his wife wasn't even in the comic and was added for the movie. Without the added material, Gorgo only had one scene. Spartan women enjoyed an exceptional level of freedom and social agency for the ancient world and they wanted to showcase that and give Lena Heady more screen time and more to do.
-Nearly all the city-states sent soldiers, not just the Arcadians mentioned in the movie. They did represent the largest contingent, but in total Leonidas had about 5000 men under his command.
-It was a two-front amphibious batte. Along with The Hot Gates, The Athenian Navy was holding off The Persian Navy at a similar choke point several miles up the coast. Both fronts had to hold or else Xerxes could get behind the other front and cut them off. These events are depicted in the sequel "300: Rise of an Empire"
-Xerxes was a normal sized guy with a beard, not a Navi-sized super-twink. His army was indeed estimated to be a million strong, although some estimates place the number as low as 300,000. He did NOT have elephants, rhinos, ninjas, and whatever that knife-handed guy was. He had cavalry but he couldn't get them up to the choke point, part of why The Spartans chose to fight there.
-When the goat path was discovered, Leonidas began a phased retreat of the Greek forces under cover of night. *The Arcadians stayed behind with The Spartans* (totally done dirty by the movie) the last stand was about a thousand men, The 300 and The Arcadians and few other small contingents from other city-states. Fighting lasted all day. Leonidas was killed in the early afternoon and his soldiers fought to keep his body from the Persians until the last man fell in the evening.
Seems like a fitting place to put this. Can't remember if it's shown in the movie.
If anyone wants a laugh, look into what Xerxes did to the sea after the first fleet crashed lol
This concise comment was worth it all!
7000 not 5000 and the spartans were the very front of the line. the spartans only sent 300 because at the time sparta was ruled by two kinngs, lionides was only 1 king so he couldn't make a decision for the entire city state. so he only took his own troops
Sorry, but that's a bit of a wrong take. This is not a movie about history. There's a reason why it looks like a comic book: because it is based on Frank Miller's comic book "300" which in turn was (vaguely) inspired by historical events. You know that.
So the movie is "accurate" so to speak, as a Spiderman or Iron Man movie could be. As in somewhat faithful to the source material. And yes movies do add subplots and extend roles, like Arwen's in TLOR. The source material is not an historical account, but a comic book. Criticizing it for being "heavily fictionalized" is like pointing out that it's unlikely that a bite from a radioactive spider turns you into a superhero. Yeah, we know, and that's not the point.
Now, everything you said is true. Still, it's a comic book not an illustrated history book. And yes the movie did dirty to the other greeks who fought there.
The movie good at style and aesthetics, IMHO.
@@TheMule71 nope sorry it's faithful to the comic somewhat but that doesn't make it accurate. The movie actually has a "based on true events" market so the intention of the filmmakers was to link it to uostory
Wow. I remember watching this movie in the theater back in 2006 with my friends, unbelievably almost twenty freakin' years ago, now?! Damn, it doesn't seem that long ago at all. Time really does fly by!
A detail most didnt notice.
The filmmakers used two different sized shields. Larger ones for the Phalanx fight scenes, and smaller ones for most of the open fight scenes.
And on a side note: the large monster guy of the "Immortals" is Robert Maillet. A former profi wrestler.
He had roles in many different movies. Like in Sherlock Holmes 2, Pacific Rim and Deadpool 2 ...
THIS IS SPARTA!
Part of what?
😉🤪
Delos' speech to the counil actually quotes the plaque at the monument to the 300, "Go tell to Sparta, thou who passest by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie."
Delos means the scared, for Spartans the one that left the batlefield .. which meant shame in eternity as well as the you may live for ever
25:06 I was doing a photoshoot with my girlfriend at the time, and at some point she said, let's make a break and go see this new movie 300 in theater - and we did. We were silent all the way home, and continue shooting, and up to that moment it was flowers and rainbows, but from that moment, she took some of my old swords, and painted her with fingers over face with black maskara - picters were best we did together :)
Just so you know. The narrator/Dilios (David Wenham) is the same actor as Faramir in 'The Lord of The Rings'!
Also the captain is Garp in the live action One Piece.
Edit: While I'm at it. The guy who says our arrows will blot out the sun is Tek Knights butler in a recent episode of The Boys.
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You missed magneto fron x- men first class Michel fasbender
@@bobbombar6711 Oh Shit! I forgot about Magneto and Cersei. And the douche bag Spartan politician was on The Wire but I didn't watch it so I'm not sure who he played.
@@Elessar_Telcontar18 lined Hedley aka sara conner ,MA MA from dredd,credit lanister .
Leonidas promised Xerxes that the Persian Army would see their God-King _Bleed_ and they did. I would just as soon have seen the spear land more lethally, but it wasn't a Miss.
BTW: This event is mentioned in The Last Samurai, No Spoilers, so I'll say no more in case you haven't enjoyed that one yet.
"We must have a fountain every time!" - That was freakin' funny as hell!!
“This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.” “EWWW.” 🤣
This movie is visually stunning. I love the imagery and the use of colors and shadows. It has a gritty but vivid aesthetic I feel
this must have been the most authentic reaction of the 300 that I ve seen , and I ve seen em all hahaha
I cried throughout he reaction hahahahahaha
This movie came out in Imax 3-D and was to be watched in a theater. A masterpiece!
"What is that giant pit?!" That's a WELL, my dear. The "This is Sparta!" scene actually happened about ten years BEFORE the Battle Of Thermopylae, and the Spartans DID throw the Persian messengers into a huge well when they came to Sparta and demanded earth and water as tribute/taxes to Xerxes's father, King Darius. But the actual "one-liner" the Spartans told the Persians when they threw them into the well was "Go dig it out yourself!"
I first heard about Sparta and the 300 in Elementary School an awesome story teller who came to our school he told this story so well that I never forgot it and I could imagine every detail that had happened.
“Then we will fight in the shade.”
"Brush. Your. TEEEEEEETH!"
Fun fact:this is historical accurate,indeed one spartan told that
25:33 being that muscular and having that much testosterone really just makes you hungry as hell all the time 😂😂
To be jacked feels amazing. You feel like you can run through walls but it can also rein toxic to your personality if you’re not intelligent enough to stay humble.
The point is to inspire others through your actions. Your reactions to movies can inspire others to look at things differently in their own lives making an impact that you may never even see.
Definitely do your research. The Battle of Thermopylae was written about first by the grandfather of history Herodotus. This is an actual event, but the director obviously used poetic license to make it resemble the graphic novel. They would not have fought nearly nude for instance. In the historic account the 300 Spartans and her allies fought 1,000,000 Persians that gathered soldiers from across its empire though modern historians believe this was probably exaggerated. In closing I am just going to encourage you to do your own reading. This was the heart of western civilization.
Well, persians army was not really a million strong, it's estimated that it was closer to somewhere around 150-300,000 strong
What is the pit in front of the city gate for? Basically for what you saw in the film: it's a defensive structure, making it harder for the enemy to fight at the gates, as they keep getting pushed back into a deadly abyss. Most importantly, though, that kind of structure makes it impossible to ram the gates effectively, as you can't run straight at it with a heavy battering ram.
I regularly look for reactions to this movie for years.. yours is the best I've ever seen. The way you catch the nuances and pay attention to the story and your unhindered real emotion that mirrors my own when I watch is amazing. I really think you will go far in whatever you do thanks for the reaction!
I tried the shield and spear in Sen's Fortress PvP, taking advantage of environmental restrictions, preventing backstab circling. It was EXTREMELY effective. What wouldn't bounce off, got parried instead (shotel), and because I could attack while shielding (unique to spears), there was no way to defeat me (I'd interrupt magic). It'd end with the appropriate kick, usually. These men killed hundreds each before they fell, and after seeing how effective the phalanx can be, I have no doubt about it.
This was based on a graphic novel (comic book)! So epic. Glad you reacted, such a visual masterpiece 🙌🏾
PS. Thats a Dutch camera angle. Seen a lot in comics and anime!
PPS. “This makes me wanna go to the gym, this movie” that was literally me and everybody when this hit theaters! 😅
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes, _many adaptations of that historical even have since happened._ There were about 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, and some others. This was compulsory reading in our *history of warfare classes,* and later mentioned many times in the military context - To show the importance of physical prowess and mental conditioning (patriotism, discipline and family ties in this case). _I was raised on a military base, and later schooled in Canberra, Australia._
I'm not so sure I'd go so far as to call it a Dutch angle, which typically means the shot is canted to the side. I think "worm's eye view" is a better description. A proper Dutch angle is mostly used in horror films to create a sense of unease. Sam Raimi and Tim Burton are two of the directors that are known for using them a lot.
Either way, the use of extreme camera angles works so well in this movie.
@@martinrayner6466 You’d think it would be more about teaching geographical advantages and sound strategy rather than mental fortitude or physical prowess, as they held the hot gates and bottle necked Persian forces. Then did a phased retreat once their flank was vulnerable. Don’t believe all the propaganda about the Spartans, they were great warriors, but much of what is said about them or depicted in various media is mostly propaganda that they themselves spread along with ancient historians and even today with people quoting laconicisms and famous stories.
@@MetastaticMaladies Your points are well taken. Consider - would a modern day leader have made the same decisions? Probably not, even with the lessons learnt from that engagement. In WW2 when the Australians were fighting side by side with their allies from America (an others), in the Pacific. It is well reported that the American military leader wanted more fighters like the Australians - and bemoaned about his country men's fighting ability (early war). *Why.* It was only in part because of strategy. (Australian fighting and leadership strategy were different to English and Americans at the time.) The main factor was they were seasoned solders from the European theater of war, and they were fighting a foe determined to reach our home land. Therefore *there attitudes* regarding their fellow fighters, and the enemy was of paramount importance. That's what swayed the day, on many occasions.
BTW; Some of the technical differences regarding command and attitudes at that time; Each solder was taught to take the place of any superior lost - on the spot, and trained to do so. And in combat the standing order for things like ambushes was - if ambushed run on mass towards the enemy fire, do not go to ground. These orders were also standing at the time of the Vietnam war - Some of my family members served at that time, and were active (and injured) in that altercation.
It captures the intimacy of war. The subjective rush and slow, vivid focus and atmosphere more than a setting; You stay engaged because you are there, not just a spectator.
Since you enjoy the cinematography you should definitely watch the 2 Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downey Jr. Two movies you didn't know you needed 🤣
Watching this movie as a kid I didn’t really think too much of it because I’m not the best in history but this movie has a really good impact on the 300 Spartans that didn’t make it in the end but still have created history that no one could possibly outmatch.
Personally i think it's very insulting to all other greeks who died there, and this movie is not based off historical events but based of a comic book
When the 300 was gathered the one that shouted out loyalty is the same actor that has played younger Magneto in the later X-Men movies.
8:36 Started a war? Dear heart, war is what Sparta does. They trained for war from childhood. They even had two Kings so when one goes off to war, the other retains control, and if the King dies in war, Sparta does not fall into infighting, but continues, and a new second King is chosen.
Spartan Hoplites, formed into the triple line or the phalanx, were the heavy infantry nobody sane wanted to fight.
Spartan men served at least forty years in the Army, until they were 60.
And don’t forget, Sparta was a slave state, which is why they were able to do this, everything they weren’t doing such as agriculture, they made slaves do it. They were not kind to them either. I think it’s quite funny that they put the “we are free men standing against a tyrant” when Sparta could also be considered tyrannical lol
@@MetastaticMaladies Sparta was hardly alone in that. And 40 years, at least, in the army is not exactly freedom either. But that is looking at them through a contemporary lens and not a historic one. Consider this thought, but don't take it as condoning slavery, but rather to cast your mind into the thoughts of someone then..
You are a slave since birth. Your parents were both slaves since birth. Are you conscious of being a slave, or do you consider it normal? You know of no other life.
Then one day, someone removes your chains and says "You are free. Door's over there." Is that a blessing, or a curse? You never had to make choices before. Never had money. Don't have any idea how to get a job or what fair pay would be. You may consider the one who freed you a tyrant.
Again, just a thought exercise to imagine what it would be like a few thousand years ago.
Part of the reason for the slo mo as well is that many of the slow mo shots are extremely faithful to frames in the graphic novel. Fun fact about Snyder as a filmmaker: he storyboards all his own movies in great detail. So he basically envisions exactly how he wants everything to look and how he will shoot it before they ever start shooting, which is why his stuff is so stylistic.
I don’t believe Leonidas missed when he threw his spear at Xerxes. Throughout the film, there was vast speculation among the characters if Xerxes truly was an immortal god who couldn’t bleed. Leonidas wanted to prove that Xerxes was just a big fake, so he purposely missed just to make him bleed, and make him live with a battle scar and a permanent reminder that he was just like any other man with wear and tear. For Xerxes to live with such an insult was probably a fate worse then death. He’ll probably lose credibility from his followers. In a way, Leonidas won and Xerxes lost!!!
And it mostly deatroyed the delusion he lived.
Now that he is actually shown he is but mortal, can bleed and die i imagine Leonidas ahattered far more then a clean death should.
It is also why he telld Elphialtes the traitor "May you live forever". For most cultures this is something positive. As a spartan it means "Never have a glorious spartan death and redeem your parants." And he will never get a chance to. Living with that guilt and shame forever.
All my brothers quote this movie in their everyday lives and so do I.
When this came out, it was like yea finally! A movie for the boys! Because practically every movie at the time was a romcom for the girls. As year's go by, I can see this movie catered to everyone lol there was a reason all the girlfriends went to go watch it too
“That is why this movie is rated R!!” The big ass sex scene earlier in the video? 😂
Snyder isn't perfect (and this is coming from a BvS stan) but 300 is such a stellar flick and doesn't get enough credit. Glad you got to enjoy it.
@@ericgee198 It helps that every single shot of cinematography is already drawn for you on a comic.
@@Rickcooper7 yeah but Zack Snyder in particular hasn't really done anything good..... People praise 300 for the cinematography and the shot selection, but that all was created for him in the comic book.
"Come back with your shield. Or on it."
If you run from a battle, the first thing you throw away is the heaviest piece of kit you have, your shield, so you can run faster. If you die in battle, your fellow soldiers would use your shield as a stretcher to carry you back home. She was telling him to come home with honour.
13:10 I love how every girl reactor says to “calm down” etc. when he was hyping the king up. Just proves to show how different we are between men and women. we were born for war. y’all say calm down. We say yessss motha truckerrrr
She also seems to think she’s more qualified to talk to us about camera filters and cinematography just because she spends her life in front of a camera and a mirror lmao
@@assrammington7961 More qualified? What's she supposed to say? Not talk about the film she's watching because she's supposed to know that assrammington7961 himself, the cinematography genius, is watching?
That was a great reaction friend ! And you mentioned very early on that it looks a comic book, well you weren't far off because Zack Snyder the director said that he wanted the scenes to look like the graphic novel this story was based off of. How's that for art imitating life ??
Spartan boys began their military training in the agoge at age 7, they graduated and were allowed to marry at age 30. They usually retired at age 60. King Leonidas was 60 years old when he died in battle at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E.
*B.C
@@DanaosV5 *B.C.E.
3:20 it looks like a comic book in a way...
yes, this movie was made to look like the comic book, that was it´s inspiration...
and they did one hell of a job, to keep the original comic aesthetic in the movie.
the comic was based on the real ancient battle of leonidas against the army of xerxes at thermopiles.
Xerxes was actually a decent king to his subjects, and remember that Spartans all had to be great warriors to put down slave revolts since upwards of 80% of Spartan society were slaves.
ALSO one last fun fact. It came to pass that after the death of the 300 when they descended to Hades were the ONLY MORTALS that never drank the water of oblivion so they would remember for ever their accomplishments. So you can only imagine the impact this battle had in the Hellenic world at the time.
i am surprised you never heard of the 300 Spartans , this is a real famous battle that happen like 4000 years ago we still know about today , you should look up the story !
more like 2,500 y.a. but close enough...
@@chuckleezodiac24 no not really , 200 years ago the romans were in charge of everything , this happen more than a 1200 years earlier !
This movie based on the battle of Thermopylae (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae). The Spartans chose a narrow pass as the scene of the battle; this narrow terrain limited how many men could fight across at any one time, limiting the number of the much more numerous Persians who could fight the Spartans at any one time. The movie does a great job showing the Phalanx formation used by Spartans to great effect.
When this really went down, supposedly Dilios was actually shamed for returning alive. He regained his honor by dying in battle of Platea (the end battle).
54:09 "How is this happening? Why is Xerxes still, like, alive?" Because when you're telling a historical account, you can only embellish and stretch the truth so much. Xerxes lived and the 300 did not, so it must be.
This is a really great movie.📽️🎥
300: Rise of an Empire is worth the watch too, especially for where your eyes tend to focus on hahaha
This is SPARTA!!
HAAAAUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
“We will fight in the shade.”
I don’t know the origin of this line, but it wasn’t this movie.
My sixth grade teacher used it, when he was teaching us about this battle.
The origin of this line is herodotus (the father of history)
Actually lot of lines are historically accurate such as "come back with your shield or on it" and "come and get them"
Spartans really had some very good punch lines😂
"I'm actually so bummed" as they are dying....brilliant commentary lol
ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς , (Ḕ tā̀n ḕ epì tâs): “Come with (your shield), or on (it). ”
This ancient Greek phrase was said by their mothers or wives giving them the shield.
It was a wish of victory, because either he would return victorious holding his shield, or his victorious companions would bring him dead on his shield.If they lost the battle no one was to return alive.
The Spartans were famous for the condensed meanings (Laconize ) expressed with few words.
There is the ancient saying: "Laconize is philosophy".
The Lacedaemonians (Spartans) and the rest of the ancient Greeks, considered death as the door to the underworld (ADES) and had unwavering faith in its existence.
THIS GIRL NEVER STFU XD let us watch the movie a bit
Why are you watching my analysis video then? I’m going to talk in MY content?
@@ColetteCherry jajajajajajajaja you respond your comments that's niceeee you are not able to be silent right jajajajajaja
@@ColetteCherry sorry for your lost and RIP
@@dMatiTRACKSbruh be quiet
@@Tama-zephyrwindlass Tama and Zephyr is a weird combo but they are both awesome 😎
Your reaction was so genuine and cute. I absolutely loved it.
Ur so fucking pretty.
OMGG..... I thought you were narrating the movie with that voice and style... "yaaaayyy clap clap clap..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can't I can not..
You talk and interrupt the movie way too much. Very annoying. Every time I try to watch a video of yours, I just can't.
Someone really needs to teach a girl just cuz they’re hot, doesn’t mean anyone wants to hear them speak. Especially when they’re this dumb and annoying
She does pause, but isn't psychic or an oracle, she has no idea what is coming or when would be best to stop for talk. What she has accomplished has been done through merit of sheer personality and relatible charisma. Editing, a writer's comprehension of pacing, and the technical aid of experienced experts; she has none of these to help her, so she has learned as best as could be expected while her channel expanded far beyond any possible hope she had when she began and she's been scrambling to play catch up ever since.
Personally, I love these little mistakes and flaws. Its very human. But then, I am also a fan of Van Gogh and Bacon's early work. She is still learning the skills you expect, skills she lacks and likely has very little natural talent in; also, she is probably lacking a mentor to show her the ropes because most channels would view her own as a threat or rival to their own.
Her talent is in expression, in pantomime as a thesbian. It is perhaps unfair to expect such expertise from one whose profession is completely unrelated to the abilities you believe she should possess; as if this channel did not start as an experiment she expected to learn from attempting to accomplish and never assumed it would suceed. Have patience or give advice, references, or links to relevant articles on how and why she should change her current methods to the ones you wish to see. Either teach her, council her, or lead her to a source for the skills you believe she should already have, instead of criticizing her.
He didn't miss, he proved his point
I am someone who would be labeled sexist for some of the things I say. But I'm honest. This woman impresses me. Just a few minutes into the video and I can see that she is very smart.
The Persian King was not lying, he would have given Leonidas and Sparta all that he promised. Leonidas only had to submit.
But then they would not be free. ✊
I watched this movie in the theatres and OMG was it an experience.
Love your voice Colette... it is a must when listening to commentary to have ! I loved this movie ... EPIC Snyder! Cheers girl!
so i really loved your consistent input on the style zach used for his movie but i REALLY enjoyed realising you've never heard of Leonidas and his story so you were watching this thinking it was stylised fiction and not historical fact (with some embellishments of course). It was really nice to see the story through your eyes for the first time.
First reaction where I literally heard everything on the screen said and done repeated to me as if the obvious wasn't obvious enough. At some point, simply allowing yourself to take in EVERYTHING audibly and visually without commenting during it will actually enhance your viewing of it.
Just a thought.
At some point, stop talking and take it in.
Thermopylae (the Hot Gates) is an amazing place. Of course all these years later the sea isn't as close as it was.
I love this movie, and I have seen many reactions to it, but it is the first time that a girl can see everything good that this movie has, besides abs, combat and testosterone. How you highlight the technical section such as photography, camera angles, use of slow motion by and for different uses, color grading, cinematic focus and blur, soundtrack and narrative structure using everything mentioned above, made your reaction my favorite by far, I have been following your for a long time, your channel and reactions, but this was your consecration to how great cinema is, not just "entertainment" but seen as what it is, "art", great reaction and analysis @Colette Cherry sent you your well-deserved applause 👏👏👏. The last words of the king of those who could not show weakness or mercy, dedicated to his queen, his wife, his love, absolutely wonderful (you were one of the few people I saw who noticed this).
How is this not taken down because it contains almost the entire movie?
It really doesn’t! I mean I cut it down significantly and show myself talking majority of the time
He missed on purpose when he throw the spear so he can show him he ain't a God because he can bleed and feel pain
Hope this helps:)