Fun fact: I recently found out why they were actually called the immortals in history, coz obvs they still died. It’s because when a solider died, they were ready to replaced that day, so they always had the exact same amount of men in a war; giving the illusion of them being immortal😂😂History is so cool
That’s like in the beginning of WWll, America only had two aircraft carriers in the Pacific. So to fool the Japanese, the two American aircraft carriers would come in to port, the entire officers and crew would disembark to be replaced by new ones, the carrier force was renamed and went out again. So the Japanese thought there were two separate carrier forces, always trying to find the other one…that didn’t exist.
Hence the masks. They all look the same, so you can't tell if they're replacements. I think it's awesome how Dilios narrating the events means we're getting a mix of reality and mythology. There obviously weren't giants there, and the Immortals weren't demonic beings, and the elephants weren't unnaturally large. He's adding some flair to sell the story, much like how mythology is a mix of fantasy and history.
The part where Fassbender's character (Stellios) says "we'll fight in the shade" (due to the arrows blotting out the sun), is a genuine quote from the soldier from the battle. A battle that is still remembered over 2 thousand years later.
Spartans were great at one-liners. When father of Alexander the Great told them that unless they surrender, he'll kill every woman and child if he takes Sparta. Spartans replied "If." Alexander's father decided to leave Sparta alone.
I've read that the "only Spartan women give birth to real men" is also a real quote spoken by the queen, although in a different context. To be fair, nobody seems to know if it's a myth or a real quote. Tough to be sure since it would have happened 2500 years ago.
One thing to keep in mind watching this is, it's being narrated by a Spartan story teller. That's why a lot of the enemies look like monsters and Xerxes looks like a giant, because he represents such a powerful enemy.
@@HolyNamed well armored Rhinos and Elephants of War only a few inches shorter than a Mammoth which are all exotic animals from far away lands would appear like monsters to you.......... idk about the blade-arms fat guy from silent hill though
Something a lot of people often overlook is that Leonidas' plan was never to kill Xerxes, it was to prove he is not a god as gods don't bleed and Xerxes did bleed. His death (assassination, as he was just "going on a walk with his bodyguard") also prompted the rest of Sparta and Greece to go to war
They didn't prompt Greece to go to war, most of the Greece city states were already at battle with Persia this battle(the battle of Thermopylae) happened after Persia lost battle of marathon. Athens didn't join this battle because they wanted a navy battle which they later won. But Athens got ransacked by the Persia army after they passed Thermopylae.
Spartans are so hard that you only got buried if you died in combat or in childbirth. As Stelios (Fassbender) said in the film, Spartans seek a glorious death, and so when Leonidas tells Ephialtes "May you live forever" it's one of the greatest insults a Spartan can level.
When I was in the army, we used to do that, the "ha-ooh" thing. My captain used to yell Artillery!! "ha-ooh!" Artillery!!! "ha-ooh!" Artillery!!!!! "HA-OOH, HA-OOH," HA-OOH!!!" Made the fucking ground shake when there were 70 of us.
The graphic novel was perfectly transferred to the silver screen in a way that at the time I've never saw anything like it. Snyder did a phenomenal job.
yea this was perfect job for snyder he is very good in visual and transfer something to screen but not that good in make own stories ..so this suits him perfect
@@xmatobujnakx you could just simply say he did great with the visuals. no need for a backhanded compliment. and btw, Snyder has some really good stories. he likes to have fun with them.
This was inspired by Frank Miller’s fantastic graphic novel 300. This is based on a true story. Many quotes, including “We will fight in the shade” are actual recorded history. Thermopylae, the Hot Gates, is a popular tourist stop in Greece. It’s much wider due to natural erosion today, but back then it was barely wide enough for two side by side carts to get through. There’s a huge statue of King Leonidas with the quote “Come and Take them” on it, referring to giving up their weapons. Xerxes ordered his men to kill Leonidas first to drop the morale of the 300. The Persians killed him and dragged his body back among their ranks, where they would strip and desecrate it. The Spartans waded in and GOT THE BODY BACK. This happened three times. Xerxes finally said, “I will waste no more men on them” and ordered repeated volleys of arrows until they were all dead. Dillios, the Spartan ordered to stay back and watch, was famous for his storytelling gifts. That’s why the king told him to hide and observe so he could tell the tale. The story spread all over Greece like wildfire, uniting most of the splintered factions into one country to fight the Persian army together. Astonishing history. Just astonishing.
@@chrisofstars it wasn't 300, it was 6700 Greek Hoplites from several city states, and 300 Spartan royal guards, in total 7000 Greeks vs, anywhere from 180,000 to 250,000 Persians, but since some of them where on ships fighting the Athenian navy that was outnumbered 3 to 1 while the battle of Thermopylae was taking place right next to them(the two locations are side by side, the Hot Gates is right next to the sea) then take your guess as to how many were on land, but definitely at least 180,000 troops were on land. The Hot Gates were wide enough to have about 100 men? in a row so in the first few days of fighting, there would be rotations, Greek Hoplites in their Phalanx facing the Persian army and when they started to get tired the Spartan phalanx would move forward to face their Persians while the other Greeks would fall back and march back to safety walking through the phalanx, well I mean not a phalanx yet, Spartans march forward, other Greeks walk back and walk through the Spartan ranks, and then the Spartans form a phalanx and engage, and like this they rotated over and over through the days. On the last battle, where they send most Greeks back to tell the tale and also had Dillios hiding to record everything, the Thespians refused, they chose to stay back with the Spartans, so w.e was left of the original 700 Thespians stayed back with w.e was left of the original 300 Spartans, and I believe there was another group that also stayed back, and they formed up in a circle and were engaged by the Persians that came from all sides, eventually Leonidas fell in battle, the Persians tried to drag his body to defile it, Xerxes had given specific orders to want to see Leonidas' head so...but they failed repeatedly, every time the body was taken the Greeks went to grab it in the middle of fighting, I assume by attempting to move their formation to surround his fallen body....eventually after 3 failed attempts and the Greeks surrounding his body well to protect him and mantaining formation while still killing droves of Persians coming at them, Xerxes blew his fuse, he's lost tenths of thousands of men on land in these days of fighting, the 10,000 immortals had heavy casualties, the fleet at sea has also lost many ships and he personally lost a few brothers who were commanders, and he called everyone back cause he was losing more, and then archers from the ground and from the hills above riddled them with arrows until none were left. The bodies of all the Greeks had their heads severed and placed on pikes, the bodies of all dead Persians from days of battle(imagine the smell) were removed and thrown down the cliff to the sea, when the rest of the...there was 120,000 at Platea so I'll assume, when the 120,000+ marched through the Hot Gates they only saw dead Greeks and that kept morale from crumbling although suppoedly rumors were spreading( btw I say + because they probably lost some when sacking the Greek cities on their way to central Greece and by the time of the battle of Platea, they had 120,000 Persians, although Greeks were fleeing their cities, to avoid the sackings, so idk... meanwhile another amount was in their fleet having another battle at sea against an allied Greek fleet at Salamis I think).
Fun fact the battle formation the Spartans use here is called the Phalanx formation their shield not only protects the person holding it but the person next to them it's designed that your shield will cover your right flank but your partners shield will cover your left flank and it's trained in them that the Phalanx never breaks that is when they are at their most vulnerable
Phalanx was first depicted by summerians 25th century bc... Greeks perfected it, I can't remember which greek writer of antiquity talks about the psychology of the phalanx and how it was not designed for military purpose as much as psychological. That the main problem in early battles was routing or routing prematurely, there was not a built in psychology for men to fight to the death. That the phalanx was a system dominant because it didn't allow for individuals to break rank because of their dependence on one another. Fighting with shield wall and long spears is the oldest way we have ever seen a pitch battle waged the Greeks just brought it to the western world.. Studying the eastern history specifically 20-30th centuries bc it becomes pretty clear Greek identity was born from the east and not the west.
And the Phalanx if I remember correctly used correctly was impenetrable the only reason why it went out of style is because the Romans showed up and figure it out how to counter it
27:13 I had the honor of watching it in IMAX when it first came out. Drove an hour for an IMAX theater at that time. The audience was literally cheering at this part of the movie. Was one of the most memorable theater experiences ever.
The battle of 300 was the most famous part of the larger 3-day long Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Some parts of the movie and the outfits were a bit dramatized, but the key characters and aspects of the battle are fairly accurate. The "Spartan wit" was a well-documented thing in real life as well. Spartan women often ran things since the men were almost always away at war, and a traveler once talked to Queen Gorgo about this, asking "why Spartan women were the only ones who could rule men?", Queen Gorgo replied, “Because we are the only ones who give birth to men.”. Savage
"may you live forever" words said by Leonidas are actually so heavy, since warrior seeks honorable death as said before by one of the spartans on the cliff overlooking persian army
Xerxes was actually a pretty tolerant king in history, he allowed a lot of freedoms so long as you paid tribute, so its possible that his promises to leonidas would have been true but of course hindsight is 20/20
I don't think the promises being held were even thought about. It is the idea of bending the knee and giving up sovereignty to any one that was the problem. He could have offered all the gold in the world and meant it, but that would be accepting depravity, not standing on your values and integrity.
This movie is the reason I decided to not be afraid of death , made me reason that living is all about never quitting even though you fight entire army . Training like them , learning about them is my main motivation.
I love this movie because it is ridiculously historically accurate. Not to the actual events. God no... But this is exactly how Ancient Greeks told stories of their heroes. Naked (or nearly so), superhuman in the strength of muscle and character, fighting untold beasts and monsters. It's like someone from Athens travelled through time and made one of their plays in modern day.
I mean, for a greek dude who probably never saw elephants, they probably looked like monsters anyway. Exaggerate it for dramatic effect and to motivate the other greeks, and there you have it.
Fun fact but spartans where quite good at delivering biting responses (laconic humor). Many of the quotes from the movie have their origin in historical sources, for example the "then we'll fight in the shade". Another great one was when King Philip II started invading Greece he sent them the message "If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.” The spartans responded with "if".
This used to be our annual Valentine’s day movie for my friend group in college. We just watched it on 2/14 one year bc it was a newer movie, and kept justifying that it was appropriate for Valentine’s Day b/c of all the red 😆
When I saw this (in NYC) it happened to be playing in the IMAX auditorium even though it isn't an IMAX film. And I mean the proper IMAX, with the screen the size of a building that makes your jaw drop just to see it. Though it didn't play on the entire screen, it was massive and epic and bigger than any other way to see it.
Had the privilege of visiting the actual battle site in Thermopylae in Greece in 2019. Gotta say this film did a great job of showing the hordes of enemies even if the battlefield looked completely different.
The historic site is not the actual site of the battle. The exact place of the old Thermopylae is unkown, because the mediteranian sea changed. The shoreline is more than 1,5 km away from the point where it was 2500 years ago and erosion has erased the battle site.
I accidentally visited the site too. Stopped at a wide pullout off the A1 to let the kids get out of the car and run around a bit. They started playing on a little hill nearby throwing sticks at each other. After a bit I saw the statue across the street I started to make some connections and start seeing the tourist signs. The hill the kids were playing on is the hill of Kolonos. It wasn't too hard to imagine being on that same hill surrounded by a sea of enemies. According to Wikipedia "Tearing down part of the wall, Xerxes ordered the hill surrounded, and the Persians rained down arrows until every last Greek was dead.[114] In 1939, archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos, excavating at Thermopylae, found large numbers of Persian bronze arrowheads on Kolonos Hill, [116]" Archaeology tells us a lot about where the battle raged. They do know some things like where the Phocian wall was and the hill of Kolonos for instance. The hot springs are still there too, just a couple hundred yards away. I also saw some of those arrow heads later in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Movie stays pretty much spot on with the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Also, you might enjoy "Sin City" if you enjoyed the style of this movie.
I saw this pop up in notifications and dropped everything, hands down one of the greatest films ever. And the fact that the most iconic lines from this movie are historically accurate is icing on the cake.
The lack of armour is a choice based on the comic book I think. Spartan's and Greek hoplites are the heaviest infantry you get back then. They would have had musculata (a breastplate) or linothorax (a folded linen cuirass that was really strong).
There are a surprising number of things about this film that are historically accurate or lifted straight out of the historical account by Herodotus.... but.... the Spartan armor isn't one of those things. They did not go into battle wearing speedos.
@@SPerani But if you think about it some more, the whole movie is told from the perspective of Dilios, which is why it has dramatical flourishes like the spartans and arcadians wearing basically nothing but speedos. As a great man once said "All good stories deserve embellishement"
Critics stab at the movie 300 saying it's inaccurate but it is supposed to be exaggerated because the parliament/senate in the movie was impossible to convince to go to War, so a grim story is told out of the mouth of an orator named Dilios about an unbelievable act of sacrifice against an unfathomably evil enemy who threatens the entire world with annihilation. At the end of the movie you see the story progress from being told to senate and then the next transition of the story Dilios (Aristodemus) is on the battlefront where all of Greece fights the Persians. Dilios, the Narrator of 300 (Actually known as Aristodemus) was actually stricken with an eye disease and ordered by Leonidas to return home prior to the final day of the battle. While lying ill in a nearby village, the two were informed of the Persian encirclement of the pass, and could not reach an agreement on a course of action. Eurytus donned his armor and turned back, ordering his helot attendant to lead him back to the battle. He entered the battle blind and was slain. Aristodemus returned to Sparta, where he was treated as a disgrace until he redeemed himself when he died fighting at the battle of Plataea the following year.d to return to Sparta but Eurytus faced with shame left Dilios to return by himself so he could die in battle, thus Dilios having no witness to accompany him was branded a deserter and coward. The only other survivor of the Three Hundred was a man named Pantites, who had been sent by Leonidas on an embassy to Thessaly. He failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, and on finding himself in disgrace in Sparta, hanged himself.
I saw this movie very young. Although I don't remember much because I saw it once, I still remember very much enjoying this film. Glad to see it still holds up
i think the hardest line was at the end when he told the hump back guy may you live forever, thats literally the greatest insult you could tell a spartan, seeing as their highest honor was dieing in service to sparta
Τhe line "then we will fight in the shade" was indeed spoken in the actual battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC by the Spartan Dienekes as a response to the threat of the Persian envoy that their arrows will block the sun. Plus the other iconic line "Persians come and get them" (in Greek "Molon lave" which is translated exactly as the line of the movie)was also indeed spoken in the actual battle of Thermopylae by King Leonidas just before the battle start when the Persians made a last effort to convince them to lay down their weapons and surrender. And thirdly the line "Spartan come back with your shield or on it" (in greek "Tan i epi tas") was the actual traditional line spoken by Spartan women when they gave their husbands/fathers/brothers etc. the shield before they left for battle. The meaning of the phrase is that either Spartans should return to Sparta either victorious (with their shields in hand) or dead (with the corpse of the fallen Spartan returning to Sparta carried on his shield).
Just to add to the fun facts, Leonidas was actually in his late 50s to early 60s at this fight. I am in my 30s and feel like if I sleep wrong that I am dying but this man was out there killing thousands in his 60s. Then you can add to that the fact the the Persians used light basically wicker shields that did not do much, especially against the Spartans. The Spartans also apparently thought the Persians were cowards for using arrows, they liked to be up close. This battle in real life was insane and wasn't the first time the Greeks embarrassed the Persians. The Battle of Marathon was awesome as well to study. The Spartans also encouraged romantic relationships, or physical ones, amongst the groups because the thought behind it was that you would fight harder if you were next to your boyfriend/lover/etc in order to keep them alive.
Zack Snyder really is a GOAT. he can make some epic movies where the characters feel greater than life. 300 is simply stunning and so well made. its a moving painting.
Alexander the Great did not fight Xerxes the Great in battle since both men lived in different eras. When Alexander was born in 356 BC, Xerxes had already been dead for 109 years. Xerxes, along with his eldest son, was assassinated by his minister Artabanus and other members of his court in 465 BCE. Also When Xerxes invaded Greece during 480 and 479 BC he had to fight Greek leaders such as King Leonidas of Sparta, Spartan General Pausanias, and Athenian General Themistocles. On the other hand, when Alexander invaded Persia during his campaign, the Achaemenid emperor was Darius III.
I was 13 when my dad took me to see this in theater, he didn’t shy away from “adult” movies/music with me and it shaped my taste in movies so much lol. We immediately went downstairs (the theater was in a mall, above a Barnes & Noble (bookstore chain)) and bought the soundtrack since I was OBSESSED with how the soundtrack was so perfect for the theatricality of the movie, and I literally played it when I went to sleep.
Fact Fiend had a great video article on the trash talk all the Spartans mastered. Most of the lines are accurate to what was actually said and not just cheesy action movie lines.
The real 300 Spartans did have heavy bronze armor basically becoming knight of the bronze age warfare. The armor alone would be hard to kill them, but they would have had likely chainmail under bronze plate armor. While, it wasn't exactly like steel plate. It was pretty impressive. The main area they didn't seem to protect is their thighs and hands. However, the huge shield could easily cover areas.
A thing you gotta understand, is that the movie is narrated by a Spartan. So he'll describe the persians as montruous beings and make his own the most badass as possible. That's why there's alot of monsters in the persians.
PLEASE watch the 2nd one too Rise of an Empire it touches on Athens sea war against the Persians at the same time as this film and even shows the battle of marathon 10 years prior
Spartans were also called Lacademonians because of their Laconic speech. Many of the quotes in this movie may not have been said then but they were said by Spartans throughout history. "Fight in the shade" "Come back with your shield, or on it" etc
I've been a long time Gerard/ Gerry Butler fan, for over 20 years. Knew about him and joined at the time a smallish fan page for him after the mini series: Attila had come out here in the U.S.. Then found out he was in Dracula 2000,also. So knew about him long before most people. I was thrilled for him when we in the group found out he got hired as the lead in this movie. We knew it would really push him to a much larger audience if it turned out really well. Gerry like many if the men for it, had to get ripped with like an extra 30 lbs of muscle which was hard to keep on when you are learning to fight and do stunts. That one slow-motion scene of Leonidas fighting his way thru the enemy, was done as one shot with Gerry actually doing all the work. ZS was going to have the stunt guy do it but GB talked him out of it. Interesting fact- The Bald actor who led the small groups of Greeks who had other professions, he worked with Gerry in Attila, playing Attila's 2nd in command and bodyguard. ☺ This is one of GB's best roles. And first time I remember ever first seeing M.Fassbender too.
I watched this in the Imax theatre at Waterloo, first time on such a screen, it was epic, not many films which can accommodate such a screen, well worth paying double the price of a normal screening.
The hype was REAL when this movie came out, it was both epic and corny, easy to make fun of but actually so enjoyable to watch because of how it embraces the gaudiness.
In actuality Spartans were covered head to toe in bronze armor, they absolutely didn't go into battle in just their underwear, sandles and a cape lol. Which is why they were so hard to kill. But of course they wouldn't be able to show off their six packs and muscles if they had been covered in armor. Everything else about the Spartan culture was mostly correct. Historically its believed there was just 300 Spartan warriors, but there was close to 2000 more Greeks from various other city states at Thermopylae. The bulk were from Arcadia and Delphi. But were common people, not perfectly trained soldiers like the Spartans
people tend to not actually realise how good fighters they were, they lived and breathe to be soldiers since babies, they were feared , history is cool
I’m surprised you didn’t know this was Zach Snyder before. Yeah man. This is based on a comic. As is watchmen. Hence, he was chosen to do the DC stuff…And of course Warner Bros found a way to fuck it all up. He’s known for doing comic adaptations almost shot for shot, panel for panel.
as a classical civilisation gcse student: spartans were so brutal - they left babies on clifftops and if they didn’t survive the night they weren’t worthy. literally all they did was fight lol if u liked this i think you’ll like troy (the brad pitt one). thank you for the great video as always!!
I think why this film goes beyond just "great action film" and into film history as "a great film period", is that on top of the great action sequences, it's a love story between Leonidas and his wife. What they will do for each other, to see each other again, and coming to the realization that they may never see each other again. Leonidas' last words in this just always grip me and get to me, thinking of his one true love before he accepts his death.
Fun Fact: Ephialtes (εφιάλτης), the one who betrayed the Spartans and told the Persians about the secret path, had his name turned into the Greek word for 'nightmare', which is the case even with modern Greek today.
I watched The Last Samurai in early 2000s and later 300 and then after re-watching The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise mentions this battle to Ben Watanabe as the battle of Thermopolis where 300 Spartans took on 1 million Persians and he told them they all died, I think it was in reference to his story about General Custer taking 200 men against 2000 angry Indians and they all died but Kotsumoto was impressed by the actions of Custer and Tom Cruise called him arrogant and fool hearty for getting all those men killed
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I'm pretty sure you've been asked this already, but when are you gonna react to Top Gun: Maverick? Love your work by the way.
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After this you’ve gotta watch the spoof of it, Meet the Spartans
this movie is a fuckin lie
Fun fact: I recently found out why they were actually called the immortals in history, coz obvs they still died. It’s because when a solider died, they were ready to replaced that day, so they always had the exact same amount of men in a war; giving the illusion of them being immortal😂😂History is so cool
I knew that already, so they basically never die since if 100 die, 100 replace them so they never really die, the people do but not the Immortal
That’s like in the beginning of WWll, America only had two aircraft carriers in the Pacific. So to fool the Japanese, the two American aircraft carriers would come in to port, the entire officers and crew would disembark to be replaced by new ones, the carrier force was renamed and went out again. So the Japanese thought there were two separate carrier forces, always trying to find the other one…that didn’t exist.
@@RebeccaODonnell-1941 yo big head moment
Hence the masks. They all look the same, so you can't tell if they're replacements.
I think it's awesome how Dilios narrating the events means we're getting a mix of reality and mythology. There obviously weren't giants there, and the Immortals weren't demonic beings, and the elephants weren't unnaturally large. He's adding some flair to sell the story, much like how mythology is a mix of fantasy and history.
Pretty cool indeed.
The part where Fassbender's character (Stellios) says "we'll fight in the shade" (due to the arrows blotting out the sun), is a genuine quote from the soldier from the battle. A battle that is still remembered over 2 thousand years later.
also, fassbender isnt pronounced Faaassbender but with s short A and a sharp S :)
Spartans were great at one-liners.
When father of Alexander the Great told them that unless they surrender, he'll kill every woman and child if he takes Sparta. Spartans replied "If."
Alexander's father decided to leave Sparta alone.
It’s true I’m the a soldier from the battle
Also "Come and get them!" as Leonidas said when the Persians ordered to lay down the weapons.
I've read that the "only Spartan women give birth to real men" is also a real quote spoken by the queen, although in a different context. To be fair, nobody seems to know if it's a myth or a real quote. Tough to be sure since it would have happened 2500 years ago.
One thing to keep in mind watching this is, it's being narrated by a Spartan story teller. That's why a lot of the enemies look like monsters and Xerxes looks like a giant, because he represents such a powerful enemy.
But they weren't actually monsters and Gods
@@HolyNamed no shit, you are a brilliant dude. How did you come up with that conclusion?
wow, never thinked about. ^^
@@HolyNamed well armored Rhinos and Elephants of War only a few inches shorter than a Mammoth which are all exotic animals from far away lands would appear like monsters to you.......... idk about the blade-arms fat guy from silent hill though
And also because it’s based off the visual novel, so it’s not meant to be ‘historically accurate’
Something a lot of people often overlook is that Leonidas' plan was never to kill Xerxes, it was to prove he is not a god as gods don't bleed and Xerxes did bleed. His death (assassination, as he was just "going on a walk with his bodyguard") also prompted the rest of Sparta and Greece to go to war
why did you use parentheses like that
@@mikemath9508 yea lmao, those brackets don't make any sense.
I assume you also meant prompted.
@@mikemath9508 it was an error. I've corrected it.
They didn't prompt Greece to go to war, most of the Greece city states were already at battle with Persia this battle(the battle of Thermopylae) happened after Persia lost battle of marathon. Athens didn't join this battle because they wanted a navy battle which they later won. But Athens got ransacked by the Persia army after they passed Thermopylae.
Spartans are so hard that you only got buried if you died in combat or in childbirth. As Stelios (Fassbender) said in the film, Spartans seek a glorious death, and so when Leonidas tells Ephialtes "May you live forever" it's one of the greatest insults a Spartan can level.
Lmao that awesome
I always thought he ment, "May your name live in infamy."
“Spartans! What is your profession?!”
“HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!”
Such a sick movie.
Seb: I don't think that's listed in LinkedIn 🧐
me: dude, thats not a profession. Spear 4 hire, yes. ha-ooh`ing, no.
@@azuyon9119 lmao I know right 🤣
When I was in the army, we used to do that, the "ha-ooh" thing.
My captain used to yell
Artillery!! "ha-ooh!"
Artillery!!! "ha-ooh!"
Artillery!!!!! "HA-OOH, HA-OOH," HA-OOH!!!"
Made the fucking ground shake when there were 70 of us.
The graphic novel was perfectly transferred to the silver screen in a way that at the time I've never saw anything like it. Snyder did a phenomenal job.
yea this was perfect job for snyder he is very good in visual and transfer something to screen but not that good in make own stories ..so this suits him perfect
@@xmatobujnakx you could just simply say he did great with the visuals. no need for a backhanded compliment. and btw, Snyder has some really good stories. he likes to have fun with them.
Wdym at the time? This movie is still leagues ahead of the woke garbage that we see these days
This was inspired by Frank Miller’s fantastic graphic novel 300. This is based on a true story. Many quotes, including “We will fight in the shade” are actual recorded history. Thermopylae, the Hot Gates, is a popular tourist stop in Greece. It’s much wider due to natural erosion today, but back then it was barely wide enough for two side by side carts to get through. There’s a huge statue of King Leonidas with the quote “Come and Take them” on it, referring to giving up their weapons. Xerxes ordered his men to kill Leonidas first to drop the morale of the 300. The Persians killed him and dragged his body back among their ranks, where they would strip and desecrate it. The Spartans waded in and GOT THE BODY BACK. This happened three times. Xerxes finally said, “I will waste no more men on them” and ordered repeated volleys of arrows until they were all dead. Dillios, the Spartan ordered to stay back and watch, was famous for his storytelling gifts. That’s why the king told him to hide and observe so he could tell the tale. The story spread all over Greece like wildfire, uniting most of the splintered factions into one country to fight the Persian army together. Astonishing history. Just astonishing.
To think that those kind of moments so long ago shaped the whole world into what it is today is mind blowing.
Oh I thought 300 was a fictional story lol 😅
It’s as true as the Bible.
@@chrisofstars it wasn't 300, it was 6700 Greek Hoplites from several city states, and 300 Spartan royal guards, in total 7000 Greeks vs, anywhere from 180,000 to 250,000 Persians, but since some of them where on ships fighting the Athenian navy that was outnumbered 3 to 1 while the battle of Thermopylae was taking place right next to them(the two locations are side by side, the Hot Gates is right next to the sea) then take your guess as to how many were on land, but definitely at least 180,000 troops were on land.
The Hot Gates were wide enough to have about 100 men? in a row so in the first few days of fighting, there would be rotations, Greek Hoplites in their Phalanx facing the Persian army and when they started to get tired the Spartan phalanx would move forward to face their Persians while the other Greeks would fall back and march back to safety walking through the phalanx, well I mean not a phalanx yet, Spartans march forward, other Greeks walk back and walk through the Spartan ranks, and then the Spartans form a phalanx and engage, and like this they rotated over and over through the days.
On the last battle, where they send most Greeks back to tell the tale and also had Dillios hiding to record everything, the Thespians refused, they chose to stay back with the Spartans, so w.e was left of the original 700 Thespians stayed back with w.e was left of the original 300 Spartans, and I believe there was another group that also stayed back, and they formed up in a circle and were engaged by the Persians that came from all sides, eventually Leonidas fell in battle, the Persians tried to drag his body to defile it, Xerxes had given specific orders to want to see Leonidas' head so...but they failed repeatedly, every time the body was taken the Greeks went to grab it in the middle of fighting, I assume by attempting to move their formation to surround his fallen body....eventually after 3 failed attempts and the Greeks surrounding his body well to protect him and mantaining formation while still killing droves of Persians coming at them, Xerxes blew his fuse, he's lost tenths of thousands of men on land in these days of fighting, the 10,000 immortals had heavy casualties, the fleet at sea has also lost many ships and he personally lost a few brothers who were commanders, and he called everyone back cause he was losing more, and then archers from the ground and from the hills above riddled them with arrows until none were left.
The bodies of all the Greeks had their heads severed and placed on pikes, the bodies of all dead Persians from days of battle(imagine the smell) were removed and thrown down the cliff to the sea, when the rest of the...there was 120,000 at Platea so I'll assume, when the 120,000+ marched through the Hot Gates they only saw dead Greeks and that kept morale from crumbling although suppoedly rumors were spreading( btw I say + because they probably lost some when sacking the Greek cities on their way to central Greece and by the time of the battle of Platea, they had 120,000 Persians, although Greeks were fleeing their cities, to avoid the sackings, so idk... meanwhile another amount was in their fleet having another battle at sea against an allied Greek fleet at Salamis I think).
@@neon72 …so it’s true…
Fun fact the battle formation the Spartans use here is called the Phalanx formation their shield not only protects the person holding it but the person next to them it's designed that your shield will cover your right flank but your partners shield will cover your left flank and it's trained in them that the Phalanx never breaks that is when they are at their most vulnerable
Funner fact....the Spartans invented the Phalanx formation....the Roman's perfected it
@@iceman_89420 yes I completely forgot that lol
Phalanx was first depicted by summerians 25th century bc...
Greeks perfected it, I can't remember which greek writer of antiquity talks about the psychology of the phalanx and how it was not designed for military purpose as much as psychological.
That the main problem in early battles was routing or routing prematurely, there was not a built in psychology for men to fight to the death.
That the phalanx was a system dominant because it didn't allow for individuals to break rank because of their dependence on one another.
Fighting with shield wall and long spears is the oldest way we have ever seen a pitch battle waged the Greeks just brought it to the western world..
Studying the eastern history specifically 20-30th centuries bc it becomes pretty clear Greek identity was born from the east and not the west.
And the Phalanx if I remember correctly used correctly was impenetrable the only reason why it went out of style is because the Romans showed up and figure it out how to counter it
@@iceman_89420 I think Alexander and his macedonians perfected it the Romans knew how to destroy it and knew how to run testudo combat
27:13 I had the honor of watching it in IMAX when it first came out. Drove an hour for an IMAX theater at that time. The audience was literally cheering at this part of the movie. Was one of the most memorable theater experiences ever.
The battle of 300 was the most famous part of the larger 3-day long Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Some parts of the movie and the outfits were a bit dramatized, but the key characters and aspects of the battle are fairly accurate. The "Spartan wit" was a well-documented thing in real life as well. Spartan women often ran things since the men were almost always away at war, and a traveler once talked to Queen Gorgo about this, asking "why Spartan women were the only ones who could rule men?", Queen Gorgo replied, “Because we are the only ones who give birth to men.”. Savage
"may you live forever" words said by Leonidas are actually so heavy, since warrior seeks honorable death as said before by one of the spartans on the cliff overlooking persian army
Xerxes was actually a pretty tolerant king in history, he allowed a lot of freedoms so long as you paid tribute, so its possible that his promises to leonidas would have been true but of course hindsight is 20/20
I don't think the promises being held were even thought about. It is the idea of bending the knee and giving up sovereignty to any one that was the problem. He could have offered all the gold in the world and meant it, but that would be accepting depravity, not standing on your values and integrity.
This movie is the reason I decided to not be afraid of death , made me reason that living is all about never quitting even though you fight entire army . Training like them , learning about them is my main motivation.
I love this movie because it is ridiculously historically accurate.
Not to the actual events. God no... But this is exactly how Ancient Greeks told stories of their heroes. Naked (or nearly so), superhuman in the strength of muscle and character, fighting untold beasts and monsters.
It's like someone from Athens travelled through time and made one of their plays in modern day.
I mean, for a greek dude who probably never saw elephants, they probably looked like monsters anyway. Exaggerate it for dramatic effect and to motivate the other greeks, and there you have it.
its not accurate there was 8000 spartans not 300
@@tariizm1500 Thank you for reading only the first sentence...
Fun fact but spartans where quite good at delivering biting responses (laconic humor).
Many of the quotes from the movie have their origin in historical sources, for example the "then we'll fight in the shade".
Another great one was when King Philip II started invading Greece he sent them the message "If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.”
The spartans responded with "if".
I saw this in the theater. It was definitely worth it. I didn't expect it to be as good as it was, either. 😆
This used to be our annual Valentine’s day movie for my friend group in college. We just watched it on 2/14 one year bc it was a newer movie, and kept justifying that it was appropriate for Valentine’s Day b/c of all the red 😆
Such a cool concept. I hope you continue to do that. I love quirky things like this
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thats so wacky and quirky. you're not like the other girls.
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“May you live forever” is one of the harshest things that you can say to someone who you view as an enemy or traitor.
When I saw this (in NYC) it happened to be playing in the IMAX auditorium even though it isn't an IMAX film. And I mean the proper IMAX, with the screen the size of a building that makes your jaw drop just to see it. Though it didn't play on the entire screen, it was massive and epic and bigger than any other way to see it.
"only Spartan women give birth to real men" is still one of the hardest lines I have heard in a movie
Honestly my friend this is one of the best movies both for narration and especially visually I've ever seen!
I saw this in cinema, me and my friend got a spartan tattoo that night... so yeah we were pretty hype 😄
Had the privilege of visiting the actual battle site in Thermopylae in Greece in 2019. Gotta say this film did a great job of showing the hordes of enemies even if the battlefield looked completely different.
The historic site is not the actual site of the battle.
The exact place of the old Thermopylae is unkown, because the mediteranian sea changed.
The shoreline is more than 1,5 km away from the point where it was 2500 years ago and erosion has erased the battle site.
@@Ugramosch Yes.... And a Modern Highway passes thru where the Hot Gates were!
@@jamesalexander5623 as said: the exact place is unknown today, so nobody can say.
I accidentally visited the site too. Stopped at a wide pullout off the A1 to let the kids get out of the car and run around a bit. They started playing on a little hill nearby throwing sticks at each other. After a bit I saw the statue across the street I started to make some connections and start seeing the tourist signs. The hill the kids were playing on is the hill of Kolonos. It wasn't too hard to imagine being on that same hill surrounded by a sea of enemies. According to Wikipedia "Tearing down part of the wall, Xerxes ordered the hill surrounded, and the Persians rained down arrows until every last Greek was dead.[114] In 1939, archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos, excavating at Thermopylae, found large numbers of Persian bronze arrowheads on Kolonos Hill, [116]" Archaeology tells us a lot about where the battle raged. They do know some things like where the Phocian wall was and the hill of Kolonos for instance. The hot springs are still there too, just a couple hundred yards away. I also saw some of those arrow heads later in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Movie stays pretty much spot on with the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.
Also, you might enjoy "Sin City" if you enjoyed the style of this movie.
Totally agree!...it's not a movie based on an historic event, just on a graphic novel,that already is based on an historic event, as fact jhonnie told
“give them nothing, but take from them everything” is such a hard quote😂
One of my favorites by one of my favorite directors. His visual storytelling style is amazing.
I saw this pop up in notifications and dropped everything, hands down one of the greatest films ever. And the fact that the most iconic lines from this movie are historically accurate is icing on the cake.
The lack of armour is a choice based on the comic book I think. Spartan's and Greek hoplites are the heaviest infantry you get back then. They would have had musculata (a breastplate) or linothorax (a folded linen cuirass that was really strong).
There are a surprising number of things about this film that are historically accurate or lifted straight out of the historical account by Herodotus.... but.... the Spartan armor isn't one of those things. They did not go into battle wearing speedos.
Well yeah. Like seb guessed correctly that was done for the movie to show their abs of lol.
Well, if you think about It, this movie IS a comic adaptation. So It might Matter or not if it's historically accurate. BUT I get your point
The audience needed to see those glorious abs
@@SPerani But if you think about it some more, the whole movie is told from the perspective of Dilios, which is why it has dramatical flourishes like the spartans and arcadians wearing basically nothing but speedos. As a great man once said "All good stories deserve embellishement"
Dude you freaking killed that reaction. I love this movie.
"Theyve got Magneto" - i died.
Classic Zack Snyder. The man is obsessed with the human form and incredible combat sequences. You can see the parallels between 300 and his DC films.
One of my favorites. So glad you liked it so much.. then again, whats not to like?? Its so much fun and acting is spot on.
in high school during drama classes we quote this movie so much even acting the scenes. that was a great time
The Spartans did actually wear armour, they wore basically bronze ab shaped armour on their torso
Critics stab at the movie 300 saying it's inaccurate but it is supposed to be exaggerated because the parliament/senate in the movie was impossible to convince to go to War, so a grim story is told out of the mouth of an orator named Dilios about an unbelievable act of sacrifice against an unfathomably evil enemy who threatens the entire world with annihilation. At the end of the movie you see the story progress from being told to senate and then the next transition of the story Dilios (Aristodemus) is on the battlefront where all of Greece fights the Persians.
Dilios, the Narrator of 300 (Actually known as Aristodemus) was actually stricken with an eye disease and ordered by Leonidas to return home prior to the final day of the battle. While lying ill in a nearby village, the two were informed of the Persian encirclement of the pass, and could not reach an agreement on a course of action. Eurytus donned his armor and turned back, ordering his helot attendant to lead him back to the battle. He entered the battle blind and was slain. Aristodemus returned to Sparta, where he was treated as a disgrace until he redeemed himself when he died fighting at the battle of Plataea the following year.d to return to Sparta but Eurytus faced with shame left Dilios to return by himself so he could die in battle, thus Dilios having no witness to accompany him was branded a deserter and coward.
The only other survivor of the Three Hundred was a man named Pantites, who had been sent by Leonidas on an embassy to Thessaly. He failed to return to Thermopylae in time for the battle, and on finding himself in disgrace in Sparta, hanged himself.
It's one of the best adaptations of a graphic novel. This, and Watchmen, are the gold standard.
I saw this movie very young. Although I don't remember much because I saw it once, I still remember very much enjoying this film. Glad to see it still holds up
i think the hardest line was at the end when he told the hump back guy may you live forever, thats literally the greatest insult you could tell a spartan, seeing as their highest honor was dieing in service to sparta
Τhe line "then we will fight in the shade" was indeed spoken in the actual battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC by the Spartan Dienekes as a response to the threat of the Persian envoy that their arrows will block the sun.
Plus the other iconic line "Persians come and get them" (in Greek "Molon lave" which is translated exactly as the line of the movie)was also indeed spoken in the actual battle of Thermopylae by King Leonidas just before the battle start when the Persians made a last effort to convince them to lay down their weapons and surrender.
And thirdly the line "Spartan come back with your shield or on it" (in greek "Tan i epi tas") was the actual traditional line spoken by Spartan women when they gave their husbands/fathers/brothers etc. the shield before they left for battle. The meaning of the phrase is that either Spartans should return to Sparta either victorious (with their shields in hand) or dead (with the corpse of the fallen Spartan returning to Sparta carried on his shield).
People give me crap when I say 300 and Armageddon are in the top 5 films ever made but I will maintain this until my death. Perfect movies.
Just to add to the fun facts, Leonidas was actually in his late 50s to early 60s at this fight. I am in my 30s and feel like if I sleep wrong that I am dying but this man was out there killing thousands in his 60s. Then you can add to that the fact the the Persians used light basically wicker shields that did not do much, especially against the Spartans. The Spartans also apparently thought the Persians were cowards for using arrows, they liked to be up close. This battle in real life was insane and wasn't the first time the Greeks embarrassed the Persians. The Battle of Marathon was awesome as well to study. The Spartans also encouraged romantic relationships, or physical ones, amongst the groups because the thought behind it was that you would fight harder if you were next to your boyfriend/lover/etc in order to keep them alive.
The movie is more based on the graphic novel rather than the actual event, they had a lot more than 300 in reality. They also wore actual armor.
Zack Snyder really is a GOAT. he can make some epic movies where the characters feel greater than life. 300 is simply stunning and so well made. its a moving painting.
Now this is an unexpected, but very welcome moviereaction!
you have to check out 300 Rise Of An Empire also...the Persian army was so vast, that this battle took place simultaneously to Leonidas's battle
Alexander the Great did not fight Xerxes the Great in battle since both men lived in different eras. When Alexander was born in 356 BC, Xerxes had already been dead for 109 years.
Xerxes, along with his eldest son, was assassinated by his minister Artabanus and other members of his court in 465 BCE.
Also When Xerxes invaded Greece during 480 and 479 BC he had to fight Greek leaders such as King Leonidas of Sparta, Spartan General Pausanias, and Athenian General Themistocles. On the other hand, when Alexander invaded Persia during his campaign, the Achaemenid emperor was Darius III.
I was 13 when my dad took me to see this in theater, he didn’t shy away from “adult” movies/music with me and it shaped my taste in movies so much lol. We immediately went downstairs (the theater was in a mall, above a Barnes & Noble (bookstore chain)) and bought the soundtrack since I was OBSESSED with how the soundtrack was so perfect for the theatricality of the movie, and I literally played it when I went to sleep.
Fun fact: the line about fighting in the shade is supposedly an actual thing said by one of the soldiers in the battle (SUPPOSEDLY)
You have to watch the sequel, it picks up right where this movie left off.
Getting out of the cinema back then - getting out of your car after hearing Amon Amarth - same energy. 😜
Fact Fiend had a great video article on the trash talk all the Spartans mastered. Most of the lines are accurate to what was actually said and not just cheesy action movie lines.
How would Spartans fare against THE Unsullied from Game of Thrones?
The real 300 Spartans did have heavy bronze armor basically becoming knight of the bronze age warfare. The armor alone would be hard to kill them, but they would have had likely chainmail under bronze plate armor. While, it wasn't exactly like steel plate. It was pretty impressive. The main area they didn't seem to protect is their thighs and hands. However, the huge shield could easily cover areas.
The visuals in this movie are top notch
A thing you gotta understand, is that the movie is narrated by a Spartan. So he'll describe the persians as montruous beings and make his own the most badass as possible. That's why there's alot of monsters in the persians.
PLEASE watch the 2nd one too Rise of an Empire it touches on Athens sea war against the Persians at the same time as this film and even shows the battle of marathon 10 years prior
Leonidas saying "Ephialtes, may you live forever" is almost like a curse, because Spartans seek glory through death in battle.
Spartans were also called Lacademonians because of their Laconic speech. Many of the quotes in this movie may not have been said then but they were said by Spartans throughout history. "Fight in the shade" "Come back with your shield, or on it" etc
I would recommend watching 300 Rise of an Empire as well it's such a good movie
Leonidas had the best insult "May you live forever" basically you will never embrace the honor of a spartan soldier dying in the fight
Man i love this movie, it gives me goosebump every time i watch it. Will you watch the second movie too soon?
Imagine a Spartan in today's world!
Millennial "He said a bad word and I feel unsafe now"
You should watch the parody movie that was made about this one, it's called Meet The Spartans. It was on theaters and all.
BRUH. 300 is a masterpiece when it comes to action films for sure!
I've been a long time Gerard/ Gerry Butler fan, for over 20 years. Knew about him and joined at the time a smallish fan page for him after the mini series: Attila had come out here in the U.S.. Then found out he was in Dracula 2000,also. So knew about him long before most people. I was thrilled for him when we in the group found out he got hired as the lead in this movie. We knew it would really push him to a much larger audience if it turned out really well. Gerry like many if the men for it, had to get ripped with like an extra 30 lbs of muscle which was hard to keep on when you are learning to fight and do stunts. That one slow-motion scene of Leonidas fighting his way thru the enemy, was done as one shot with Gerry actually doing all the work. ZS was going to have the stunt guy do it but GB talked him out of it. Interesting fact- The Bald actor who led the small groups of Greeks who had other professions, he worked with Gerry in Attila, playing Attila's 2nd in command and bodyguard. ☺
This is one of GB's best roles. And first time I remember ever first seeing M.Fassbender too.
One of my favorite action movies and very underrepresented on TH-cam, your reaction was one of the best I've seen.
I watched this in the Imax theatre at Waterloo, first time on such a screen, it was epic, not many films which can accommodate such a screen, well worth paying double the price of a normal screening.
“Eugenics works” - Sebscreen 2023 😂
This film and Princess Bride are like the two most quotable movies I’ve ever seen.
This movie made Gerard Butler himself a legend. Long live 300.
Politicians: Lay down your freedom
WE: COME AND GET THEM!!!
300 is the closest thing we got to a God of War Kratos movie.
Yep, saw it at the theater and it was full of cheering, everyone in there was deep into it!
The hype was REAL when this movie came out, it was both epic and corny, easy to make fun of but actually so enjoyable to watch because of how it embraces the gaudiness.
Why does seb bring me so much joy when I watch him
In actuality Spartans were covered head to toe in bronze armor, they absolutely didn't go into battle in just their underwear, sandles and a cape lol. Which is why they were so hard to kill. But of course they wouldn't be able to show off their six packs and muscles if they had been covered in armor. Everything else about the Spartan culture was mostly correct. Historically its believed there was just 300 Spartan warriors, but there was close to 2000 more Greeks from various other city states at Thermopylae. The bulk were from Arcadia and Delphi. But were common people, not perfectly trained soldiers like the Spartans
we really need a movie like this for Alexander The Great
I was suffering low T. Then I watched his movie. I'm cured now.
Love this movie! Great reaction 🥳
people tend to not actually realise how good fighters they were, they lived and breathe to be soldiers since babies, they were feared , history is cool
Glad you got around to watching the 300; it's one of my all time favorite films!
If you are interested in knowing more, there is a documentary about the real battle called "Last stand of the 300"
I’m surprised you didn’t know this was Zach Snyder before. Yeah man. This is based on a comic. As is watchmen. Hence, he was chosen to do the DC stuff…And of course Warner Bros found a way to fuck it all up. He’s known for doing comic adaptations almost shot for shot, panel for panel.
The music score in this movie is everything!
Glad I'm not the only one who loves this movie so much. Love the hype!
It was CRAZY at that time because Xerxes is a big brazilian actor (Rodrigo Santoro). We went crazyyy
I literally searched your channel YESTERDAY hoping you had done a 300 reaction and was sad when there wasn't one lol
The Movie for every man in the world, every man saw it, every man will watch it, every man is going to love it, every man is going to live by it.
as a classical civilisation gcse student: spartans were so brutal - they left babies on clifftops and if they didn’t survive the night they weren’t worthy. literally all they did was fight lol
if u liked this i think you’ll like troy (the brad pitt one). thank you for the great video as always!!
Must Admit the Greeks were Damn Good Storytellers! ....Bested only by the Jews who wrote the Bible!
The humpback, deformed is a Spartan child who was hidden. He hoped to be a soldier...turned traitor.
You've gotta read the graphic novel for sure. This is such a great adaptation of it and it's a very quick read.
I think why this film goes beyond just "great action film" and into film history as "a great film period", is that on top of the great action sequences, it's a love story between Leonidas and his wife. What they will do for each other, to see each other again, and coming to the realization that they may never see each other again. Leonidas' last words in this just always grip me and get to me, thinking of his one true love before he accepts his death.
If I said “it an honor to die at your side” and my leader responded “it’s an honor to have LIVED by yours” I could definitely die happy
I still remember when I saw it in the theater. Such an epic movie. Wish the sequel was as good and super sad we never got the 3rd film…
Fun Fact: Ephialtes (εφιάλτης), the one who betrayed the Spartans and told the Persians about the secret path, had his name turned into the Greek word for 'nightmare', which is the case even with modern Greek today.
Haha after this movie came out the 300 Spartan workout became popular for a time.
I was 19 I think when this came out? My mates and I saw it like 3 times in the cinema, we were the perfect age for this movie.
I watched The Last Samurai in early 2000s and later 300 and then after re-watching The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise mentions this battle to Ben Watanabe as the battle of Thermopolis where 300 Spartans took on 1 million Persians and he told them they all died, I think it was in reference to his story about General Custer taking 200 men against 2000 angry Indians and they all died but Kotsumoto was impressed by the actions of Custer and Tom Cruise called him arrogant and fool hearty for getting all those men killed
Dead to the last man 😊