@arash pahlevan I like movies which incorporate a little art, amongst extreme violence just makes it a little more interesting. Sadly to pop your bubble I'm African, I know half the bull coming out of there is propaganda for western culture. I can say other woods are also not perfect. With Nollywood being over sexualized and Bollywood being racists.
@@seppiiii2304 In my perspective he is a lot smarter than about 95% of people in this comment section who believe everything they saw on their beloved Cursewood movies. I won't even surprised if they believe those 300 people were the ONLY defender of Greece when Persia was attacking with tens of thousand of people.
@arash pahlevan it is a movie dude 🙄 learn to separate fiction from reality this a movie an entertainment piece people watch to have fun while eat pop corn not a documentary... so i keep it... Sooo??? Whatever dude
@@BenDover-gr4sx Don't be too hard on him. He has issues. He wants to see Persia as some monolithic civilization, so he denies all evidence to the contrary. He has copy/pasted this same statement over and over. It must be hard for him to get over his 'great persian empire' being destroyed by a young king leading a Greek army. Well, that and Xerxes getting assassinated by his own eunuch. That has to be embarrassing for someone trying to prop up their manhood with these lies. Cut him some slack. Don't believe him, but understand where he is coming from.
“A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but once.” - William Shakespeare If you understand what that means, you will understand why Ephialtes bowed his head in shame when Leonidas wished him a long life.
u are u using Shekespeare for real? Ofc and Shakespeare is really great but most of the quotes were established in Ancient Hellas and other Ancient countries like Rome Egypt China Japan ..
@oftravelmeditation do u actually think thats possible when for 2000 before him there where writers all over the world? Even so u see his inspiration is taken from these ancient countries
@@ypsilonalpha Everyone was inspired by somebody else but that doesn’t mean such a person is unable to come up with their own creation. Sir Isaac Newton was inspired by scientists before him. He discovered gravity and so many discoveries. Have you read Shakespeare? Do you know that he is one of the most influential of his field in history?
2:04 The eyes of a true leader. Willing to stand at the front of his men in the face of immeasurable odds against him and not flinch. A man I could truly follow. As the young warrior said, "an honor to die at your side". I am not sure if people get how powerful this scene is. Lord do we need a man like that now.
@@jamesdemile4181 You mean the guy who moved to another country to evade laws regarding sex trafficking? That's not a man. No man would ever do such a thing
There’s no one more dedicated to their job than the cameraman. He got arrowed with Leonidas in the end just to get that perfect shot of the arrows raining down on Leonidas. #RESPECT
Fun fact: when Leonidas uttered "may you live forever" to Ephialtes, it was an insult. By living forever, Ephialtes will never get the true glorious death, that all Spartans crave. He was cursing him to never have glory, never be in the company of heroes, and never be written like the heroes of history. One of the heaviest insults/curses you could lay on a spartan, whose glory and honour were everything. Since Ephialtes was the son of a Spartan warrior, he knew what Leonidas meant. Which is why he lowers his head in shame from Leonidas words. Throughout modern Greek history "Ephialtes" means nightmare. Basically his punishment for his betrayal.
i think he also knew that ephialtes felt insane guilt over his betrayal which and thought of it as a mistake he could never undo. by having leonidas survive and being a persian puppet he would at least have some damage controll. but if leonidas dies here then he ephialtes would never be able to forgive himself and spend his life miserable and depressed. i think that was also a part of the insult. may you live forever with your guilt and suffer from it.
Good to see someone quoting the great leader TIPU SULTAN of the Indian sub-continent. But I see you didn't mention his name. Please esit your comment again to correctly mention the actual person who said this quote.
It’s kind of symbolic how he dies to arrows in the end. A ranged weapon almost represents the weapons of cowardice while the sword resembles honour. It shows how everyone else prioritised life and longevity of wealth which ultimately made them greedy and deluded while the Spartans prioritised honour and dignity in war. That’s why the audience roots for them. The sword and the bow are good uses of symbolism in this movie, intentional or not 👍
M Tours It’s the kings fault he turned him down when all he ever asked for was to fight for his country and he was denied. Leonidas deserved to be taken down by someone he thought below him.
I still vividly remember watching 300 on its premiere night, packed theatre of over 300 people, the atmosphere and electricity was epic. Still one of the best theatre movies ever
Dienekes/Διηνέκης(spartan warrior) said it before the battle. he spoke the following sentence, hearing from a certain Trachinius how, when the barbarians shoot with their bows, their innumerable arrows hide the sun; so great is their multitude; he said, scorning the multitude of the Medes, that the news brought by the stranger from Trachina was all pleasing to them, since the Medes were hiding the sun, the battle against them would be fought in the shade and not under the sun. (HERODOTUS)
There are only two films IMO that have such a sad but heroic ending that,as a grown man, reduced me to tears!... This is one of them and the other was brave heart and they are both true stories that shows the bravery and courage that humans are capable of! these stories will never die and they give me inspiration when I doubt myself and need to find courage!
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
@arash pahlevan I decided I like this reply so much, I am going to copy/paste it in response to your copy/pastes. Enjoy! @arash pahlevan No matter how many times you copy/paste your diatribe... The Spartans will still be remembered for standing against the largest army of the ancient world and stopping them, if only for a few days, with 300 men. Persia will be remembered as the empire with the largest army of the ancient world, yet were unable to conquer the Greek city-states. Xerxes will be remembered as the king who decided his war against Greece could not be won and was eventually assassinated by his own eunuch. And Persia will forever be remembered as a footnote beneath the heel of Alexander the Great as he conquered it and the lands to the east.
@@comicfan8350 yes you got it right. It would be very hard to live with betrayel. You would feel guilt for an eternity. No one is alive to forgive you.
@@squishypandaelephant I think this makes more fun of him as by not killing him it proves that he is a human and not a God who died for his people, if he died his people would still see him as a God trying to help the world, by doing this it just says F u your human.
@@squishypandaelephant Nahh broski.. He hit all those rings on one side of his face, didn't you see? Spartans live to die in battle. Gods don't bleed. And by making Xerxese bleed it showed his people as well as his slaves, that Xerxese was a mere man. Oof 😣
@arash pahlevan Well the movie is an approximation but it is true that the Persians tried to enslave the free Greek city/states during that era multiple times, with armies first lead by Xerxes and by his son Darius and the Greeks won. A few years later Alexander the Great attacked the Persian empire as a retaliation, beat them multiple times and captured Darius, ending the Persian empire of the time.
@arash pahlevan You forget, the Persians were destroyed by the Greeks. Alexander the Great kicked your butts and claimed your land as his own. You really should study history
@@zerocooljpn umm. Dunno about him but i get erections every time i see shirtless man 🧖🏻♂️ maybe i am overly lusty or i guess its pretty normal. Even as a man i get turned on by pictures of shirtless men.
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
This scene always gives goosebumps while watching. The sacrifice, trust and respect towards king just make you speechless. I was literally shivering when he said "It was Honour to fight beside you"
Did you notice the coordinate uniformity of the spartan soldiers' shield? Did you feel the aura and resilience of Leonidas- A leader! A warrior king! This movie is indeed the magnum opus of its kind.
Και που να δεις τους σημερινούς βασιλιάδες ΤΙΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ. Οι μεγαλυτεροι διεφθαρμένοι πολιτικοί τις υφηλίου..... Τρίζουν τα ΚΟΚΚΑΛΑ όσων πολέμησαν ΤΙΣ βάρβαρες φυλές ΤΙΣ Ασίας.
@arash pahlevan I decided I like this reply so much, I am going to copy/paste it in response to your copy/pastes. Enjoy! @arash pahlevan No matter how many times you copy/paste your diatribe... The Spartans will still be remembered for standing against the largest army of the ancient world and stopping them, if only for a few days, with 300 men. Persia will be remembered as the empire with the largest army of the ancient world, yet were unable to conquer the Greek city-states. Xerxes will be remembered as the king who decided his war against Greece could not be won and was eventually assassinated by his own eunuch. And Persia will forever be remembered as a footnote beneath the heel of Alexander the Great as he conquered it and the lands to the east.
i doubt he could aim at the corner of his lips, he simply aimed to kill him, and the war would be over, but he failed yet his prophecy about the god king bleeding was fullfilled
The length of the war,the battle of thermopylae,King Leonidas might be loosed in this battle but the mighty king never kneeled down before the God king.And his last words,"at least some few soldiers stood up against the tyranny,that a God King can bleed".Zack Snyder's cinematography and visual effects left us speechless and threw us in the early ancient sparta.The Spartans are the most strongest and powerful warriors at that time.Their exercise highlighted in this movie.
This movie changed my entire life, how the man should fight for his own principles and die for it if it required, I tattooed that moment that he stand thinking for a minute before he decided to die in honorable way in my right shoulder.
There should not be any more wars In this planet. Real warriors only came back to the they country to die alone and in poverty. No sense in killing each other between Humans beings.
Absolut bullshit. Retreat is nothing bad. If you have to retreat.. retreat an come back stronger than ever. It's better then stay and die in honor and still lose a position. The spartan style was a big problem that's why they lost so many man in the peloponnesian war. Sometime it's better to get your men out of the heat then let them die in honor
Most people miss the point, that the whole movie is a telling. You hear the narrative from Dilios through the movie and you see him telling the story in the final scene. Thats why the coward and betrayer is portrayed as ugly and misformed as he is. Thats why king Leonidas is fighting the most grusome being, and still manages to win. Its why the Immortals are portrayed as demons. Dilios is boosting morale of the spartan army in the end, while he portrays his friends and his king as almost unstoppable warriors. Even the godlike Xerxes can bleed.
“May you live forever” Anyone else catch the veiled insult?? Spartans welcomes a glorious death Telling him to live forever was worse than wishing him dead
زمانی که اروپا در توحش بسر میبرد کورش کبیر منشور حقوق بشر را به دنیا عرضه کرد اولین و بزرگترین امپراتوری دنیا متعلق به ایرانیان است این فیلم کلأ دروغ است
@@belland_dog8235 History is actually more complicated than that. Firstly note that the battles of alexander were reported by Greek historians and not Persian. Secondly, I have read that the Persian empire was in utter turmoil when Alexander came.
@@SaeedAcronia Ofc history is written by the victors, I don't see why that needed to be pointed out but whatever suits you. I don't see how happens back home really matters if the army is already assembled and on the battlefield, especially at a time when you couldn't get instant information. But anyway my point was that a good tactician can use a much smaller force to beat a much larger force (quality vs quantity) I suppose you could look at the American revolution and their guerilla tactics as a good example of this. Though I understand that this conversation was more about the actual quality of the body, I assumed using quality of the mind would be fine. In the end though it's best to have quality and quantity.
Its not a true historical story. Greatly exaggerated, not even the clothes both sides wear is historically accurate. Based on a comic. 300 men didn't stop a Persian army or fight it. But as a movie its very entertaining,none of it is true historical facts though. A good fake story.
Some of the broad strokes are accurate, but it’s mostly fictionalised. Nothing wrong with that, though; romanticised/exaggerated retellings of history have been going on for years, and can be appreciated for what they are.
@demetri kavoukas Imagine being that suicidal, protesting and rising on corona era. America will fall. Meanwhile Third World countries are lifting quarantine next week. My country.
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
@@SauceStrider I don't know how to clip stuff. Plus my wifi is so bad that it would take ages to upload anything. I once uploaded a ps4 ash ace I got in ranked a few years ago. Took about 8 hours or so to upload. For a 5 minute video. Not only that but the good video softwares are NOT cheap my friend
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
@@afshinarian3606 Xerxes like many Persian Kings saw themselves as having special link to their heavens and their gods to the point they were gods in their own. It’s sort of like the feudalist ideology that European kings and queens possessed when they believed they were chosen divinely to rule their land. Xerxes like Darius, had massive god complexes. I mean, they were emperors. All emperors did back then, hell some politicians in office now have the same complex. Xerxes was civil to land that accepted him at the undisputed ruler even though the Persian royal families were usually tyrant aggressors. So when land rightfully wanted to rebel, he would stomp them. That’s not very merciful, and the only reasons why he allowed the Jews to have religious freedom was because of his sexual fantasy with Esther.
Great thank to Homer to have reported to us, their glorious story, through his masterpiece "The Illyad" which most of the greek Heroes still standing on.
This scene is described and captured so beautifully , it teaches us that even when xerxes won, he did not eternally win but leonidas who lost eventually won. The scene where the spear hits the glass shows us how xerxes arrogance was shattered. Pure cinematic masterpiece.
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 As a country is not. As an empire, it never come close to Persian empire, and if you need this stupid Hollywood propaganda to make a point, it shows your lack of intellect and historical knowledge.
Xerces’s messenger dude: All you have to do is knell Leonidas: Spartas never kneel Xerces’s Messanger dude: Ok how bout a handshake Leonidas: Shit say less
Gerard's passion for his wife and his expressions are outstanding. What an honor to witness this movie. Thank you King Leonidas for inspiring us in these covid times
@arash pahlevan you comment this same nonsense on every comment like anyone actually gives a fuck. Historically accurate or not it was a good ass movie. Why don't you be like these warriors you have a hardon for and quit crying like a little bitch. Fuckin jihadie john looking ass clown.
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
“You there, ephialtes, May you live forever”. And 2500 years later, Ephialtes is reviled so much in Greek culture, that the Greeks today use his name to literally mean a nightmare!. So upon waking from a bad dream, or encountering something horrific in daily life, a Greek will say, “I had an ephialtes”.
arash pahlevan dude I agree with your assessment, but what I stated is 100% accurate. There was a historical figure named ephialtes that showed the Persians the hidden goat path around the Spartans. This is known and agreed upon history. Also, I am Greek and speak Greek and so I can vouch to the validity of the use of his name as a cursed one they travelled down through the ages as a traitor whose name came to be used for something malevolent (a nightmare) due to his traitorous deed. This is also 100% accurate as it is a part of modern Greek culture.
Leonidas didn't die from the arrows, he died crawling back home with his 1000 pound ball sack slowing him down, causing him to die from dehydration Btw, respect to the badass who was speared, and roared like a lion before killing the spear holder. Even the immortals stood back to let him have his moment. He truly died a fucking badass. That is a very fucking masculine ass way to go out. That's one thing this movie got right. It shows what a real, badass, masculine man is. And I live by it
@@davislong9476 Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself
@@user-ue6yc9kr8i It is far beyobd than a simple exaggeration. Persians are not Afracins! Their king was not nude! And Spartans were not so patriots! Later, they allied with Persians against Athenians. For more information , read "Historical inaccuracies" in wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)
The most actual scene of all times, tells the whole message for today's humanity "Time to rise and fight for your freedom, for your honor, for your life, even if it causes death at the end, at least you die free and not on the leash"
@@belleerion6549 And then he lived on his knees, in a System which basically robbs you of all personal freedoms and risked his life in wars which weren't his own ones and benefited only the few. Spartans would probaly considering the USA as babaric and untrustworthy, you do realize that - right? Spartans had for their Full Citizens even a System in place which would be considered "Communism!" in the USA today.
if you could believe it, the hype around this movie had theatres packed, barely got a seat with my girlfriend at the time. crazy energy in the theatre and showing, just a great time.
It's as much "real" as The Gladiator is real. Sure, some battles of the plot really happened but Persians didn't look like that, and their king 'khashaw-yawr-sha' (Xerxes) didn't see himself as a God, he was merciful and was civilized, as was their empire. After conquering nations, they only changed their political positions, never their dignity, history or norms and values. They did fight battles for land, but that's what all the Empires did back then. This movie had so many inaccuracies, it's actually horrible. Maybe it has cinematic scenes but for me the disrespect to the actual history is so big, it overwhelms the cinematic scenes. Leonidas and Alexandra (she was a woman not man ) were actually great gay and bastard in the world . Damn on them .
@@afshinarian3606 the battle happend tho. More athenians died in that battle in the same heroic fashion yet they didnt make it in the movies. Far from that i love this movie as it shows exactly how treathening the persians were. I dont think leonidas was gay where do you come up with these accusations from ?
History is the record of achievement of man,..and Leonidas is such a man ever history can produce... better a free man than a slave..who thinks it is better to burn out than fade away... ❤
“Then you will see that also a god can bleed.” Xerxes realised that Leonidas’ words were true. Like Xerxes himself put it, his true power was his identity as someone untouchable and divine, and that was exactly what Leonidas attacked with his spear.
and that's why all throughout ancient history bows have been considered a coward's weapon...you can be an amazing warrior, but there's nothing you can do against a rain of arrows coming at you from all sides.
