
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward. After 3 days of battle all the Greeks were killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected, as a local shepherd, named Ephialtes, defected to the Persians and informed Xerxes that the separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians could use to outflank the Greeks, was not as heavily guarded as they thought.
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| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanEvery few years, a film comes along that epitomizes what it means to be cool. The Matrix earned that honor in 1999. 300 earns it now. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy Klein...a perfect combination of moral wrongheadedness and inept filmmaking. On any level beyond the pictorial, Snyder makes clunky Cecil B. DeMille epics like The Ten Commandments look positively deft. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil Villarreal300 is rated R for 'RAAAAAR!' and is about as inspirational as Field of Dreams multiplied by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, plus infinity. |
| Denver PostLisa Kennedy[Gerard Butler's character] charisma is elusive. He vigorously enunciates like a summer stock player doing Shakespeare. But the writing's overblown. And locating the requisite sorrow in this tale of heroism is an afterthought for Snyder and co. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWe've seen plenty of sword-and-sandal epics, full of robustly virile men fighting like real men against other men. But we've never seen those hyper-macho mechanics presented with the brutal beauty and thrilling finesse of 300, clearly the best film of 2007 so far. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekFanboys may embrace its wanton carnage, he-man heroics and bombastic dialogue, but 300 really belongs on a PlayStation rather than in a theatre. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenI preferred Gerard Butler as the Phantom of the Opera, didn't you? But he was just dandy here as well. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussComing soon to a football camp, police academy, military base, neocon assembly and jihadist cell near you: '300,' a motivational celebration of the 'no retreat, no surrender' ancient Spartans that disdains cut-and-run senators... |
| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. RansonHow much cooler is a storyteller's epic tale when you can watch all the embellishments? After viewing 300, your answer may be 'infinitely.' |
| The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)Mark PalermoThe movie finds its unique look in replicating the source's water colour images within a mostly live action universe. It's a visual novelty that wears off before 300 reaches its half point. |