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Lytle also commented, " Ephialtes, who betrays the Greeks, is likewise changed from a local Malian of sound body into a Spartan outcast, a grotesquely disfigured troll who by Spartan custom should have been left exposed as an infant to die. One can imagine what a group of Spartans who base their entire lives on achieving perfection to then only die in the field of battle thought of this guy, entirely, but it’s no spoiler to say they don’t make him the 5th Beatle — or become the 301 — hence the title. Kaveh Farrokh, in the paper "The 300 Movie: Separating Fact from Fiction," [101] noted that the film falsely portrayed "the Greco-Persian Wars in binary terms: the democratic, good, rational 'Us' versus the tyrannical, evil and irrational, 'other' of the ever-nebulous (if not exotic) 'Persia '".

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That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. Still, realizing the threat of the Persians and not wanting to appear as Persian sympathizers, the Spartan government, rather than Leonidas alone, decided to send Leonidas with his personal 300-strong bodyguard to Thermopylae.Even after they were married, they would not eat dinner with their wives until they were 25 (formal agoge training ended at age 18). The Spartans were famous for something other than holding the bridge at Thermopylae, they were quite famous for actually enforcing man-boy love amongst the ranks as a way of military bonding.

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That all being said, this did impress me, as mentioned, and I feel that it’s a nice enough improvement over the original HD releases of the film that I’ve owned over the years — discussed a bit further in the bonus section. Patrick Sabongui as the Persian General who tries to get Leonidas to comply at the end of the battle. The best result I can hope for is that if the movie excites someone, they'll go explore the histories themselves. Out of the 1,523 cuts featured in 300, more than 1,300 of its shots contain some elements of visual effects. Moaveni also suggested that "the box office success of 300, compared with the relative flop of Alexander (another spurious period epic dealing with Persians), is cause for considerable alarm, signaling ominous U.This new Dolby Atmos mix found here is as strong and relentless as the Spartan army depicted in the film (and novel). The movie 300 has the Spartan soldiers fighting nearly naked without any form of body armor protecting them. Webisodes” (38:33 – SD) have a “play all” function or you can watch each section own its own, individually.

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Ayende-No, an independent Iranian newspaper, said, "The film depicts Iranians as demons, without culture, feeling or humanity, who think of nothing except attacking other nations and killing people. His interpretation of the world at that period of time is fascinating and the way he pictures the valor of the Spartans is simply remarkable. It's about the romanticizing of the Spartan 'ideal', a process that began even in ancient times, was promoted by the Romans, and has survived over time while less and less resembling the actual historical Sparta. rating and I can’t help but deduct from what should have been a perfect rating if things were to have been as to how I suggested above.Its digitally tricked-up color scheme, while impressive at times, is hard to tolerate for nearly two hours (true masochists can seek out the Imax version), and the hectic battle scenes would be much more exciting in the first person. Snyder said of Xerxes, "What's more scary to a 20-year-old boy than a giant god-king who wants to have his way with you? One character, pretty unforgettable, is that of an outcast disfigured hunchback “Ephialtes” ( Andrew Tiernan) who tries to seek the approval of King Leonidis to join his army. The trailers have been credited with igniting interest in the film and contributing to its box-office success. In the actual Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans had already joined an alliance with other Greek poleis against the Persians.

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Frank Miller, commenting on areas in which he lessened the Spartan cruelty for narrative purposes, said: "I have King Leonidas very gently tell Ephialtes, the hunchback, that they can't use him [as a soldier], because of his deformity.Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter.