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Well, yes and no.

Historians like Victor Davis Hanson do feel that Salamis was perhaps the single most important battle in history. Thermopylae was intended by the Greeks to be a delaying action. In that respect it succeeded. But, had the Spartans not held Thermopylae long enough for the rest of the Greeks to organize, the Greeks probably would not have been ready at Salamis. In other words, had Xerxes not been delayed by the Spartans, the victory of the Greeks at Salamis might not have happened.

Little Green Footballs has an audio recording of Frank Miller’s newest commentary on NPR (Hat tip: Hot Air)….

These two are my favorite versions of it

This is one is the most thematic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CllzLcwmSc&mode=related&search=

I think this is one of the newer ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZm52UrkDpA

http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/home.html?dl=undefined

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#3 called “Spartan Training” is pretty amazing showing what physical training the Spartans went through, for 6 months, before starting filming of 300!!

Tony737 on January 30, 2007 at 3:49 PM

Yeah thanks Tony. I should have said a “Persian” Army tried to conquer the world.

The same violent mind set and aspirations of conquering the world existed before Mohammed and present day Islam. The Spartans helped stop this onslaught.

Your point is well taken, though, thanks Tony.

Can’t wait for this movie to come out in March!!!

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History is entertaining enough that it doesn’t need to be changed. Fill in the holes with all the fiction ya need, but din’t change the actual outcome of the story.

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Tony737 on January 30, 2007 at 3:44 PM

I hear you Tony, but to me, that’s the difference between a movie and a documentary. Both have their place. Movies are more designed to get an emotional response, while documentaries are meant to present facts and educate.

Thus, knowing that movies based on historical events are not accurate representations, when I see one I like it usually motivates me to go find out what really happened and to compare with what I saw in the movie.

It’s even the same when a novel is adapted to a movie – some things get changed and people are always comparing the book to the movie. But if it’s something I’ve never read and the movie motivates me to pick up the book, then I think it’s a win-win situation for all involved.

Anyway, looks like good stuff to me.

I hope they make a movie about the battle of Fallujah, without screwing’ up the facts. They won’t even need to make anything up, but they will.

They weren’t Muslim. They were Persians. The Islamic religeon hadn’t been formed yet.

In point of fact, I believe the Persians of the day were Zoroastrians. Mohammed wouldn’t even be born for slightly over a thousand years.

Meanwhile, it’s silly to look at “300″ as a historical film. Spartans did not prize the modern concept of freedom any more than the invading Persians rode rhinoceroses. Rather, it’s an attempt to tell a heroic mythological tale based roughly on a historical event–more “Lord of the Rings” than docudrama, with only the most compelling parts of the real affair preserved. It’s to the actual battle of Thermopylae as the Iliad was to the real Trojan war; not particularly accurate (unless you believe there actually was a magically invulnerable man named Achilles), but evocative.

At times like these, and granted the current nature of Hollywood culture, I applaud any attempt at portraying any kind of real courage and heroism in film. If nothing else, I don’t think “300″ will drip multiculturalist messages. Combined with the eye candy, that’s more than I can usually ask for anymore.

300 Spartans killed a Muslim Army of hundreds of thousands.

Looooooooooove it.

angryamerican on January 30, 2007 at 12:30 PM

They weren’t Muslim. They were Persians. The Islamic religeon hadn’t been formed yet.

..you libs might want to avoid it….all that duty, honor, justice stuff will get in the way.

I can’t wait to see it!

Looooooooooove it.

This Army was from present day Iran (Persian Army)and they were trying to conquer the world, which makes this movie in more kick ass!!!!

The Spartans sacrificed themselves for Freedom and Democracy and saved the world!!

http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/

Read the Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield. Thermopylae literally save our civilization.

georgej on January 30, 2007 at 2:56 AM

I have and read the book “Gates of Fire”. It is a great book. A co-worker and I were talking about the movie”300″. I told him I had the book and he asked to borrow it. Hope I get it back.

Great analogy by Coyote D in the second post above.