Saw 300 today. Great movie! Lots of action, blood and guts, and a pretty good story line too. A great guy movie. There was some nice eye candy too (the Oracle).

Many of the Spartans are around my age, so I gotta go work on my eight pack now.

As usual, I will probably wait 'til it comes out on DVD...

OUTSTANDING MOVIE!

Not a movie I would bring a date or spouse to, a guy movie for sure. Myself and a buddy brought his son and two friends, we all enjoyed the movie.

Pete

Molon Labe

I really liked "300". Visually it was stunning.

And damn the makers of the movie for manipulating my reptile brain and testosterone levels like that...

See it on the big screen!
Awesome flick! Great story and it is about a true event that is lectured about in military learning institutions to this day.

It proves that a small, well trained elite force with the command of the most strategic terrain can match a much larger force; Location, location,location.

I understand the Iranians (Persians) are getting their "panties in a wad" over the movie, so it is probably worth seeing.

Second what you say on Gates of Fire. Great book.

When do the Iranians not have their panties in a wad these days?

I couldn't care less what the Iranians think of what we say or do. They are about to get their backsides handed to them again, and still they haven't learned anything. Khaddafi was smart enough to learn that life is much easier when you cooperate, rather than antagonize.

I wonder what 300 well trained spec ops guys could do to them now? I suppose the Israelis will let us know soon. When was the last time they won anything? When they took biblical Israel captive? 3000 years is a long time to go without a win.

This "Humane Warfare" kick we've been on for the last 50 years really sucks. What's it gonna take for us to unleash the dogs of war and show the world why we are the best, again. I never saw a problem with "Manifest Destiny" or "Capitalistic Imperialism". So far as I can tell, no one else out there has a system that even comes close to what we have. To me, the best way to solve the illegal immigrant problem is make whole western hemisphere USA. At least that would be a good start.

Well, basically, it had Xerxes as this very flamboyantly dressed, bald, bald, Dennis Rodman-like guy who collected freaks. *scratches head* I thought Xerxes was short and bearded and Persian.

Then again, these Spartans left most of their armour at home and wore leather short-shorts.

Still, it was a good movie visually, and a loyal adaptation of Miller's work. Even if some of the details were a little off, if it gets five young men to study the Battle of Thermopylae and another hundred to see that a few can make a world of difference, then I'll forgive the little bits of quibble.

Don't go into the movie expecting it to be a historical representation of well... anything.

It did represent the warrior ethos of the Spartan society...

I didn't, but I also collect Miller's work.

It was warning to others. :P

Same here ironraven, I heard some people who were upset about the historical inaccuracies today.

Still an outstanding movie... will see again (at IMAX next) and will buy on DVD.

Maybe we should section movie theaters like we do libraries: fiction and non-fiction.

http://www.thestar.com/article/190493

Here's an interesting article by a historian about some inaccuracies in 300.

Well, this was based on an actual event. Some details were changed to make the average man feel even less manly compared to the Spartans.

Although most of us should feel pretty inferior when compared to a completely accurate depiction of what was done at the Fire Gates.

It's a movie, designed to entertain. I do not think anyone is saying what is portrayed is the truth. What movie is the total truth anyway? "An Inconvenient Truth" is touted as the truth, but there is probably more fiction there than in "300."

Even history does not tell us the whole truth and nothing but the truth...because it was written by people. There is no such thing as a totally impartial and accurate person, who can be that at all times. All we really have are perceptions of truths, and like pretty much everything, YMMV.

Let's not forget the Alamo, either.

Maybe not the toughest bunch to face such odds, but they knew what was coming, and stayed anyways. Gotta give em credit for that.

The "boys" (130+) at the Alamo held out against 6,000 men of the Mexican Army for 13 days. They wuz purty tough, in my opinion!

Also impressive was the fact that they held out all that time against an enemy with artillery.

Not to mention having to listen to "Deguello".

Yep, we could use a few "Tennessee Volunteers" these days I reckon.

How about the 101st in Bastogne?

I love the oracle and Queen leodias. The queen is hot.