![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Ephors consult the Oracle, who decrees that Sparta will not go to war during the Carneia. His plan involves building a wall in order to funnel the Persians into a narrow pass between the rocks and the sea: negating the Persian advantage in numbers, and giving Greeks heavy infantry the advantage over the vast waves of Persian light infantry. Leonidas then visits the Ephors, proposing a strategy to drive back the numerically superior Persians through the Hot Gates. Dilios's story continues and a Persian herald arrives at the gates of Sparta demanding "earth and water" as a token of submission to King Xerxes-the Spartans reply by throwing the envoy and his escort into a deep well. In 479 BC, one year after the Battle of Thermopylae, Dilios, a hoplite in the Spartan army, begins his story by depicting the life of Leonidas I from childhood to kingship via Spartan doctrine. A sequel, entitled Rise of an Empire, which is based on Miller's unpublished graphic novel prequel Xerxes, was released on March 7, 2014. The film received mixed reviews, receiving acclaim for its original visuals and style, but criticism for favoring visuals over characterization and its depiction of the ancient Persians in Iran, a characterization which some had deemed racist however, the film was a box office success, grossing over $450 million, with the film's opening being the 24th-largest in box office history at the time. The events are revealed to be a story told by Dilios, the only one of the 300 Spartans to survive the battle.ģ00 was released for the first time in Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon on December 9, 2006, later released in Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2007, and finally released in both conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States on March 9, 2007, and on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and HD DVD on July 31, 2007. Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios ( David Wenham). As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo ( Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The plot revolves around King Leonidas ( Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes ( Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae within the Persian Wars. We went in expecting it to be "so bad it's funny", and there were definitely parts like that (when the mercenaries find them and then have no plan and just say to the airline pilot "so captain, what do we do now?") but I found it to actually be an intense and compelling movie at times too.$456.1 million External links Official websiteģ00 is a 2007 American epic war film based on the 1998 comic series 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. ![]()
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