300 the movie was based on real life history

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#1 gomer69
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae
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#2 nickmag
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Nice one Sherlock... :P
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#3 chandlerr_360
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Lol.
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#4 masterfreund
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I know, I read it in history at school last  year.

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#5 EboyLOL
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...the battle depicted in the movie was a real battle... but the movie itself was based off a graphic novel.
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#6 mark4091
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yeah, but the guy with a backpack tumour or those half goat people you see, I'm pretty sure did not exist
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#7 Def_Jef88
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youre a little late to the party.....
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#8 Dasc00
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So was Star Wars.
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#9 Silchas
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History isn't always correct, so i doubt it. It would be cool, though.
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#10 Dethshoot
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youre a little late to the party.....Def_Jef88
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#11 nightshade85
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a link to wikipedia - I bet that was hard to find - it's not even linked - I assume it's not the link below seeing as it says don't click me - which I didn't
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#12 steppinrazor88
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just because you read something in a book doesn't make it history...don't believe everything you read...ww2 never happened...and george washington never existed :o
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#13 Def_Jef88
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History isn't always correct, so i doubt it. It would be cool, though.Silchas
uhhh, most things considered historically true are ..... hitorically true..
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#14 Nerfing
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Nice one Sherlock... :Pnickmag
Maybe he didn't know. Cut'em some slack.
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#15 quiglythegreat
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylaegomer69
....Very loosely based on the battle, yes. It's riddled with historical inaccuracies, but who the hell cares? This is an action and style piece, not a history piece. Don't attack it or exalt it as anything to do with history.
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#16 Hatiko
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Yes! You find out just now!

They had stuff about it on History Channel. They had an old movie about it. History books too.

The Frank Miller graphic novel is what he depicted about it so he added some stuff in to make it more exciting. Like King Leonidas wasn't the last Spartan standing. He died pretty early in the battle and the Persians and Spartans fought over his body. They really did say:

Persian Messenger: "Be prepared to die. Our arrows will block out the sun."

I forget the Spartan Comrades Name: "Then we will fight our battle in the shade"

Also Xexes isnt a half naked guy with all his body pierced.

Also the hunchback guy was real. I think.

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#17 Apollo5000
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Yes! You find out just now!

They had stuff about it on History Channel. They had an old movie about it. History books too.

The Frank Miller graphic novel is what he depicted about it so he added some stuff in to make it more exciting. Like King Leonidas wasn't the last Spartan standing. He died pretty early in the battle and the Persians and Spartans fought over his body. They really did say:

Persian Messenger: "Be prepared to die. Our arrows will block out the sun."

I forget the Spartan Comrades Name: "Then we will fight our battle in the shade"

Also Xexes isnt a half naked guy with all his body pierced.

Also the hunchback guy was real. I think.

Hatiko
Xerxes probably was similar to that, he was pretty vain so it wouldn't be such as shock that he would want to surround himself with gold. Also i think it was just a run of the mill guy instead of a hunchback, if he was hunhback i don't think it was to the extent of the film. Even historians who watched the film say its historically 100% accurate, but visually its a fantasy.
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#18 dragonlife29
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So was Star Wars.Dasc00
I knew. I JUST KNEW!
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#19 Silchas
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[QUOTE="Silchas"]History isn't always correct, so i doubt it. It would be cool, though.Def_Jef88
uhhh, most things considered historically true are ..... hitorically true..

But history is written by victors in war etc. so it's not reliable.
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#20 Apollo5000
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[QUOTE="Def_Jef88"][QUOTE="Silchas"]History isn't always correct, so i doubt it. It would be cool, though.Silchas
uhhh, most things considered historically true are ..... hitorically true..

But history is written by victors in war etc. so it's not reliable.

History is usually written by observers who don't take sides in conflicts. There purpose is just to record history. ***300 Spoilers*** And if that were the case i think the Persians would have made themselves look a little better than they did in history.