does anybody know anything about the movie "300" ?

Answer 1

The Battle of Thermopylae which was at a mountain pass where King Leonidas of Sparta & his band of 300 men held off Persian's efforts to pass through & head southwards towards the Greek cities.

Xxerxes wanted to punish the Greek city states for helping the Ionians (Greeks colonies in Asia Minor) in their revolt against the Persians & thus ordered invasion of the Greek mainland.

Unlike the movie, the traitor who showed the Persians the goat's path that led to the Spartans' rear was a farmer who was promised money in return for treachery, not the monstrous looking creature depicted in the moview. In any event, the farmer was later executed as Xxerxes declared he hates traitors.

Answer 2

It is based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (creator of Sin City) of the same name. The premise is that the Persians, threatened by the democracy established by the Greeks, decide to invade Greece. The Greeks are not warriors, so, they ask the Spartans to help them. The Spartans agree because if the Persians take Greece they will also take Sparta. The 300 Spartans stand off thousands of Persian soldiers and defeat them. The movie has graphic violence and gore, not unlike Sin City, but, it is a great movie. I loved it just as much as I liked the novel.

Answer 3

What do you want to know? It has been a major hit at the US Box Office. It is about the Battle of Thermopylae fought during the Persian War in 480 BC. During the fight, the Greeks were betrayed when someone told the Persians of another route above the pass enabling them to outflank the Greeks and come round behind them. To enable the rest of the army to escape 300 Spartans led by Leonidas (played by Gerard Butler) stayed and fought to the last man.

Edit: The Persians are not defeated in history - all the Spartans die, that's the point! I dunno about the film though.

Answer 4

Spartan King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight to the last man against Persian King Xerxes and his army of more than one million soldiers. Facing insurmountable odds, the Spartans' sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against the Persian invaders. In Sparta, Queen Gorgo attempts to rally support for her husband.

A group of Persian messengers arrive at Sparta, demanding submission to King Xerxes. Outraged and offended, Spartan King Leonidas kicks the messengers into a pit and resolves to fight the Persians. He visits the Oracle, explaining his plan and offering a customary payment in gold. Τhe Ephors, who have been bribed by Xerxes, interpret the Oracle's message to mean that Sparta should not go to war, so as to not interrupt the sacred Carneian festival.

Nevertheless, Leonidas gathers 300 of his best soldiers to fight the Persians. As they march north, they are joined by a group of Arcadians and other Greeks. Arriving at the narrow cliffs of Thermopylae, in sight of the Persian army, they build a wall to halt the Persians' advance. Ephialtes, a hunchbacked Spartan whose parents had left the city to save him from customary infanticide, approaches Leonidas, requesting to redeem his father's name in battle, and warning him about a secret goat path that the Persians could use to surround them. Leonidas turns the man away because of his inability to properly hold a shield.

Using the phalanx formation and hand to hand combat, the Spartans fight off numerous waves of Persian attackers, including an elite group of Persian soldiers called the Immortals. The 300 defend their position for a number of days and suffer few losses. Xerxes, impressed, approaches Leonidas directly and promises him wealth and power in exchange for his surrender. The Spartan king declines, saying that he will instead make the "God King" bleed. Shortly thereafter, an embittered Ephialtes reveals the goat path to Xerxes, and is promised a lucrative and powerful position in the Persian Empire.

Back in Sparta, Queen Gorgo, upon the advice of a councilman, attempts to enlist the influential Theron to help her persuade the Spartan council to send reinforcements to Leonidas. When invited into the palace, Theron agrees to help, but demands that Gorgo sleep with him. Gorgo reluctantly assents. Meanwhile, the Greeks realize that Ephialtes has betrayed them, and the Arcadians decide to retreat. Leonidas asks Dilios to use his rhetorical gifts to tell the story of the 300 to the Spartan people, and to ensure that they be remembered. Dilios reluctantly leaves with the Arcadians.

Queen Gorgo appears in front of the council, but is not supported by Theron, who furthermore accuses her of adultery. The Queen, enraged at this betrayal, snatches a sword from a nearby soldier and kills Theron. Persian coins fall from Theron's purse, and the Council denounces him as a traitor and unites against Persia. At Thermopylae, the 300 are surrounded by the Persian troops. Xerxes' spokesman demands their surrender, saying that Leonidas may keep his title as King of Sparta and become warlord of all Greece, answering only to Xerxes. Leonidas pretends to surrender by lowering his weopons and getting on his knees. But he utters the battle cry, and his fellow soldiers attack the Persians who are surprised by the attack since they were waiting for surrender. In the midst of the losing battle, Leonidas throws his spear at Xerxes, and wounds him on the cheek, thus delivering on his promise to make the "God King" bleed. Most of the 300 Spartan soldiers are dead or wounded on the ground. Xerxes signals for his archers to fire. The remaining Spartans are killed in the hail of arrows, with Leonidas dying last. Dilios eventually returns to Sparta and inspires the council with the bravery of the 300. Finishing the tale of the 300 a year later on a new battlefield, the narrator, now identified as Dilios, concludes that the Persian army, who defeated a mere 300 Spartans only with difficulty, must now be terrified to face 10,000 Spartans and 30,000 Greeks from the other city-states. The roused Greek host heads off to fight the Persian army, beginning the Battle of Plataea.

Hope that helps you out.

Answer 5

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11292.html

Answer 6

It's pretty violent.