2007-03-30 04:27:36 · 11 answers · asked by WAWAYNE 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Once the Spartans, being greatly outnumbered, did stand up to the Persians but remember that it's a historical fact that's been distorted in the telling and retelling until, now, it's a legend and can't be considered to be historical fact.
Secondly, the story was made into a graphic novel (comic book for adults) and so it was further distorted (such as adding mutant Persian warriors with swords as arms or whatever).
Thirdly, the graphic novel was then made into the movie and they wanted an artistic rendering not a literal and historically accurate rending of the battle and times.
Lastly, keep in mind the movie is told from the narrator's viewpoint. The guy who lost his eye and was sent back to Sparta with the King's necklace is telling the tale and, naturally, his own perceptions and emotions are coloring what he tells and, consequently, what we see because it's meant to be as if he's telling us and the rest of the Spartans the story
So, is it "true?" It's based on fact but it's fictionalized fact.
2007-03-30 14:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, based on the 300 Spartan soldiers under Leonidas, King of Sparta... who blocked the Persian Army a the Pass of Thermopylae...
Xerxes, the Persian Emperor (485-465 BC) is seeking to invade and absorb the Greek States (Athens in particular)...
RIGHT NOW, on the History Channel is a show titled "Last Stand Of The 300"
I haven't seen the MOVIE "300", but understand it's in the style of a Comic-Book (Graphic-Novel)... and is LOOSELY based on the facts...
2007-03-30 12:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is based on a Graphic Novel, which is based on a True Story, but it didn't happen quite the way it did in the movie.
2007-03-30 11:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by GuitarGod2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there was a guy named Leonidas. He was King of Sparta. There was another dude named Xerxes. Also, there was a battle of Thermopylae and 300 Spartans fought.
Other than that...no.
2007-03-30 11:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by retropink 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it was based on a comic that was based on an actual battle (the battle of Thermopylae) during the Greco Persian war.
2007-03-30 11:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by on my way 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO,that movie is LIE
they want to make a bad and wild image from iranians in the world
you can goto www.300themovie.info and see the REAL history of iranian.
2007-03-30 13:12:32 · answer #6 · answered by margemoosh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw on Fox News that the movie was very factual. Suposedly that is how they fought. Sad, huh?
2007-03-30 11:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Vanessa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course!!!!
Leonidas was a real person, all movie is fantastc, so similar to history. Really they did an excellent job with this movie
2007-03-30 11:33:09 · answer #8 · answered by petite 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who Cares . Its Absolutely Awesome anyways .
2007-03-30 11:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by Vicky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes very VERY lossely -dont look for historic acuracy but the events are based on real events
2007-03-30 11:31:35 · answer #10 · answered by baseballlover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋