This movie was great in my opinion. It followed the events that actually took place very well, an the picture was awesome. It would definitely go on my top Sci-Fi/Fantasy list along with Gladiator, Patriot, Matrix, an Star Wars.
It doesn't...neither do the others.
Do younger people ever pick up a history book these days?
Anyway, there are multiple threads on 300 already in several forums. Close this one.
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No it is not - just because it looks hyper-stylized doesn't make it fantasy.
Closing...
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I can go to the comic book store, and in the Graphic Novel section find an illustrated bio of Martin Luther King (written by Andrew Helfer, drawn by Kyle Baker), or a book about a young man exploring Palestine ( written & drawn by Joe Sacco), or an animator's experience working in Pyongyang, North Korea etc etc...
Because the stories are in comic form, does that make them Science Fiction and Fantasy?
Give your head a shake.
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The movie has a Rhino, Elephants, a very tall Asiatic man held in chains, and a Persian executioner with knifeblades extending from his stumpy arms. None of these qualify as monsters or fantasy creatures - the latter two are horrific-looking humans at best.
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NO. IT. DOESN'T. ( I am speaking very slowly now...)
One hunchbacked greek traitor does not make a monster.
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Movie was based on actual events, but a lot of it was fake. Virgin being possessed by a supernatural being known as the oracle, guys on top of the hill that leonidas were speaking to were not even considered human anymore, tall asian man in chains was a monster in the movie not in real life, and the executioner of course is in no way realistic. Maybe we have the capability to give a man blades for hands today, but no way could that have been done during their times.
Taking historical events and twisting it with exaggerated action and adventure makes it partly fiction.
*sigh* the earth is not as simple as you think, keep an open mind. Frank Miller's 300 is narrated in way that people experience things that never witness before, like describing what a strawberry to someone who has never tasted a strawberry...anyways im getting side tracked.
The far reaches of the world, there's bound to be a atleast one disfigured 6'9 asian guy to be born, keep him in the dark, deprived, but keep him in shape and there you go, a monster. As for the tubby excecutioner, cut his forearms off and attach his arms with bone barrow from a large animal, shaped into blades, and cauterize his arms. make sure he's fat too...really fat and ugly, there you go.
Secondly, it is a work of fiction loosely based off of real events. There were no wizards in the film, no magic, etc. The Oracle was actually something used in real life... so that part of the film was actually fairly accurate.
There were some disfigured humans in the film, but that doesn't make it fantasy all of the sudden.
And like Dr. Strangelove said, even if this movie did belong in a sub-forum, it would be the Comic Book Movies one.
Well, since I saw an Uruk-Hai in Persian Army straight from Lord of the Rings, I see why this can be considered a fantasy film.
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It's got some fantasy elements into it but for the most part I do agree that it's not a fantasy film. Yes, I know there's no monsters in real life or in history but in the film many of the characters were portrayed as monsters. Hear the storyteller, he'll describe something as literally not human. Like the figures that Leonidas talked to on top of the hill. I know the oracle was real by historical accounts, but there was mystique in the movie. The virgin was possessed by some supernatural spirit. Yes the immortals were real persian soldiers at one time. In the movie, however, they were literally considered barely human. Just look at their faces when the mask is off. And it's safe to assume that the character in chains was supposed to be a monster of some sort in the movie, not in real life. He's got the look and feel of a troll you'd see in a fantasy film.
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