"This is so freakin epic!" | Battle Formations | 300 (2006) | First Time Watching Movie Reaction

Yes, one may say it was "abs olutely epic" 🤪

My whole life is a constant battle between wanting to look like a Spartan and wanting to eat this cheeseburger. So far the cheeseburger is winning.

I gave more respect to Leonidas after finding out he was around 60 years old during the actual battle at Thermoplyae

“Come and get them” is an actual quote from King Leonidas. The Greek armored division (I believe) still uses it as their motto

“GIVE THEM NOTHING…BUT TAKE FROM THEM…EVERYTHING!” 🥶

"our arrows will cover the sun" "then we will fight in the shadow" i visited thermopyles battlefield, you still can feel the power

Leonidas was right about that being remembered. Even Julius Caesar himself mentioned him in his treatises.

"They are machines!" The Greek Phalanx was the very first military formation in history that required trained soldiers. So, when the Persian army (a big collection of individuals) came up against a wall of Spartans, that all moved in exact sync with each other, they very well may have thought they were fighting a literal killing machine. And imagine how the Persians felt after loosing 10,000 arrows at their enemy and hearing laughter in response.

The fact Gerard Butler keeps his Scottish accent in this film. Makes his scenes even better 😂 brave heart jumped into a Time Machine

The blonde lol "don't throw it away your gonna need it " Wife material

I saw 300 at the cinema when came out,still remember the goosebumbs in the first battle

Most Spartans painted ornate designs on their shields. Lions, dragons and anything they thought would intimidate the enemy. Plutarch recounts a story of a Spartan soldier who choose to paint a detailed life sized fly on the center of his shield. Many other soldiers were baffled why he would spend so much time detailing a tiny fly that no one would see. When asked why his response was "When I meet the enemy, I will be so close the fly will appear as large as a lion" Freaking legend.

The "Phalanx" was one heck of a battle formation that the Spartans definitely mastered. True Battle that really happened at "The Hot Gates of Thermoplyae"

Achilles: show me a king who fights his own battle Leonidas: hold my shield

Fun fact: the Termopili battle is not even the craziest battle spartans fought. In fact there was another called (translated word by word from italian) "battle without tears". In the 368 B.C. they invaded the Arcadian territory and, outnumbered, they won without a single loss. That's the reason we call it "without tears". Spartan soldiers were something else.

Now they see why Spartans were so respected and honored throughout history. They were literally bred and raised to be war machines.

"Sheeeesh - kabob" XD Hilarious pun from Popcorn in Bed.

When leonidas draws his sword, and how he moves off centre with each step and the way he covers ground is an amazing display of spatial awareness.

My favorite line “You had to say it, fight in the shade!”

Though they only have a shield in this movie, Spartan's wore bronze armor from head to toe in battle. Their shield alone weighted between 14-22 pounds add their full armor and you are looking at a warrior covered in over 80lbs, so their conditioning and strength is off the chart. That shield that was both offensive and defensive comprised of bronze/leather and wood and completed by a man trained from the age of 8 to fight and die for his people. A mind and fighting spirit honed by violence and survival and a body forged in the fires of relentless training and combat. For centuries the Spartans were unbeatable ON LAND, giving rise to this moment in time where these brave men immortalized themselves in one of the greatest acts of sacrifice and selflessness in the world. Molon Labe "come and get them"