Take a look at the CGI from the first Lord of the Rings films and compare it to the images in today's Marvel movies: despite better technology, the CGI in today's films is often crap. Not because of the level of technology, of course, but for budgetary reasons.
And yet movies and TV shows today are still copying this movie's look and style. Even though the CGI didn't age too well, this still looks and feels so cool.
0:40 Persian Soldier: I ain't moving my ass away from this spot. This is my spot, I got here first. That dangerously charging armored wild rhino can go past by circumventing around me.
im greek and i remember this testosterone boost scene when i watched it on cinema back then . Oh what a scene what a music. You should watch it in greece
I reeeeeeeeaaaally don’t wanna be that guy but the Persians were actually very skilled soldiers especially the immortals that could go toe to toe with even royal Spartans. The reason the Greeks lasted so long on Thermopylae is because Leonidus would rotate his troops on the front lines so they could last longer instead of getting tired and eventually die instead allowing the fresh troops to go in front and have the tired ones sit behind and rest. That’s how he was able to use roughly 6000 Greeks in a narrow passage to hold off roughly 200,000 soldiers of the strongest army in the world at the time. Which is also why when the immortals got thrown into the fray the Greeks started taking significant losses because they couldn’t cycle the troops out before the immortals killed them. Once they got outflanked, the Greek line collapsed and were slaughtered by the immortals along with leonidus. Nonetheless an impressive feet to last that long while so outnumbered.
Love this scene!! Oddly it's kind of historically accurate, in the sense that the Achaemenid Empire used lot's of exotic animals!! Especially the larger and fierce Indian Elephants!!
Very highly not historically accurate lol There were people with spears and some animals. That's about 90% of the similarities. Where are the Helots or the 3 - 5 thousand other greek fighters. Where is the Phalanx.
@@raihanfarrelofficial There is a difference though, the Carthaginians used the African Forest Elephant, while the Achaemenids used the larger and fiercer Indian Elephant!
I was there in the cinema watching it with my son way back then and we had the wildest time. Loved every so called toxic masculinity minute the movie threw at us.
@@MoonLightFML u realise they employed scribes to toot their own horns right? fear mongereing got half the work done...Greeks were the OG...evn persians did it later.. im sure they took a lot of vassals for their army... but Asia wasnt really so 'dark' as they mention!...much more civilised than europe! and neither army could scartch the surface of Ancient India! Im sure u were taught otherwise in the West
@@joshuahiltpold248one of the oldest lies to exist!😅 Heavily pushed by Brits n other European powers in the late 19th century India! Aling with the "Aryan invasion theory" Using scribes to spread their "undefeated" narrative is an old Greek tradition! Alexander fought and lost on the borders of modern day afghanistan/paxtan to the smallest contingent army of Ancient India! His million plus army and slaves barely managed to defeat 20,000 soldiers of Pururavas! When history questioned about why he didn't venture further into India if he won? They were ready with a kiloton of hot crap about having "mutiny" within the army..others claiming he was bit by a mosquito and caught malaria!!!🫡 Pretty convenient!!😂 Fact: He barely managed to face off the might of Pururavas who sh!tmixed the mighty Alexander... He probably was great ...but just not in India! Btw how can u claim to defeat a whole subcontinent when u barely managed to enter the gates n fall?!?!
Chaos Marauders, Chaos Dwarfs, Hedonites, a mutated Ogre Butcher, accurately sized Chaos Mammoths and of course a Slaaneshi Lord. Xerxes' army in 300 is probably the closest we'll ever see to a Warhammer Fantasy Chaos horde in a Hollywood film.
Random Persian soldier: "Yes, let's just stand right in front of a giant charging Rhino, what could go wrong?" 🤣🤣
3000 years later they have a lot of trouble in threat perception.
You can just smell the 2006 in every second of this one.
It's just the style of the movie, not of the time.
It's called the Zack Snyder
2007
Take a look at the CGI from the first Lord of the Rings films and compare it to the images in today's Marvel movies: despite better technology, the CGI in today's films is often crap. Not because of the level of technology, of course, but for budgetary reasons.
And yet movies and TV shows today are still copying this movie's look and style. Even though the CGI didn't age too well, this still looks and feels so cool.
"Xerxes is displeased with his generals". LOL!
I guess my algorithm for this weeks is the 300🤷
0:40 Persian Soldier: I ain't moving my ass away from this spot. This is my spot, I got here first. That dangerously charging armored wild rhino can go past by circumventing around me.
When there are too many people running out of the way, one person must definitely be hit
Yhi chiz same Indian film makers karte h 😂
movie was filmed in like 30 days, its crazy how good the end result is.
I didn’t know that fact 👍
6BC propaganda still going on in 2006 AD!😅
That handsaw monster looks straight out of the middle ages european fantasy stories i read ...
😅
Damn Leonidus had the makings of a varsity safari hunter
Those elephants reminds me about Hannibal Barca crossing the alps
One of the best movies I've ever seen...
im greek and i remember this testosterone boost scene when i watched it on cinema back then . Oh what a scene what a music. You should watch it in greece
Wow, all that blood splattering all around and none is on them or on the ground... amazing 😅
Persian blood is afraid of Spartan Chad skins!
🤣
RIP to all the poor animals used in humanity's wars
2:28 Tell me you wouldn’t see that guy in Castlevania?
0:42 It's how you tell a story that matters the most. And as fake as this scene looks .. it's amazing.
Xerxes learned a hard lesson: Quantity doesn't always equal Quality
I reeeeeeeeaaaally don’t wanna be that guy but the Persians were actually very skilled soldiers especially the immortals that could go toe to toe with even royal Spartans. The reason the Greeks lasted so long on Thermopylae is because Leonidus would rotate his troops on the front lines so they could last longer instead of getting tired and eventually die instead allowing the fresh troops to go in front and have the tired ones sit behind and rest. That’s how he was able to use roughly 6000 Greeks in a narrow passage to hold off roughly 200,000 soldiers of the strongest army in the world at the time. Which is also why when the immortals got thrown into the fray the Greeks started taking significant losses because they couldn’t cycle the troops out before the immortals killed them. Once they got outflanked, the Greek line collapsed and were slaughtered by the immortals along with leonidus. Nonetheless an impressive feet to last that long while so outnumbered.
Didnt the Persians win this battle because they had quantity lol
2:46 almost 20 years later, i just catch that the emissary is on the right
Someone needs to make Gates of Fire into a movie.
Poor animals
The fake muscles really stand out now 18 years later
Fake !! That's it , no more Sparta gym for me 🤔 😂😂😂
Rhino are endangered
and now you know why :D
@@matz921Overhunted
Thanks Tyler Bates for badass Soundtrack
2:52 bro said damn that was'nt a nice plan
The most badass part is the fact Leonidus was watching his two Spartans show off while probably killing mad fools himself.
Still only counts as one.
Nice reference to Legolas killing the Oliphant in LOTR The Return of the King.
The first hd movie
Like slicing cheesecake.
What if Achilles was also fighting along with spartans 😅
It's hardly a mercenary, would change the outcome of the battle, even if it was there! Either way it will be the same since he never existed.
A Rhinoceros? that's imposseros!
Khezi does what she can she see something before they move and do it before them
I didn't remember that Magneto was in this movie.
“Somebody’s got to watch your back”
“Not now I’m a little busy”
was that a gay joke
Gay people always looking for gay talks 😂😂. Not everything is gay bro
Most Masculine Testosterone movie of all times!!!
Love this scene!! Oddly it's kind of historically accurate, in the sense that the Achaemenid Empire used lot's of exotic animals!! Especially the larger and fierce Indian Elephants!!
Source: Trust me bro!😅
Achaemenids copied Carthaginians
Very highly not historically accurate lol There were people with spears and some animals. That's about 90% of the similarities. Where are the Helots or the 3 - 5 thousand other greek fighters. Where is the Phalanx.
@@user-jn7bq8wh1e Source: Nonfiction history books and historians!
@@raihanfarrelofficial There is a difference though, the Carthaginians used the African Forest Elephant, while the Achaemenids used the larger and fiercer Indian Elephant!
I love how in the last fight scene one of the guys they kill is some random Wolverine-looking asshole XD
He looked like Chewbacca 😢
X-Men Origins: Magneto
One Piece Origins: Garp
This part always makes me feel bad for the big fatboi elephants
Monsters and grotesque spectacles?? Lol those are poor endangered elephants and rhinos. Pity Greenpeace didn't talk to xerxes
I was there in the cinema watching it with my son way back then and we had the wildest time. Loved every so called toxic masculinity minute the movie threw at us.
Both elephant 🐘 n 🦏 rhinos are endangered due to Xerxes n Leonides.
Are those the real Narrators ? Never saw it in English bc the German Version is so much better with the darker Voices
David wenham narrates
"Xerxes sends his army from the darkest corners of Asia!"
Shows an African guy get decapitated!😅
You should take a look of how many countries was into the Persian army
@@MoonLightFML u realise they employed scribes to toot their own horns right? fear mongereing got half the work done...Greeks were the OG...evn persians did it later..
im sure they took a lot of vassals for their army...
but Asia wasnt really so 'dark' as they mention!...much more civilised than europe!
and neither army could scartch the surface of Ancient India!
Im sure u were taught otherwise in the West
@@user-jn7bq8wh1e yeah except for Alexander the Great
@@joshuahiltpold248one of the oldest lies to exist!😅
Heavily pushed by Brits n other European powers in the late 19th century India!
Aling with the "Aryan invasion theory"
Using scribes to spread their "undefeated" narrative is an old Greek tradition!
Alexander fought and lost on the borders of modern day afghanistan/paxtan to the smallest contingent army of Ancient India!
His million plus army and slaves barely managed to defeat 20,000 soldiers of Pururavas!
When history questioned about why he didn't venture further into India if he won?
They were ready with a kiloton of hot crap about having "mutiny" within the army..others claiming he was bit by a mosquito and caught malaria!!!🫡
Pretty convenient!!😂
Fact: He barely managed to face off the might of Pururavas who sh!tmixed the mighty Alexander...
He probably was great ...but just not in India!
Btw how can u claim to defeat a whole subcontinent when u barely managed to enter the gates n fall?!?!
@@joshuahiltpold248Alexander barely got past the indus before his army was butchered at hydaspes barely pulling out a victory against a regional ruler
LOTR elephants, far better
Chaos Marauders, Chaos Dwarfs, Hedonites, a mutated Ogre Butcher, accurately sized Chaos Mammoths and of course a Slaaneshi Lord. Xerxes' army in 300 is probably the closest we'll ever see to a Warhammer Fantasy Chaos horde in a Hollywood film.
PeeWee
cgi so shit lmao
Intentionally. This special look shows how it looks in the comic. The source for the movie was a comic
@@DerDarkKnight regardless, it still doesn't make for a pleasant viewing experience lol
@@theboulder4914it was unique at the time. Now it just looks a bit shit
@@tonypine3434 also movie is lowkey racist
This movie was so stupid.
and gay
Stupid but fun while it lasted.
1962 original otherwise with such colors
A bit racist, I would say. Persian employed Greeks for hire too in thier armies, they only show POC in this one.