A few weeks ago, I reviewed the movie "Troy" and said we need more movies like this. However, it's sad that most of the movies we get now are more about fist fighting, gun shooting, superheroes, or magic. We no longer get films where swords are used. We can say we get time travel series, but they don't make movies like "Troy" again. Recently, I searched for movies with intense sword battles, and I came across the movie "300."
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Yeah, many people must have watched this movie before and yeah, I have also watched it too but while watching it again, it felt like I was watching it for the first time again. There is so much I missed the first time I watched it, and some of my favorites line in the movie were when the Spartans heard that the Persian soldiers were immortals and King Leonidas said,
"Let's put their name to the test.!"
Or when the Persian war general asked the Spartans soldiers to put down their weapon and the reply was
"Come and take them!
Another part I love is when King Leonidas 'responds to the Persians' claim that their arrows will block out the sun,
"We will fight in the shade."
Now, I won't talk more about some of my favorite like, I would just say them and I would see if people who have watched the movie can remember where the line was used. Lines like
"Give them nothing! But take from them everything!"
"It's an honor to die at your side" / "It's an honor to have lived at yours" -
"Spartans! Prepare for glory!"
"This is Spartan"
For those who haven't watched it, I would write a short review on the storyline so I won't be adding too many spoilers.
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Storyline
The movie "300" is the retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae (Note: It's fictional), where 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas fought against the massive Persian army. The story begins with King Leonidas receiving a visit from a Persian messenger, demanding Earth and water as symbols of submission to King Xerxes. Leonidas rejects the demand, while giving him the "This is Spartan Kick" and the Persians threaten to destroy Sparta. Not a lot of people supported him, yet they don't want to lose their land. Despite knowing the odds are against them, Leonidas and his 300 Spartans decide to hold off the Persians at the narrow pass of Thermopylae for reinforcement to come, but it never came, and it led to a glorious death. The death of who, the Persians or Spartans?
This is why I would love to recommend this movie to you so you can watch it and I am sure you will love it. Trust me, I have never given a bad movie before, especially when it comes to sword-and-sorcery kinds of movies. I would rate the movie a 9.8/10. Yes, it is that interesting.
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Thanks for reading. My name is Fastioluwa.
