Comments on: 300 Prequel/Sequel Moving Forward

By: Paul Grant

Paul Grant — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:16:18 +0000

sequel and prequel should be made. nothing else worth watching in theaters lately. it won’t necessarily be as good, plot-wise, as 300, but i’d sure love to see an exaggerated, skewed, but awesome version of the historical counts of the greco-persian war. plus…i need some extra motivation to start working out again…

- mr. grant

By: qwqqqwqwqw

qwqqqwqwqw — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:25:26 +0000

this film has riled me up, i’m gonna hunt me some ragheads now

By: logan

logan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:45:27 +0000

its just a movie so all of you stop complaining about, what movie is accurate, just accept the fact that hollywood is just a bunch of idiots trying to make money

By: Valcanon

Valcanon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:07:50 +0000

Hate when I think of extra things after I post…

Spartan Phalanx was mentioned in the movie yet rarely followed. I thought this was good though, because it would be rather dull to see spartans huddle together like a giant wall of turtles and poking people to death.

As for that random scene of homo-sexual women, I think it has a reason. Xerxes thought he was a ‘god on Earth’ and more than likely at the time homo-sexuality was a taboo. The fact that he breaks this taboo makes him seem eviler?

By: Valcanon

Valcanon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:00:12 +0000

For every one of you who argues that it is not historically accurate, you are correct. 300 was based on the graphic novel, 300, which was based on a real event called the Battle of Thermopylae. There were far more than 300 soldiers in the real event, thousands of Greeks fought on land and on sea. Perhaps only 300 (301 if that doesn’t include Leonidas) Spartans attended. Perhaps 1000. History is written by who won the fight, so we’ll never know how many actually fought, but that has nothing to do with this movie nor the book it is based on. 300 wasn’t realistic because it was based on a fantasy novel. If you want a ‘real’ version of 300 look in your local Wal-Mart for a low-budget edition, which will probably be called The 300 Spartans or something of that sort.

By: Jason Tanis

Jason Tanis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:34:28 +0000

I hope they make a sequel but not a fantasy one. Tell the real story, the real story is better than fantasy crap. The battle of salamis, the battle of marathon, the battle of thermopylae, the battle of plataea. All awesome stories. I just want to better understand what happened and what it would have been like to be a greek at the time.

By: RomOno

RomOno — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:32:44 +0000

Frank Miller has always described 300 as a campfire tale. To me the sum of its parts is greater than the whole. I enjoyed the movie first as a Frank Miller fan and loved that, although Snyder followed the comic closely, it wasn’t as choppy as Sin City. I could not believe the unbelievable conditioning the actors endured and appreciated that they fit the part rather than slapping a rubber bat suit on any old actor willing to suffer for the cash. I was surprised that my wife enjoyed the movie more than I did but testosterone dripping he-men seem to get that reaction from women which probably explains a lot of the box office. Also, it was visually entertaining and had many memorable scenes. Many movies have left a bigger impression on me and without a doubt this movie doesn’t come close to be in the top 1,000 of all time but it sure as hell is better than 90% of the films crapped out on an annual basis.

By: ambyr

ambyr — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:18:43 +0000

i loved 300 but shouldnt it been called 302? 300 of their best soldiers plus the captain and king lionides.. anyways i would to love to see a prequel the movie ended with plataea and the sequel should start with battle of plataea and move on to the navel battle of salamis

By: UltraMagnus

UltraMagnus — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:40 +0000

300 was killer. I’d love to see a movie that serves as a prequel and sequel simultaneously. Those are fun. Everyone almost always agrees tha the original was teh best; except for the case of, say STAR WARS, where the second film to be created remains at the top of the list. I saw 300 in the theaters four times. I’ll go back and see another movie about these characters for sure!

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:28 +0000

I really thought the movie was something new and really enjoyed it. I would love to see a sequel to this film. I kind of think that the prequels are getting old and want something new.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:45:20 +0000

How could anyone say that 300 was a bastardization of history. It was originally a huge success for Frank Miller in dark horse comics. it was based on The 300 Spartans movie that frank saw as a kid. Zach Snyder just wanted to make a great comic book movie. He never wanted to offend anyone by making this movie. I loved the movie because I’ve been following Frank’s work for years, and I will for years to come. Next you’ll hear someone say Sin City was offending crime bosses and its not historically correct.

Joker

By: The Hype: A Sequel to 300? « Final Thoughts

The Hype: A Sequel to 300? « Final Thoughts — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:16 +0000

[...] The fine folks over at Slashfilm are reporting that prequel/sequel is in the works for 300. [...]

By: James

James — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:21:14 +0000

I think it is pointless to debate 300’s accuracy. In reality it is beyond inaccurate. It’s nowhere close to the actual events, plus the more spectacular battle was just before that - the Battle of Marathon - where a vastly outnumbered Athenian force repelled the Persians back to the sea. The Spartans showed up only after the battle, despite the runner who sprinted 120 miles to Sparta to enlist their help (ie, the famous Marathon legend). The actual force that kept the Persians back during the events of 300 numbered more than 3000; also, a major Greek force was there, but withdrew AFTER it was discovered the Persians were about to surround them.

One last point - the chances are good that it was the Athenians that bribed the Spartan oracle (they had done this before). The Persians actually had a beef with Athens, thanks to a beef between them and Xerxes’ grandfather.

But 300’s major faux pas? The Spartans were actually the ‘boy lovers’ :)

Really, though, who cares? The movie was awesome, but I doubt a prequel would be a good idea. 300 was an unexpected one-hit wonder. Any more movies from that franchise, much like The Matrix, would just pale in comparison and risk changing it all into a big movie cliche. Besides, Miller’s often-jingoistic stories are usually only good for a single punch.

By: ChrisB

ChrisB — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:49:30 +0000

Shakespeare wasn’t historically accurate either. His plays are still great entertainment. Of course there are those idiots who think that anything in a movie based on history is accurate, but that is why they are idiots. They are like people who watch a movie based on a book hoping that it will be a substitute for reading.
I would enjoy seeing a well made movie that presents a more accurate account of ancient Sparta, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a fiction like 400. This type of liberty rarely bothers me. It doesn’t here.

By: Pseudo

Pseudo — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:39:14 +0000

I don’t know if anybody realized, but the whole movie was told by a man rallying an army. That is why the movie was insanely bias and portrayed the Spartan Army as such jacked, fierce, and courageous men. Sure in real history there was no minotaurs and huge monster type things. We know it wasn’t true, but did the Greeks back then? No. To the normal average citizen of the Greek peninsula, there could have been those animals and monsters in battle. Heck how should they have known?

By: Greyson

Greyson — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:03:37 +0000

I know I’m in the 1 percentile here, but I didn’t care for 300. I couldn’t relate to the story I guess. I still think Gladiator was better. Not only was 300 not accurate, but it wasn’t even a good film.

Dare I say that The Number 23 was better? Yeah, I said it.

By: John

John — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:50:40 +0000

The prequel to 300, tentatively titled The 299?

By: Gemfinder

Gemfinder — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:07:45 +0000

I hit on this idea for a sequel/paraquel scenario: Show the battle of Plataea, and meanwhile,”back home” in Lacodaemon…
…Leonidas’s son is going through his egoge, and that is to climb the mountain and kill the traitorous Ephors. They’re the only thing standing in his way to inheriting his father’s throne. This way we preserve the “bigger picture epic vs. parlour drama” tack the the first film took.
Yeah, the kid’s barely six. But Gorgo and her Senator friend are threatened by some of Theron’s adherents and they decide to push the kid into his rite of passage early. Hey, he’s a Spartan…he can handle it…

By: JImmy Joseph

JImmy Joseph — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:37:40 +0000

That was actualyl a very good movie!

By: Sonny Bunch » Almost certainly a terrible idea

Sonny Bunch » Almost certainly a terrible idea — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:33:04 +0000

[...] not a surprising one. /Film reports that a sequel (or possibly a prequel) is in the works for 300. Now, I loved 300–it’s [...]