New "300" Trailer is ... Also Awesome

Damn right you are! The trailer is awesome. It's like Lord of the Rings meets Troy. I still have to read the book though and find out why it's entitled 300. Coz I don't get it. I just don't get it. Anybody wanna enlighten me?

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Its about the 300 spartans that held off the Persian armies in the Persian-Greco war and kicked much ass.

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For anyone who didn't see the trailer, I'll sum it up: a lot of yelling, usually involving the word "Sparta".

This movie looks laughably cheesy.

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The movie/book have the title of "300" because it is about Spartan King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan soldiers who tried to fight off the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae ... The size of Persian army that the Spartans fought was said to be anywhere from 100k to 1 million strong ... It's actually quite an interesting story about the Spartan army & that particular battle ...

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It's sooo over the top, if the movie is really hours of yelling like that it'll be tough to watch, but the trailer itself is great. I'll definitely want to see it in the theater.

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The other best thing is that the title looks almost exactly like the Chrysler 300M logo did at one point.

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I think the trailer looks amazing and the movie should be even better. I really don't think the movie will consist of a dialogue full of shouting. Obviously, there will be scenes that call for it, but I'm sure there will be a lot more plot development centering around him growing up from a child into a man. This, of course, is all speculation.

Either way, I'll be first in line to see it.

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Looks visually awesome, wait to see if it has substance. That trailer has got my $15.

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its awesome tribute to erick..and his style

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This preview is awsome,the movie looks like it has enough to keep me interested and about the shouting i think the movie would not be like that i know sin city was not all screaming all the time but was great when it did do it at the right times and considering that this is another frank miller creation i would be 1st on line for this movie.

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I'm a huge Gerard Butler fan & just know he'll be great in it ,& the trailer looks very interesting!

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god you people are idiots.

"why is it called 300?"
try paying attention in a history class sometime.

"if the movie is really hours of yelling like that it'll be tough to watch"
Its a quick trailer about an action oriented film. The use of loud speaking evokes the same response as a loud clashy action sequence.

"title looks almost exactly like the Chrysler 300M logo"
God I hope you are being sarcastic. The logo is designed to look exactly like the logo on the original Graphic Novel

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This will definitely be one of the best films of 2007 without a doubt.
The true history of the Spartans, their upbringing and their battles are just as entertaining as this film will be.

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Watching the 300 trailer only makes more excited for Gerry Butler's film career. He is the hero everyone, female or male, need! Zach does an incredible job in his recreation of Frank Miller's story of these heroic Spartans! Go the 300 "blog" and the actual drawings versus film frame. You want excitement?! Gerry is King Leonidas! He doesn't act! He "becomes!" That is what makes it worth seeing and standing in line for ANYTHING the man is in! March 9th is marked on my calendar! (Unless, of course, Gerry needs a date to the premiere of 300...:-) I'll go early, be with him and avoid the lines...)

Janet "the other Scot"

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As far as the 300, Im not that up on the exact history, but the number refers to the 300 true Spartan soldiers alone. Historicaly there were hundreds more which more or less included pages, doctors, cooks, and other peole of that nature. Each Spartan might of had a Page, someone who's like there gopher. Who does all thier weopon cleaning and preperation, maybe preparing food. Basically whatever the Spartan soldier they are under needs them to do as part of their Spartan training, and in the end they would end up fighting as well. However the true Spartan soldiers who had gone through the years of training, and gained the honor of being called a Spartan warrior, apparently stand at the 300 count, more or less.
There was also a thousand or so soldiers from closer Greek areas near Thermopolyae(spell check sry). Most of which would consist of farmers and other such common people. They came to help the Spartans, but were never to be considered real soldiers, though they did help and defend the rear of the Spartan front. They are represnted in the original 300 Graphic Novel, and I assume they will be in the movie as well.
Thats all I can say about the historical side.
Again the 300 is the number of true Spartan warriors who were there and who ultimatley stayed until the very end.

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The Battle of Thermopylae took place during the Greece-Persia war in roughly the 5th century BC. Some 30 city-states of central and southern Greece met in Corinth to devise a common defense (others, including the oracle at Delphi, sided with the Persians). They agreed on a combined army and navy under Spartan command, with the Athenian leader Themistokles providing the strategy. The Spartan king Leonidas led the army to the pass at Thermopylae, near present-day Lamia, the main passage from northern into central Greece.

One of the best points at which to hold off an invader was at Thermopylae, a narrow valley adjacent to the sea. The attacker could not pass to the seaward side, and to go inland would mean a significant detour. Other armies could risk this, but Xerxes could not.

On the other hand, a defender could take a stand with comparatively few men. A wall had once been built here, and a small fort. The Greeks rebuilt the wall and waited.

The Greek strategy was to delay the land force and to defeat the Persians at sea, then starve the Persian army. It should have worked, but from the beginning everything seemed to go wrong.

To begin with, the Greek army was surprised to see the Persians arrive so soon. They had hoped to get more reinforcements. On the other side, Xerxes had excellent information and knew that the Greeks were waiting for him. He set up camp on the plain below the pass. He was confident, but the army was so large that it could not afford to wait in any one place for very long.

He sent scouts up the valley to ascertain the nature of the opposition. The Spartans had duty on the outside wall, where they were waiting watchfully. The scouts were astounded to see the Spartans doing calisthenics and braiding their hair. Xerxes could not believe they intended to fight against hopeless odds. He announced his presence and waited four days for them to leave.

The Greeks did not leave. Exasperated, and aware of his supply situation, Xerxes ordered an attack on the fifth day. He sent the Medes against the Greeks, ordering Spartans be taken alive, so confident he was of easy victory.

The Spartans retreated, running away, even to the point of turning their backs on the enemy. The Medes, sure that they were winning the victory they had expected, broke ranks to pursue, whereupon the Spartans turned and fought savagely. After sharp fighting, the Medes were defeated.

Xerxes now sent in the Immortals, his best troops. The Spartans employed the same strategy, with the same results. Xerxes was furious. Another day's fighting yielded no better for the Persians.

The fighting was all the more remarkable in that the Greeks had failed utterly in the sea battle and the Persians had complete control of the sea. The sole purpose now for the battle was to delay the inevitable as long as possible.

At this point, treachery undid their heroic efforts.

Ephialtes, a man from Malis, went to King Xerxes and told him that he knew of a goat path that went around the Greek position and debouched behind their lines. After initial skepticism, Xerxes discovered the man was telling the truth. He made his preparations.

The Greeks knew of the path, of course. There were, in fact, more than one path, winding among the mountains. The men of Phocis were posted on the most likely path, but the Persians slipped past them by way of a different path under cover of night.

The Greeks learned of the treachery near morning. They would barely have time to escape from the trap. Leonidas told the other Greeks to return home, to fight another day, but the Spartans stayed. The Thespians and Thebans joined them. There were no more than a few thousand who stayed.

Greeks knew they were about to die and they fought all the more fiercely for it. The Spartans put up the stoutest resistance, taking their stand on a little hill and fighting in a circle facing outward with enemies all around.

When Leonidas was killed, he was some distance away. Some of the Spartans formed a tight group, fought their way to his body, picked it up, then fought their way back to the main group on the hill.

The Persians seemed utterly unable to annihilate the last 300 Spartans. They demanded the body of Leonidas in return for the Spartan's lives, but the men refused to abandon the body of their King, declaring: "A Spartan leaves the field with his shield or upon it"

At last, the Spartans were killed by a hail of spears and arrows, the Persians fearing to close with these fearsome warriors.

At the end only 2 Spartans lived! One was away at the time sent away to find more help! The second was blinded in battle and left with the sick and hurt troops that fled while Leonidas and his men fought to the death! He later hung him self! The first one later fought in the up coming war that took place after this battle! In that battle 5,000 Spartan warriors destroyed the Persian Army once and for all!!

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