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Originally Posted by KhaoZ \FA\
Yeah, I've been trying to get everyone to watch the trailer since it came out last year, lol. Most people just don't seem interested till they watch it. That trailer got awards for trailer of the year last year, and I LOVE the NIN song that plays during it :)
What I love the most about it, is it's based on a true story, though in reality it was something like 150,000 vs 300, not a million like they're doing in the movie, but you have to Hollywood it up a bit i spose.
I especially love the style it's being shot in. The costume design, the sets, the environments. I was a huge fan of Sin City, and am a pretty big fan of anything that steps outside the norm without getting to wacky. It looks absolutely amazing though, and I can't wait :)
The guy in my Avatar is from that movie too btw. Woot!
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yeah it was more like 150,000 vs 7000. the first two days of teh battle athens had sent 6,000 soldiers, and the remaining 700 were actually vassals of the spartans. a local who knew the terrain was bribed by the persians to be taken around behind the spartan lines, as the persians only knew of the pass that the spartans held. when Leondias found out that he was gonig to be surrounded, he sent away everyone except for the 300 spartans he had taken with him. the casualties were really very largely disportionate. an estimated 20,000 persian casulaties to 1000 for the greeks. despite the overwhelming numbers, it was a heroic stand. a tactical victory for the persians, although at a great price. it gave the greeks hooooooope!
a funny thing, the guy who recieved the bribe from the persians, after he gave them the information, the persians kiilled him :-P