Bad movies

[McNeo]

From a historian's point of view, I agree, but from a cinematic point of view, I disagree. I enjoyed that movie, however un-history-like it may have been, but I will agree, the Ten Thousand so-called immortals weren't Orcs, and they were indeed light infantry, who didn't have two short swords, but had wicker shields and longer swords and spears.

That idiot they call Xerxes wearing that silly amount of piercings is completely untrue, he would have been wearing a persian style hat, which is kind of a cross between a birthday hat and the pope's one. I think. kinda triangular anyway. But, he did have somthing like that ridiculous throne.

Also, the slaves probably died alot faster than the spartans themselves, and those who came to aid the spartans numbered about 2000. All of them were tasked in defending a mountain pass not too much larger than the pass the spartans were guarding, and they failed.

Also, I love how Leonidas rants on about a Phalanx, and you never once see a phalanx in any battle, because you see a formation, and then it disintegrates just before the battle.

Also, arrows from Persian composite bows usually go through any shields of that period, due to the fact that composite bows are more efficient at delivering power and that the Persian archers pulled back the arrows to their ear rather than the norm of the shoulder. A shield would never survive more than 4 to 6 arrow hits, let alone thirty.

Oh yeah, did I mention Leonidas died in the middle of the battle of Thermopolae, not at the end?

Historically, its funny to think how much they got wrong.

Cinematically, its a great movie, with lots of action and well acted roles. I dont understand how it's anti Iranian propaganda either, as the story, its art and its general accessories such as nill armour on the Spartans are ripped straight from a comic book...