Analysis essay

One day I watched a movie called 300. I personally thought it was one of the greatest movies I’ve ever watched. One of the main characters King Leonidas; He was the leader of the Spartans. They traveled across the ocean to take part in a battle against the Persians. However, they were fairly outnumbered 300 Spartans to over 300,000 Persian soldiers. As you can tell, you may think they are massively outnumbered. As King Leonidas said many times “Prepare for Glory” (Director Zack Snyder, 300). The Spartans had a myth where no matter what goes on you will always be victorious. The Spartans and Persians never really could get along. They had constant battles and wars but the Spartans could never really succeed. Though the battle for the land; was one of the biggest wars in history at that time. They made the movie seem very action packed and it’s very entertaining to watch. Whenever they start battle they went through many battles before attacking the Persians. Whenever they were caught off guard they had gotten attacked. The Spartans started with over 500 Warriors but through the way, they lost over 200 men. It all started when King Leonidas was young and the Persians took his father and cut his head off right in front of him. It had so much blood, gore, and violence. “the look and feel of this historic battle is perfect for the virtual backgrounds and obscene violence” (Jeff Bayer, Scorecard Review, Rottentomatoes.com). During the movie when they battled all you would see are spears going through bodies, heads being chopped off, and horses getting killed. One of the craziest scenes is when off in the distance, there were thousands of Persian warriors and next thing you know, they throw their spears and the sky just got dark. They obviously shielded themselves but the Spartans made a big formatting with their shields and just a shower of spears came crashing down on them. It was one of the most epic battles yet. After the spears came crashing down on them, they charged and there was nothing but blood and gore. Heads were being chopped off, Warriors getting stabbed, sliced, and killed. A big turning point is where one of King Leonidas main leader was captured right before the battle ended and King Leonidas couldn’t do anything because he was held back. One of the Persian warriors decapitated him right in front of him. It instantly reminded him of what happened to his dad when he was a kid. He lost it, he broke from the restraints from the Persians, stabbed one in the heart and the other one got his head cut off. Though it was too late the guy who decapitated one of his leaders fled from the battle and he was left their helpless. King Leonidas would soon have his revenge. As the Persians retreated after each attack they Spartans would move forward. Then as soon as they were caught off guard they were attacked again, and again. Soon they were able to make it to the shore where they camped out just outside the Persian Kingdom border. The Spartans often times traveled into the Persian Land to make offerings. During the beginning of the movie King Leonidas spotted a beautiful Queen by the name of Queen Gorgo. She was the queen of the Persians. So often, when the Spartan soldiers would go into Persian territories and make a peace toward each other, but in return they ended up battling monsters, and Persian Warriors. There were times where Queen Gorgo would sneak out of Persian territories and go see King Leonidas. There were Persian warriors spying on the mall the time. One night, a Persian warrior Spotted Queen Gorgo going into King Leonidas tent. The king of Persia didn’t like that and about a couple of days later the Persians came back to attack multiple times. Though some Persians weren’t as sneaky, some were caught and burned alive by the Spartans. Though one night, the Persians had a great plan of destroying the Spartans camp site. They had boulders, Flaming arrows, and spears. The Persians went all out on the last and final attack before the ending of the movie. Their campsite almost completely destroyed so the Spartans had to be very strategic about what they will do next, or will have to do. The Spartans gave the Persians one last and final offer and they refused. The Spartans plan was to get into the Persian kingdom and completely destroy the entire city. So they had to think long and hard about what they were going to do. It finally hit them. They thought of something that nobody in the history has ever done before. They offered the Persians a big gift, a giant wooden horse. You wouldn’t expect anything suspicious about a giant wooden horse right? Over 150 Spartan soldiers were hidden inside that wooden horse. They waited until nightfall before they would unleash on of the most epic and historic battles yet. The Spartans busted out of the horse catching the Persians completely off guard. The rest of the Spartans broke down the door and the battle began. Innocent Persian Civilians getting killed, Persian Warriors getting killed, The Spartans unleashed a massive wave of flaming arrows and boulders; which came crashing down on the city. Person after person getting killed. The King of Persia Tried to escape but his guards were killed and he had no choice but to surrender. The king of Persia gave up and let the Spartans win. Compared to over 300,000 Persian warriors to only 300 Spartan warriors it’s really hard to believe. It did really happen. The Spartans Caught the Persians so off guard they didn’t have enough time to respond and the Spartans completely destroyed them. Once they had the King of Persia the Spartans went back to their land and they have what they call “The Pit of Doom”. They tied the king up and King Leonidas delivers the best line in the entire movie “THIS IS SPARTA!!” and he kicked the king down the pit of doom and the king had died. If I were to honestly rate this movie I would give it a 5-5 starts. It is one of the greatest movies I have ever watched. I don’t think the movie will ever get old. By far, one of the best movies out there to date.