Two days before the official release in Greece, the movie about the battle of Thermopylae was screened in a grand premiere in Athens. A whole multiplex (14 cinemas, about 2700 seats) was dedicated to Leonidas and his 300 men who fought the Persians in 480 B.C.Of course, the movie is based on the "300" comic book which is loosely based on the actual battle. Some in Greece will yell against the "distorted history" but, well, it's just a movie.
P.S.
In the movie, King Xerxes of Persia is pronounced with a "Z". Please, it's X like X-box, not Z like in Xena. :-)
P.S. 2
Look how King Xerxes looked like and how he is depicted in the movie. Good thing this will never be released in Iran. :-)
6 comments:
Ειχε πολυ ωραιο μπουφε στο τελος!!!
nice review on 300!
My husband will be rushing to see that! We had to make a special visit to Thermopylae when we there, and to Sparta!
Bloggers, tonight, we wright no ink
;-)
Thanks for the info and link to Xerxes. My friend saw the movie last weekend and really loved it.
Thankss for this blog post
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