What Is A Movie Historically Accurate

The film “300” is directed by Zack Synder and depicts the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE when King Leonidas and 300 Spartans went to battle against the Persian empire led by King Xerxes. While the film has outstanding cinematography and encapsulates Spartan warrior culture, however, it does drastically exaggerate historical accuracy.

In terms of accuracy, the film is more of a hyperbolic interpretation than one that could be considered entirely historically accurate. Many obvious reasons allude to this being more for entertainment than accuracy, as the movie has overdramatized the strength the Spartans have. It depicts Spartans as having super-human strength, which is comparable to the way Marvel movies portray their fictional superheroes.

While the Spartans are the best of the best in terms of this era, it was a poor depiction of their strength. The film completely disregards the sense that they are still, in fact, human beings. The film also has some major inconsistencies when it comes to their interpretation of the Persians. Their depiction includes massively demonizing them, describing them to be monstrous and deformed. Essentially, in light terms, the movie was very racially motivated when it came to the descriptions. The Persian Empire was a multiethnic and diverse group of soldiers. Describing them as deformed monsters seemed to only be a dig at the skin color of these warriors. The timeline has to be condensed for the fact of keeping it within movie guidelines, as the film makes it out that the battle was only a single event, this was going on for multiple days. This is something that happens naturally in all historical films, as they try to outline the most important pieces that happened. This is also needed for the simplification of the event, as the battle is a single day, so more people

It proudly portrays their bravery, defiance when overwhelmed, and an immense amount of sacrifice. The Battle of Thermopylae had countless reasons to be of importance to Greece and Western civilization. For one the battle stood as a symbol of resistance, the stand of the Spartans symbolizes the Greek spirit of resistance against totalitarianism. Not only did their sacrifice mean wonders to them, it also was a grave inspiration for other Greek city-states to unite against the Persians. This battle also played a strategic role in delaying the Persian invasion. Although the Spartans did ultimately lose this battle, their resistance bought valuable time for the entirety of Greece as a whole. The delay allowed them to regroup and rethink their moves and ultimately defeat the Persians during the battles of Salamis and Plataea. If the Spartans had not slowed the Persian advancement, Greece would have fallen under their rule, which would have ultimately led to the downfall of Greek culture and values. The victory at Thermopylae helped with the preservation of cultural and political individualism in Greece. Finally, the Greek victory over the Persians helped pave the developmental foundation of Western civilization. This victory enabled the free use of Greek democracy, philosophy, and art to flourish. Which enabled the beginning stages of the future of Western