Fun Fact: The fancy new mouth is just an experiment. If you hate it enough I can go back. That’s the magic of the internet

The fact that Cody recognized David Wenham as the narrator of Deadliest Warrior and not as Faramir from Lord of the Rings is really funny to me and I don’t know why.

The sudden lipsyncing was a pleasant surprise that made me physically recoil in fear

"Pure" is the perfect word to describe Zack Snyder. I worked as a zombie on Army of the Dead and he was just all smiles and politeness. Just happy to see his vision playing out.

My ancient Greece professor back in college absolutely loved this movie. He saw it as what the Greeks would have told each other about the battle. His only issue with the entire film was that the mountain was on the wrong side as the Spartans were marching off to war.

You can tell Cody has a higher budget for these videos now since he can actually move his mouth to talk

Cody's voice after learning about the Deadliest Warrior connection is literally the most excitement I've ever heard come out of him.

it cannot be overstated how much credit this movie deserves for motivating young men of this generation to hit the gym

12:09 "Snyder named this character after his Aston Martin" that has to be the most Zack Snyder thing I've heard in my life. This line encapsulates the man perfectly. "Don't care about historical accuracy, don't care about naming conventions, I'll name this character after a pretentions car company because I own one of its cars."

4:24 “he’s more like a negative space illuminated by gold” something about that line just goes so hard

1. The historian Tom Holland really loves 300 because (he claims) if you imagine the actual Spartans telling the tale of Thermopylae, depicting themselves as muscle-clad badass' fighting ungodly beasts and their degenerate leaders is exactly what they'd do. So in that sense, it IS acurate. 2. The animated mouth is cursed

300's visual style is the closest you'll ever get to a live action comic book

I tuned out a little while making dinner and my name happens to be Caleb. I definitely did a double take when you hit me with that, "Fuck you, Caleb."

I was in the Army when this movie came out and it pretty much broke everyone's brain for about two years. I'm pretty sure it's directly responsible for several war crimes

I remember as a teenager learning what the historically accurate "Immortals" looked like and realized that they looked a lot less...intimidating...In their multi-colored pajamas and wicker shields.

The comic of 300 visually makes me think Genndy Tartakovsky might have been somewhat inspired by it for Primal.

I worked with his dude who grew up in Haiti and didn't have much of an education. He came to work one day talking about the 300 movie he watched and how good it was. When I started talking about it and the history behind it he got really confused and said "nah man I'm talking about a movie" It took a while to get through to explain to him that Sparta was real and that the battle actually happened. Once he realized what I was explaining to him, he got really excited and exclaimed " woah man that's crazy so like that monster hunchback person was real? That's awesome!"

Did not expect your mouth to move. Your animation skills are improving.

Fun fact. The baby killing part was totally real. They've found massive dead baby pits outside many ancient Greek cities, not just Sparta..

I honestly think the biggest impact of 300 is how it changed male beauty standards. Other than unattainable Arnolds/Stallones, male leads were nowhere near as jacked. Suddenly every character is huge and every man feels the need to hit the gym to get BIG.

This is the most loyal a movie has ever been to any base material in cinematic history. ...with maybe the Adventures of Tintin by Spielberg as a close second.

It's really astonishing how people can't seem to tell apart history from fiction even when the movie specifically has a disclaimer and it's stated to be based on a comic.

The fact that you recognized Delios’ actor from Deadliest Warrior and not from Lord of the Rings is wild to me. The Faramir disrespect is wild 😂

personally i feel like its actually aged super well visually just cause its so obvious its going for a very specific style instead of being photorealistic or whatever. ive never seen the movie and this is the most ive ever heard of it but i think ill have to watch it im really digging the style

I finally understand why people like Zack Snyder. He's like a comic fan that can direct movies.

Dilios’ actor being the deadliest warrior narrator was actually such a big brain move on Deadliest Warrior’s part

My dad knew a unit in the army that called themselves the spartans. But they always said lines like “to Valhalla” and other stuff. Dad didn’t know Valhalla was Norse Vikings, but he knew it didn’t sound right. They were confused, but they had spirit.

I did not know 300 was so faithful to the original comic. It almost makes me wish other movies were directed like that.

I think the main reason as to why the movie is compared so much to the actual real life battle is because the general public doesn't know that it's an adaptation in the first place, the movie became such a big hit and shaped so much the general view of both the Battle and Sparta itself that became something on its own Also, I personally think the old static frame by frame avatar works better than the new mouth... still respect for the job on it tho

That one Persian going incognitus into the shadow was fucking hilarious, it was like an old cartoon with the characters in the dark with only their eyes being present.

I love how the Spartans called the Athenians "boy lovers" when the Spartan's famous "comradere" comes from the adult instructors getting reeeeeeal close with the young spartan trainees

The youtube channel History Buff, had a cool take on the film. The film itself is being told through the perspective of Dilios, the man that was sent back to Sparta to tell the story of the 300 Spartans. So, it kind of makes sense that the story he tells is highly fictionalized and super dramatic. He's telling a legend that glorifies the Spartans as a ragtag group of underdogs, and demonizes the Persian (literally, like the immortals being these undead immortal demons) and the Persians having millions of slave soldiers, Xerxes being 8 feet tall and so on.

If you ever feel stupid, just remember that there are people who think this film is an accurate recreation of what happened in real life

Fun fact. The reason so many of the most memorable lines are historically accurate is because Spartans were specifically trained to reply with badass one liners. So much to the point that the term "laconic" is based on them. Edit: to everyone calling bull, look up laconic phrases. Spartans would literally be punished if their replies were too wordy. Laconic speech was meant to be precise, blunt and witty. Hence, they were constantly dishing out badass or hilarious one liners. Look them up for yourselves to find some really choice examples.

You were SOOO right at the end. historical fiction, even if not true to the accuracy, helps people invite themselves to what the history of something is all about. I remember watching 1917 in theatre and it was how I got into the world of the great war, later I realized that there were so many things the movie got wrong with historical accuracy, but it still remains one of my favourite war film in ever.

I can't help but think. If Gerald Butler has a dollar for everytime people used his image of Leonidas on a meme, he would be a trillionaire.

I love how your channel is basically about nerdy stuff that every jock liked. It's something that we don't really get too much of anymore.

I once worked with mentally handicaped people, and one of them told me 300 was his favorite historical movie He then proceed to explain to me for 47 straight minutes the deep lore of his favorite wrestler, assuring me that "it's for real, otherwise they wouldn't get hurt" Godspeed lil man, godspeed

Two things. 1. I still fondly remember bringing the DVD on a school trip to watch in the bus. We didn't even make it 30 minutes in before I was politely asked by the present teachers, who were already lightly shocked by the menu, to switch it off, because they found it a bit, well, violent. 2. Leonidas is fantastic Belgian chocolate!

13:36 He is also in some small indie movie called The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. most of you never heard of it.

This is still Snyder’s best movie by a decent margin.

When I was a freshman in high school, we watched 300 in our history class, but it was edited by some company that took out all the violence and nudity for releases. So Leonidas would swing his sword and then would be the most jarring hard cut to some guy falling over with no blood or anything. It was really bizarre having already seen the original version

The scream of the Sangheli mixed in between the scream of Xerxes at the end is fucking classic. I'm still giggling and laughing. 🤣

15:32 the odds of being named Caleb and watching this video

The best way I remember this movie being described to me was that the whole movie is told like a Greek legend. The troll men, the deformed betrayer, the god Immortals, Xerxes himself and even the Spartans all have the hallmarks of Greek hyperbole, which is especially reinforced with the single man sent back to tell their tale. I’m also glad you gave Zach Snyder some slack. He was saddled with an impossible ta of making a Marvel style universe with only three movies, something no director in history could do. Hopefully one day, we’ll look back on him fondly.

I didn't know it was based on a comic based on an old movie. The fact that it was faithful to the comic book is just amazing, mad respect.

College professor of ancient greek history was forced to show the movie to us, he had his face in his hands 70% of the time, 20% gesticulating against the scenes and the remaining 10% trying to ignore the screams of pain in his mind by staring into the screen

I saw this film in theaters and it was an EXPERIENCE. When I saw it later at home it was not nearly as good, it was a movie you needed to see in a theater. It was the best movie of the year because of that alone. At home I was like “meh, it’s ok”. The Hot Gates shield to shoulder sequence had the entire theater rumbling from the sound, and Lena Headey was at her absolute finest on the big screen 😅 I would still bend the knee for M’Lady just based on what I saw on that big screen. 2007 was the best year of my life. 300. My gf who could swallow a cucumber. Lots of fun drizugs with my friends. World of Warcraft. Halo 3, and Orange Box. It was my best year ever. I remember the sky is raining arrows scene was so terrifying but felt like you were there. And the laughing was A+. Man, I was just into college when 300 came to theaters (well like 1-2 years into it), but I look back on 300 and 2007 with extreme fondness. Certainly better than 2023 for me.

I’m not sure what’s more beautiful: the fact that the same narrator for this film was narrator for Deadliest Warrior, or the fact that Astinos was named after an Aston Martin.

We all have to admit, as painful as it is to admit that there's a sequel to this, it's worth remembering it only BC Cody'll make a video about that monstrosity

I remember hearing that one of the TF2 voice actors were in a commercial for 300. I think it was the medic. And the commercial was some spartans running through a mall, I think.

12:33 you were SUPER close to touching on the main takeaway of this movie: This movie is being told from Dilios's POV, and all of the ridiculous depictions of the Persians and the over-the-top manliness of the film is because Dilios is an unreliable narrator. We know this because he literally only has 1 eye!

"No movie has ever looked like this again, nor would it ever dare to" is the best 300 take

The Taliban scream from Deadliest Warrior will *never* not make me laugh. Thank you Cody for blessing us with this divine clip yet again.

What’s hilarious is I was showed the Thermopylae scene from 300 in my 7th grade history class as an accurate rendition of the real battle. Wild.

14:55 Every time I'm reminded of Meet the Spartans, I don't remember the time I literally watched the movie, I remember the fact that one of my college friend's dad worked on it.

As much as I enjoy this movie, what kinda makes me sad is that another movie on the battle of Thermopylae, based on one of my favorite books Gates of Fire, was cancelled in production partly due to the success of 300. It's much more historically accurate and detailed, was reading material for the Marines, and even earned the author an honorary Greek citizenship.

Fun fact: the real life Xerxes had a servant whose only job was to say to him, every single day, “Remember what the Spartans did,” so his rage would never cool and he’d never forget why he was waging the war.

Holy shit the elite at the very end made me absolutely lose it. Rewatched those precious seconds many times

MySpace used to only allow you to upload 8 pictures to your account,but to "celebrate" the film,they increased this limit to 300!

You basically go through all my Guilty Pleasure and I am all for it

I think what makes 300 work compared to Zack Snyder's other comic book adaptations is that while he tends to nail the aesthetic of the original comics, he also tends to miss the actual themes of those stories. With 300, he doesn't have to worry about that, because it's hard to screw up the story of the rise of fall of the Spartan army.

13:05 Warner Bros, you want to make money that isn't just from Harry Potter in the future right? Ring this man, we NEED the "300EU"

I absolutely loved the movie, the ending gave my the biggest goose bumps I’ve ever gotten in my life.

300 (both the comic and the movie) always struck me as how the Spartans might embellish the tale as a myth or legend. I mean, even Herodotus around this era was taking significant liberties with history and played fast and loose with "facts"

Frank Miller not wanting people to hate his main characters is WILD considering what he went on to make later.

*kids today don't realize how amazing it was to see this back in the day*

I don't feel like the actor for Leonidas gets credit for being absolutely convincing and just so perfect for the role

It's funny how with this movie Zack Snyder wanted to be the more comic acurate as possible, and then with all the other comic book adaptations he did the exact opposite

Frank Miller is one of the funniest minds to come out of comics. He had it all at one time. A career defining run on Daredevil, his Batman work, Sin City, Ronin, and 300. And then 9/11 happened and he lost his mind.

I like to think that Dylios's recounts of the plot, the many battles he was and wasn't in along with the mythical creatures and silly stuff was a soft homage to how greek poets always seemed to elevate the deeds of certain influential men and treat them as action/comic figures of old, sprinkling in a fair bit of exageration and mythos in their writtings to make them more interesting. If we factor that in along with the movie being based off a comic book and we treat it as some kind of half serious half silly David vs Goliath animated movie suddenly it all clicks and it becomes a hundred times more fun to watch. People that get tricked into thinking 300 is a 100% factual historical movie totally missed the point. Rise of an Empire followed suit with the gross exageration of Artemisia as a character, the naval warfare it depicted, the sea creatures scene and the turtleback bombers (yes the ones that commit self killing; they're totally made up). And again people left the theaters feeling cheated because the movie made the story seem fake, what nobody realised was that it's meant to be an exageration of real events and not just an action movie with a historical background. Now if only that movie hadn't sucked so much...

Cinematography in this film was peak at it time. The slow motion shots were -although not brand new - one of the highlights for me personally. Gonna have to watch it again and kick an emissary down a fucking huge well.

As an Iranian I remember talking about the movie at school with my friends and giving each other copies. Since we were young, we weren't too concerned with the actual story and just marveled at the cool visuals.

The absurd monster like appearance of the Persians comes from the fact that the story is being told by the Spartans so they're obviously going to make them seem way more evil and themselves more heroic

Something else to note, was composer Tyler Bates using note for note sections of Elliot Goldenthal's "Titus Andronicus" film adaptation score, especially "Victorius Titus" being used in "Returns a King." WB had to issue a statement clarifying the matter and apologising to Goldenthal.

I saw this movie when it was new. Honestly, perfect edition to a weekend of playing the original Modern Warfare and drinking gallons of Mountain Dew Voltage and Code Red. Wish I could have another weekend like it again.

I watched a movie about the biblical figure of Esther with a friend the other day. *My friend was confused that King Xerxes in the Esther movie didn’t look like King Xerxes from 300.* “Oh no,” was all I thought.

I think “Meet the Spartans” was the first R-rated movie I ever saw in theaters, and I’ll just have to live with that

The movie does not portray the battle but the retold legendary version of the battle that was told by Greeks after. The battle itself was legendary and on the rim of what is imaginable though

I’m glad there was a connection to deadliest warrior. I just showed that video to my dad because one of my professors was in the episode Cody focused on and it was great being reminded of it

300 is also Michael Fassbender's first credit in a movie instead of a TV show or play, which is hilarious to me.

12:15 “Poor Aston Martin” Not gonna lie, that bit nearly killed me. I laughed into a coughing fit

Fun fact; in 2007 i was 10 years old and most likely way too young for this movie. However, having a Greek parent, my parents decided to take me anyways lmao. They tried to cover my eyes for like half the movie, esp during the naked girls scene, and I’ll never forget it.

I just found this guy and love these videos. Watched them many times. Then I found out he had videos about history. Such an awesome surprise. It's like finding out your friend is an alien and he's the only ticket off the planet when it's about to be demolished.

Cody you honestly bring up a great point when mentioning how people often overlook the fact that 300 is not a direct adaptation of a historical event. I know a lot of people can dismiss by that fact alone but considering its an adaptation of a very visually striking graphic novel really makes me appreciate it in a new light

As a Greek, I remember how much this movie had gotten memed about, but legit didn't know it ever had a sequel, now you have to make a video on that and maybe Meet The Spartans too, double feature!

7:00 you say all of this like it's a bad thing? while i think any fan of that comic and the OG artist behind that comic would be happy as heck to see someone FINALLY adapt a visual novel nearly flawlessly to the screen in such a way.

My biggest memory of 300 is how upset it made an Iranian friend I had in middle school. Bunch of white canadian classmates thought it was awesome. My friend was less than enthusiastic, especially about the depiction of the immortals

16:25 That edit with the Elite nearly killed me. Fantastic video, as always!

Gerard Butler absolutely killed this role he looked and acted like a psychopath 😂

12:43 The 300-verse sounds great! lets get the ball rolling, WB!

7:12 That's actually super dope. How many times does a book/comic get accurately portrayed in a movie? And it worked! As ridiculous as it is, we all loved it lol

Crazy how Gerard Butler went from sad boy phantom to KING LEONIDAS OF SPARTA in like 3 years. What a range

7:50 “true genre should just be called f*** yeah” I love it 🤣

Incredible video as always, can't wait for your in-depth analysis of Meet The Spartans. I'll expect it in a month or two. Best wishes till then.

I'm Greek and grew up in Germany where I attended a Greek school in the afternoon. We were like 11 years old when our teacher proudly presented us the movie 300, a pirated copy, and called the day a 'history' lesson. Man this movie hit hard back then. Call it indoctrination but from then on we felt like absolute badasses being Greek.

THIS IS SPARTA!!!

To anyone who read Frank Miller's 300 and had some questions, I can't recommend enough the graphic novel Three, by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly. A direct response to Miller's blatant mythologizing, told from the perspective of three runaway Helots (Sparta's slave class conspicuously unmentioned in 300) it ruthlessly examines not just the cruelties of Spartan society, but how those cruelties weakened it and ultimately ensured its extinction. One of my favorite lines from the story exemplifies this: "Everyone knows Sparta's true ruler. The Ephors and the Kings jostle, but fear reigns supreme. When there's ten of the little people for everyone one of you, how else can it be?"

Great video as always but idk how you missed the nostalgic 300 fight scenes edited to down with the sickness lol. Those were gems

Y'know, I come back to this video, after the horrors have settled in, deep into my mind, and I will say: y'know what, the new animated mouth wasn't bad at all. I now wouldn't mind you keeping it on future videos after all.