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Originally Posted by Ch'i
Tactics. The Spartans were able to hold the Persians at bay because the Persians were funnneled into a narrow opening. Once the Persians were informed of a passage around the corridor they were able to encircle the spartans, thus robbing them of their tactical advantage. Once they were encircled, numbers did matter, and their demise was inevitable. I do not understand why you think they "gave up", since Spoiler: as Leonidas was throwing the spear, the remaining Spartans fought to their death, as was clearly shown. I'm left wondering how much of the movie you paid attention to, because that was the climax of the movie. If something like that slipped by, I can see why you missed the "heart" of the movie which is subtle and unspoken.
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But we were lead to believe that they were so great. Just because they weren't an a "tactical advantage" means they all Spoiler:
get slaughtered? And what was with the spear? Talk about a downer when he just nicked him instead of impaling him. Just didn't work. The Leonydis we grow up with in the film would have divided up the 300 into sections of 150, and had them fight back-to-back or something, covering both passage ways into their stronghold.
It just didn't feel right. And don't accuse me of not paying attention to movies! The climax was every bit of an anti-climax. I was paying attention, but it was all wrong. I understood every piece of info you just told me, it just didn't flow. And don't drop the ""heart of the movie/subtle and unspoken message" bit. 300 is not that type of movie. It wanted to be, and it wasn't. Any film with filler substance to gap the fighting scenes has no worthy "hidden message."
Perhaps if I read the comic I would be less judgmental - but I'm rating this thing versus other movies, not comics. Two different mediums.