300 (2006) | MOVIE REACTION

[@EOMReacts]

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[@Mister_Belvidere]

Hey, that's Ronnie the Limo Driver’s lawyer!

[@aaronburdon221]

Based on the historians approximations, the 300 spartans (with the help of the 1000 assorted greeks from different city states) killed roughly 20,000 men before their deaths so your estimation of 20 to 1 was a little off as it was about 18 to 1. Xerxes army was roughly 200,000 total. Also, Spartan Hoplites were HEAVILY armored. This is a stylized graphic novel take of the battle itself. Agoge (their training regimen) was an actual thing. To be in the Krypteia (the kings bodyguard) you must've passed your agoge training, with additional specialized training (the modern day equivalent being special forces training)

[@BrokenInBeauty]

🦃 Hope your Thanksgiving was full of good eating, good energy and family/friends/furbabies to spend it all with 😊 What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food, J?

[@mariobergnini8897]

in real life they did stay in their lines that was the whole strength of their army was that they didnt break rank and run out there, they also picked a spot that was a ledge 2 foot up so that they could stab down and the persians would trip over each other pushed by the soldier behind them that couldnt see what was happening to the lines in front of them in that pinch point.

[@IllustriousCrocoduck]

You get that sponsor cheddar, J! You deserve it

[@saltwatertaffybag]

"The GodKing be throwin Diddy parties" 😂😂😂💀

[@SosaBoii-t1c]

It’s crazy because many many men and women of power and wealth don’t know what to do with their riches and throw those huge orgies.

[@andriusandrius1013]

how I met your mother

[@lenoliver-k6g]

Hell yea!!! me and Trump & Biden & Hunter be throwin Diddy parties.🤣🤣🤣

[@TheNightWalker186]

You don't need money or riches to have orgies...

[@terrysperman304]

You will never watch "Get Him to the Greek" the same. I promise! LoL, who is Jeffrey? HaHa

[@mcm4point2o]

literally millions of sit-ups have been done thanks to this movie and thats not an exaggeration

[@MelaniePoparad]

I remember seeing this in college and the men surrounding me transformed into gym nuts. And it was glorious.

[@gregglistrom2483]

"He did all that shit out there without ankle support." This had me rolling!

[@StevenJShow]

35:02 "May you live forever (with the shame of what you've done.)" Not just in Sparta, but anywhere. To forever live with the shame of being a coward, a sell out, and betraying greatness for instant gratification and pleasure. Where Spartans represent a life time of hard work, training, duty, and discipline... He represents the easy way out.

[@HootyFruityOwl]

Leonidas rejected him for not being able to form up a shield, and then spent 80% of the movie slow-mo dancing like a sissy and letting a larger man give him a shoulder rub. Dude wanted to fight and die for honor and was told no, so he took matters into his own hands. He's the hero of most of Frank Miller's books. Just not this one.

[@StevenJShow]

@@HootyFruityOwl Leonaidas aptly understood that he would NOT be good on the field as a front line soldier.

[@xgrahamsmith]

Many of the most badass lines, “only spartan women give birth to real men”, “then we shall fight in the shade”, “come and take them” etc come from Ancient Greek historical documents describing the Spartans and this battle.

[@joshmcdonald1510]

Fun-Fact #1: The line, "Then we will fight in the shade," is a real documented quote from Spartan soldier Dienekes who fought alongside the real King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae. Fun-Fact #2: King Leonidas was actually 60 years old when he fought & died at Thermopylae.

[@thedragondemands5186]

so was "Come and get them!" (Molon labe)

[@joshmcdonald1510]

​@thedragondemands5186 That's right. Plus, that iconic phrase is even inscribed onto the memorial statue of King Leonidas, which is on display in modern-day Sparta in Greece.

[@robbob5302]

I seriously doubt the line was said at the actual battle. But it has been attached to the legend of the battle for centuries now, yes. It was not a Frank Miller invention.

[@K12war]

King Leonidas: "You there, what is your profession?" EOM: i'm a KZbinr, sir.

[@robbob5302]

SPARTANS!! What is you’re platform?? TWITTER!! TWITTER!! TWITTER!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@technofilejr3401]

Ironically, the position that Leonidas offered the Hunchback is actually now a respected role in any modern military. If you can't directly fight you can at least tend to the wounded.

[@Y2KNW]

And Ephialtes really did live forever in a way.

[@hisdudeness8328]

He should have offered him the option to guard the goat path. He wouldn’t have stopped the Persians, but he could have bought the other Greek forces time to organize a defense, and that way he would have brought honor to his family name while not being a hindrance to the Spartans.

[@SosaBoii-t1c]

@@hisdudeness8328Hindsight is 20/20, there’s no way he could’ve known that little dude would’ve been petty enough to tell Xerxes about it. He likely assumed he would go back to his home or respect the Spartan way and take his own life or something

[@gregorygant4242]

It's still a respectable duty in the military taking care of the wounded and the dead bodies . No shame in that not everyone is cut out to be in combat .

[@HephaestesVulcan]

This is essentially a stylized version of the battle of Thermopylae. They weren't almost naked, historically. They actually wore an ancient version of Kevlar; many layers of tightly woven cloth and thin bronze plates* (according to the historians who specialize in the period) And their training was insane; likely even more intense than the movie showed. Casualties during training were not unheard of.

[@christianmccann9400]

Yeh it's based on the graphic novel which I have a copy of and it's copied out scene for scene .. Snyder stuck to it exactly

[@realtalkkombatsports]

18:37 that’s a real historical line King Leonidis really told the Persians come run that 😂😂😂

[@lbds954]

13:43 - That cracked me up considering he (David Wenham) played Sean Bean's brother in The Lord of the Rings 😂

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Faramir ❤

[@hisdudeness8328]

Fun fact: while never mentioned in the movie, Xerxes army crossed into Greece from Persia via a pontoon bridge they constructed using over 350 ships as a base. Quite a feet of engineering in ancient times.

[@LordVolkov]

The mere fact that Sparta thought they could defend the *coastal nation of Greece by land alone is pretty funny.

[@hisdudeness8328]

@@LordVolkovthat’s why they had the Athenian navy to guard their flank. If it hadn’t been a united front, Greece would have fallen.

[@sunnimastewin6032]

"She's gotta throw all her skin away." 😂🤣

[@ChoryJM]

"The GOD king knowing those Diddy Partys" Hahahaha

[@Hexcaliblur83]

Everybody at the "Diddy Party" were disfigured on purpose, to appeal to Efialtes the hunchback.. to show him that Xerxes accepts all who would kneel before him and as a display of all that Xerxes could grant him..

[@hisdudeness8328]

The well scene actually happened in real life, but it was the Athenians that threw the Persian messenger into the well when he demanded to know what message to bring back to Xerxies on his request that they submit.

[@technofilejr3401]

The Spartan practice of putting young boys into military training is why Master Chief and his comrades are called Spartans. Similarly, within the Halo videogame series, the Master Chief character was put into the super soldier program at around 8 years old. Then put into combat before reaching normal adulthood.

[@darthken815]

THIS! IS! SPARTA! 🦶🏿

[@robling1937]

Spartans are always seeking a glorious death. So to tell someone, "May you live forever" means they can never achieve that glorious death. It also gives them more time to consider their betrayal.

[@BrokenInBeauty]

“She rubbed his hump…I can’t even blame him” 🫳🐪😅 So many gem commentary quotes as usual in this one! The entirety of the writing/dialogue, combat combined with the slow motion cuts, beautifully shot scenes are all reasons and more to spam speak of it’s *HARD* badassery as you rightfully and respectfully repeated 🤘🏹🌥️🛡️⚔️❤️👊

[@macariorodriguez630]

My boy is getting those good ads. Glad to see you still rocking, thanks for the video.

[@BrokenInBeauty]

🤘Hell yes he is! He isn’t JUST rocking anymore though. He’s grinding, rocking, rolling all the way to the top within the beloved reaction community on YT 😊 He also has a gaming channel that is fantastic if you want more free J content but his Patreon is the best hands down - and it’s not expensive like some others are so check it out if you’re interested. Trust me when I say you have access to SO MUCH content for no damage to your wallet 😉🍿

[@robertlefou]

This might be too much action for you to handle big man! SPAAAAARTAAAAAA!!!

[@Bellthorian]

The guy who looks like someone, is Detective McNulty from The Wire, maybe that is where you know him from.

[@BushmasterBrackett]

Bro, you are by far the funniest reactor on KZbin... 😅😂😅

[@didiosthrance]

The narrator/Spartan you said looked familiar is the actor who also played Faramir in LOTR, Boromir's brother.

[@realtalkkombatsports]

Van Helsing

[@SubZeroJill]

I always thought "..J really look like he could be Bunk's first cousin or sumthin" since I found this channel, so hearing you say, "McNulty!" gave me 5-7 more years of life istg LOOOOL

[@Tom-Mac1975]

Frank Miller's been on a roll since the started writing Daredevil in 1979, The Wolverine mini series 82, The Dark Knight Returns 86 , (all of which was used in their modern movies and TV shows), then created Sin City, among others, and this, to name a few.

[@BernardGores]

the guy narrating played faramir in lord of the rings

[@OMOMOMOMOM190]

Myyy god … only just realised this

[@justinpitcock5312]

Thank you!!! I knew I recognized him, just couldn’t put my finger on what movie or show I knew him from.

[@travman314]

When he said he thought it was Sean Bean, I was like "well, it was his brother"

[@coltonbrooks9218]

also the friar in van helsing

[@LordVolkov]

​@@richardrobbins387No, that's David Thewlis from Dragonheart and Harry Potter

[@jogann2453]

Never seen this one. Just heard the famous line This is Sparta! And saw him kick someone down a hole. 😂

[@kmosley]

King Leonidas out there with no ankle support. 😂

[@williamb5484]

"He did all that, with no ankle support!" That's comedy gold right there, i don't care who you are.

[@charlesbarnes6912]

Walking barefoot in the snow will make your grapes vanish 😂

[@Noah-Alexander-Miller.]

THIS, IS, SPARTANS.⚔️

[@technofilejr3401]

The guy playing King Leonidas second played more or less the same type of character in Troy. I guess he just had that classic look.

[@SosaBoii-t1c]

Oh yea he’s Achilles homeboy

[@Kronical69420]

He also plays Garp in Netflix OnePiece

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@EOM JL had a feel day with this gem. I loved it thanks for the upload and editing.

[@Tony2-Dirty]

I do love that he looks to his Queen like “Down the pit, bae?” and I love that she agrees “Down the pit, boo.”

[@laticiadavis8627]

This movie brings back great memories this was a favorite for me and my daddy.we still love it and watch it together from time to time.

[@davidlordofthesquirrels9839]

King Jay is pleased with his subscribers. He rewards them.

[@bugvswindshield]

This is one of those must watch movies. Thanks for the great reaction Jay. As always great! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

[@baskervillebee6097]

One of my all time favorite watch-it-again movies.

[@KikBlava]

Oh this is one of my favourite movies and acid trips at the same time. XD

[@paytongibson9488]

Shit I've never done acid watching this movie 😂 gonna have to try it , me and my home boy have watched fear and loathing in las vegas on it wouldn't recommend space jam 2 is a little mind melding aswell 😂😂

[@johnr7999]

You have to watch Meet The Spartans! It's hilarious!

[@hooserdaddy1705]

@@johnr7999 this is all I need

[@Ramblinrabbit24]

I remember being in like 8th grade when this movie came out and sneaking into the theater to watch it and being hyped AF in the theater.

[@HenryLoder]

👑⚔️ can't wait for this reaction 👏🍿😁👍

[@mrdavman13]

13:40 No it’s not Sean bean, but it is another actor from lord of the rings, it is the actor who played Faramir

[@randyc3617]

Got me excited. Come on big dawg, you'll love it

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Saw in theater, and went in blind, knew nothing Amazing❤

[@rbrtck]

Frankly, Sparta, at least as portrayed in this movie, is nuts. Leonidas actually confirmed it.

[@gregkoss]

Facts: 1. King Leonidas was around 60 years old when he fought this battle..!! Also today's military schools, teach his war tactics.. 🔥⚔ 2. Efialtis (Εφιάλτης) (The traitor who told Persians the secret passage), actually means "Nightmare" in Greek 3. The phrases below, were actually told by Spartans in that battle a) Get back with your shield, or on it. (᾿Ή τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς) b) Then we will fight in the shade. (Εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ)** c) Come and get them. (Μολὼν λαβέ) (Actual translation/meaning: "If you find the mental reserves, come and get them") P.S.: Spartans didn't wore full armor because it was heavy and would make them move slow in the battle.. Also their swords, spears and shields where made from various alloys that made them very superior against other armies.. **Dienekes, disciplined, modest, and laconic, at the age of forty, had declined every proposal for promotion and advancement. He remained at the rank of Enomotarch, commanding 32 or 36 men, because, as he said, "…I only know how to count up to thirty-six!" According to the laws of Lycurgus, he could have avoided participating in the campaign since he had no male children. However, he arranged for one of his slaves to claim she had given birth to his son, allowing him to take part. Besides, he was a dear friend of Leonidas, and they often dined together. Dienekes had studied fear and asserted, “If we drive it out of the flesh, where it is born, the mind will simply follow.” His fearlessness led him, along with the Olympic champion brothers Alpheus and Maron, the sons of Orsiphantus, on a daring nighttime raid to Xerxes' tent. They nearly assassinated him, but his generals Mardonius and Orontes moved him elsewhere in time. Dienekes ultimately fulfilled the meaning of his name: "the eternal," "the one who lasts forever," "the unstoppable," through his "excellence" on the third day of the battle. Herodotus describes the furious battle of the Lacedaemonians around the dead body of Leonidas until, after killing Xerxes’ two brothers, Abrocomes and Hyperanthes, they dragged the body towards their side, routing the enemy four times. When they were encircled by the traitor Ephialtes, they retreated to the hill at the entrance of the pass. “...At that very place, they made their final stand, using knives if they still had them, or their hands and teeth, while the barbarians covered them with arrows, not daring to approach them…” Thus, the tragic truth of the unstoppable warrior Dienekes’ statement was confirmed: “...If the Medes darken the sun, we will fight them in the shade and not in the sunlight...” The brave Greeks fought to the bitter end, “In the Shade.”

[@galadballcrusher8182]

The reason he said he fought many times and dinally hooes to find aomeone able to give him a good death....Spartan army was comprised id companies that were joined by invitation only so one had to show skill, bravery strength and tenacity to be invited. Best companies had more chances to go front line deployment thus raising their chances to die in service to Sparta which was the only way to earn a gravestone and as such a claim to immortality after they pass away . And vererans like thus guy here were fughting the hardest to arill show they were worrhy to fe in frontlines as the years and age that they could still remain active were closing retiring age . For women that happened if they died during childbirth as they were birthing one more Spartan citizen.

[@kevinadamson3828]

What is your profession! Aahwoo!

[@brettcloud8550]

That part always gets me hype

[@ark1567]

Not a stunnin curricola I have to say... Probably not the profile we are searching for, but thanks for your application. We'll stay in touch. Probably 🧐

[@Soldrik_]

About time for this movie! I watch it 2-3 times a year. One of my favorites. Saw it in theaters with my father when it game out.

[@MelaniePoparad]

This movie never gets old. It’s a timeless classic and a masterpiece. Complete fantasy and amazing. And so many abs. They could make hugh jackman blush.

[@shinrapresident7010]

J: The itch is McNulty! McNulty: What did I do?

[@geraldmorgan6906]

I don't know who the hell McNulty is.

[@ArmandoTheWanderer]

the bitch is McNulty is hilarious 🤣

[@HK7Roiz]

10:35 bro thats McNulty from The Wire.

[@billhacks]

I admire that you are honest about seeing before. A lot of reactors seem to want to lie about these things.

[@Merica1776-usa]

Why does that look like Chad Johnson? haha now I can't unsee that

[@TizzmantineUK]

14:05 google definitely just told him thats Faramir 😂😂

[@EOMReacts]

🤣🤣🤣 nah it was the nose that tipped me off at first. Bc his nose is strong lol - J

[@riffmondo9733]

Please watch Sin City

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

J- PLEASE watch "The Northman" with Alexander Skarsgård

[@mercyfulnate]

“I thought that motherfucker was Sean Bean at first” Well it is Faramir, Captain of Gondor, so you were close 😉

[@tiffymcconkey]

WE ARE SPARTA!!!!!!

[@MrZKR2391]

Xerxes commonly pronounced "Zerc Seas"

[@Beforezzz]

"They had that done by dinner" 😂👍

[@DashingDavid]

This movie is nothing but hard lines & amazing cinematography

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

I love the color palette and the filming style that makes it feel like a comic book come to life. (But I'm a 55 yr old grandma, so wth do I know? 🤷‍♀)

[@Samson16436]

@@LittleBlueOwl318 Obviously it tells the story of a real battle but it's also visually based on a graphic novel. Snyder basically used it for reference frame by frame!

[@ML-dz5ix]

Now watch “Meet the Spartans”. It a fun spoof along the lines of “Scary Movie”.

[@pattyberlinful]

He’s Jimmy from ‘The Wire’

[@leeneufeld4140]

This is going to be a hoot :) Have pizza and cat, settling in :)

[@tapoemt3995]

If Leo had to go through all that to get up the mountain to talk to the Priests, how the Hell are they delivering the ladies daily or otherwise? How they getting up and down to grocery shop? Are they saying the delivery people and ladies are makin' 6 foot vertical jumps foot to foot to get up there?! I had some weird ass questions first time I watched this when it came out. 🤣 And that was my point too. They constantly broke formation anyways, let the lil guy fight with the B squad.

[@LordVolkov]

Some sort of pulley system, with baskets...

[@tapoemt3995]

@@LordVolkov So the "You shall be bathed in gold" dude was put in the basket and winched up? I love the picture! 😂

[@hisdudeness8328]

@@tapoemt3995bet they really had to put their back into it.

[@timp8843]

10,000 Spartans 30,000 Greeks = Short movie

[@marckleise6436]

Check out Immortals as well. Not as good as 300 in terms of storytelling and performances, but epic nonetheless. And it’s got even more slowmo ;)

[@mobilemechanics6565]

Just saying.... More like 299.

[@scottgray8131]

every time I watch this I feel the guilt to do sit ups 🥹😬😉

[@tapoemt3995]

I practiced painting and shading abs.

[@joshevans7882]

The guy who you thought was Sean, bean was the priest in the film “Van Helsing.

[@gregpeterson3375]

You would like Spartacus blood and sand. It takes place during the slave revolt in Rome.

[@kurtlichtenstein2325]

The one you thought was Sean Bean was David Wenham, who played Faramir, Sean's brother in LOTR, and was hired for his resemblance to Sean.

[@lnwolf41]

The middle East had a problem with this movie due to the depictions of the war camp. 😂 FYI Spartans were trained for war. The other city-states used "National Guards" that trained for few day every month. In actuality Spartans wore bronze armor and chainmail. And yes, they stayed in formation during battle. Leonides was a great tactician, he had studied Xerxes, and set up formations to defeat each attack. The Persian army were mostly conscripts that used bamboo, and wicker armor.

[@hisdudeness8328]

I don’t get why they’d be pissed. This movie takes place in an era WAY before Islam showed up on the scene.

[@TheBuzzard42]

@@hisdudeness8328 Right? If anything, they could have spun it as a point of pride! "See what this country was before Islam? Look how far our faith has taken us!" Get some lemonade out of those lemons!

[@mgreen8581]

Wakanda rino

[@benf1111]

"Air Bethlehems?!!!" OMG I'm dying. Never heard that one before.

[@mgreen8581]

McNutty from the wire

[@thorbeorn4295]

This movie is my testbooster! lmao

[@Kronical69420]

Its nice to know that after working under Leonidas and Achilles, Garp got a command of his own.

[@jamesalexander5623]

The time between Achillies and l,eonidas is over 770 Years! .... From our date today that would take us back to 138 years before Columbus landed in the New World! ..... Civisilation is much older than most Americans know!

[@daddydeadbones]

Got to check out Machine Gun Preacher with Gerard Butler

[@ztomas1]

Now this is a Zack Snyder masterpiece

[@suncatblue]

10:31 McNulty from The Wire, which you should definitely watch.

[@mundanepants]

This is a great movie when played at twice the speed and dubbed in Spanish. You should watch the sequel! it has a disappearing horse and ancient Greeks from Ohio.

[@mikekay3313]

@28:07 LMAO...bruh 💀

[@hisdudeness8328]

I really hope Jay watches the sequel to this movie, ‘300: Rise of an Empire’, which tells the other half of the story. While the Spartans were holding Thermopylae, the Athenians were out on the sea with less than 300 ships holding off the Persian fleet of over 1000 ships. Against all odds, they held their own against a vastly numerical force.

[@SurvivorBri]

It's a shame that the movie was such a letdown.

[@EdMGrant1994]

Eva Green was key to the plot

[@geraldmorgan6906]

@@EdMGrant1994 Her sexy ass was the only good thing about the sequel.

[@SosaBoii-t1c]

Back then “consulting the oracles” means they get some young girl high out of her mind, bang her and then ask her opinion on what’s going on

[@buzwa2k]

Zack's best piece of work that I know of🎉

[@elblah9721]

Law Abiding Citizen is another solid Gerard Butler movie.

[@buffmaloney]

And The Ugly Truth

[@MrVvulf]

The ending is so bad it makes the rest of the movie worthless. Most lists of worst movie endings have it in the top 10.

[@hkiller57]

Leonidas is not "pretty much warlord of all greece" Sparta controls the southern peninsula but athens and corinth are just as powerful at this time

[@grauerstarr]

zack snyder movies are simply top notch

[@adamcarlson2432]

Fun fact... "sloth" in that fight against the immortals was played by kurrgan... one of the oddities during the wwf attitude era.

[@theatre721]

As children, we were taken to the Agoge. We marched or we drowned. Fought for scraps or starved. Our elders beat us until we could not stand. At night, we made our way home. Alone. Or were food for wolves. This is how Spartans are made

[@davidnoel2977]

The actor playing as the traitor hunchback is John leguizamo. He also played as the evil demon clown in the comic book movie " spawn "

[@LordVolkov]

Ephialtes is played by Andrew Tiernan, not John Leguizamo...

[@lordofthereels6790]

Frank Miller is definitely a legend. He got a bit too high off his own hype after the 90's. However Sin City is great and while he hasnt been as hands on his Daredevil & Batman work are definitely oresent in Nolan - Reeves work (even TAS a bit)

[@chrisraymer9348]

30:00 You don't understand evil people like Theron because you are a decent man. I'm right there with you brother.