The 300 Spartans by Rudolph Maté

Category: English

The movie that inspired Frank Miller himself to create his own 300 his graphic novel that spawned the testosterone driven 300 movie powered by Gerard Butler's abs and voice. However the best part about this film is the relative simplicity of the fights and the acting from the big hitters! Made in 1962 this film follows the same plot line from the Battle of Thermopylae.

There's the vast army of Xerxes, there's a queen who powers some of his decisions on the battlefield! As one of the generals notes, "During the day he comes to us for advice and in the night he goes to her". The movie isn't as ridiculous as you'd think it could be, in fact given the time and place and the right time of watching this movie I am pretty sure it was epic by its day and age.

Some of the dialogues we hear in 300 are present here as well, particularly the blotting out of the Sun and fighting in the shade. I really don't have to explain more, but yes if you want to watch an interesting film after consuming the CGI driven 300, then yes you must head to watch this!

Recommendation level: 2.5/5 - I liked this a lot! Although it's a little too romantic in places for even the most hardcore Spartan fans.