Sunday, July 19, 2009

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 5

Was the Spartan King Leonidas the last of the 300 to die?

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 4

Did the Immortals really look like Japanese ninjas? If not, why did the directors want them to look like that?

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 3

Did the spartans really wore so little for battle? If not, what did they wear?

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 2

Did the "God-King" Xerxes really look like the one in the movie? If different, why did the directors make him to be like that?

Media Literacy on the Movie 300 Question 1

Did this battle really happen? How could 300 men fight so huge an army?

Media LIteracy on the Movie 300

























The Movie depicts the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans stood up and perished against the mighty army of Persia at the Hot Gates...

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/300spartans.php















Battle Scene

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Immortals





















The Immortal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

















Spartan King Leonidas

http://www.300spartanwarriors.com/














Persian "God-King" Xerxes and Spartan King Leonidas

Historical Drama Films

1. Gladiator (set during the reign of Roman Emperor Commodus, who ruled from 180 to 192).




















2.Flags of Our Fathers (Battle of Iwo Jima from American perspective)

















3. Saving Private Ryan (D-Day and its aftermath)