300

Right, now for my update on the ahem, M18 movie, 300. Ha ha so proud of the fact it's M18. My first M18 movie! Don't ask what we did to get in. Whatever it is, we were whooping for joy in the elevator.

Side tracking a little, doesn't 18 years old sound old? The first phase was when we all reached 16, and everyone was going "ooo sweet 16 sweet 16!" 18 seems to be the second phase, the phase which is scarily older. The phase when you assume all responsibilities.

18... The age when you can start driving, start drinking, start going to clubs... but i would rather not try the last two. As for driving... HA HA BRING IT ON! =)

Ah yes, back to the movie.

The reason we watched it was the historical value. We learnt about the Spartans in UGC 111, our first course of history. Now, into our second module of history, we're learning about World War 1 and 2. Makes me wonder why i didn't take history in secondary school, otherwise i would have a little bit of knowledge about ti already. But hey, no regrets about LIT! =) I just wish they have a lit course in my school.

ANYWAY, the plot of 300 goes like this. (there isn't much plot really) It was basically how the Spartans fought against the Persians, numerous battles by the way, for honour, and glory, and against slavery of the Spartans. It was GOOD.

According to jielong, and jaden too, the highlight was

"300 hot, sweaty, half-naked men engaging in physical activities"

But to me, it's why, and how the Spartans fought. According to my history textbook, which doesn't explain a lot about them (we were learning about Greece, that's how the Spartans came about), the Spartans were fearless fighters. They were one of the rare groups of Greece in those days, whose women had quite a bit of rights.

Read more about the Spartans in

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

It's really cool! Ha ha never loved history so much =)