Re-telling of History is Hard to Do.

While the future holds infinite possibilities, representing the past in a story has certain restrictions that make these more difficult to be realistic. Such as the popular 300 movies. These movies are laughably inaccurate for the sake of being war porn. The true story behind this heroic event is much more compelling and believable. In truth it wasn't just the 300 Spartans, there were not exotic beasts, or ridiculous inventions. Just the pure fighting spirit of those who are fighting against tyranny. Granted these movies were not made with accuracy in mind, therefore they should be treated as just another Expendables. However it is sad to think that the true story of the Battle for Thermopylae may be lost in light of this new adaptation. This is an excellent example as to why movies made about past events often lead to ridiculous plot lines and have no resemblance to the past which they claim is being shown.

An important note to add would be that these stories can be done very well, such as Saving Private Ryan. This masterpiece of cinema is often hailed as being the most accurate depiction of D-Day and the weeks following the operation. Something that a history teacher of mine once told me has really hit home on the reality of this film. His experience with the film can be summed up by his statement during class one day "When I was watching Saving Private Ryan with my father who was a veteran of that operation, something he said stuck with me. My father looked over to me with tears in his eyes proclaiming that the landing really was that horrible. I haven't seen him act this way about D-Day before. You see these veterans were traumatized so severely that they try and avoid re-living the landing. This film helped them relive it in a way that they didn't have to go through their personal experience in order to tell the story." That stuck with me through the film. Being a history buff myself I was able to truly appreciate the details they put into the reality of the violence. Also the resulting trauma that those men developed after going through such an event.