 In an interview 300 writer Frank Miller said , " The inaccuracies , almost all of them , are intentional . I took those chest plates and leather skirts off of them for a reason . I wanted these guys to move and I wanted ' em to look good . I knocked their helmets off a fair amount , partly so you can recognize who the characters are . Spartans , in full regalia , were almost indistinguishable except at a very close angle . Another liberty I took was , they all had plumes , but I only gave a plume to Leonidas , to make him stand out and identify him as a king . I was looking for more an evocation than a history lesson . The best result I can hope for is that if the movie excites someone , they 'll go explore the histories themselves . Because the histories are endlessly fascinating . " 
