300
300
Directed: Zack Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Vincent Regan
Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) about the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans fought off thousands in the Persian army to save Greece from Xerces.
For a movie squarely aimed at guys, almost all the guys that were invited to go see the movie, didn't show up. It ended up being me, Amy and Stacy seeing it with Jer. Apparently it is also for women that love violent movies starring scantily-clad buff men. Unlike Troy though, there were no stars in this movie. It was strictly the visuals and story to entertain us. I mostly wanted to see it because it had a great look to it. It was different, but reminiscent of Sin City. There were a few scenes that looked like they came from a comic book panel. I have no idea if they did, but they were staged very well.
I was surprised about how much story the movie had. I had low expectations about it being much more than one fight scene after another, which it did have, and at one point, I was hoping there would be something else besides a fight scene. At that point, it stopped and some strategy came into play, which was more interesting than just stabbing. At times, there was even some light humor thrown in there with two fighter guys saying they were better than the other one. Another point, King Leonidas was talking about how they have some respect for their enemies while walking across tons of his enemy's corpses while chomping on an apple.
I have read about all the "changes" made to history about Xerces, the hunchback, and the very buff Spartans. I didn't mind how much of it was true, and I took what I saw with a grain of salt, but I loved the underdog storyline.
It is a great action movie, with a good, solid story, great acting from people I don't know, and I loved the way it looked. I couldn't tell that the backgrounds were all created and not real. I thought I was in ancient Greece. I'm ready to see it again before I need to be violent. 🙂
Rating: A
Dear 300,
SPARTANS! Sorry, just had to yell that. I loved all of your yelling – it was very motivating! I totally wanted to stab someone!
You are a super neat movie to watch, so interesting with all the effects! I also liked the story – bad people are coming and we must save Greece but people are lame and won’t help so we must SPARTA up and do it ourselves! So mancore!
I would like to know how much double sided tape was used in the costume department because really, those outfits defied gravity! I like all the queens outfits, even though some of them confused me about how she could put them on.
I do not care about people who get all spazzy about your story not being TRUE HISTORY – wtf people? go to school to learn, go to movies to see some kick assing! 300, please feel free to stab those people.
To sum up, you are awesome, loved the yelling, loved the fighting, loved the outfits!
For Sparta!
Amy
ps you should give people little spears to stab each other with during the movie.
Oh how dangerous it would have been if we had spears during the movie. I was in between Amy and Jer. I would have been stabbed to death!