Disappointing to say the least

Rating: 1/10 (31 July 2007)

I can just see what the writers of the script were saying when preparing this movie.
Writer 1: Dude, this 300 story is totally a bummer, there's like nothing really exciting about it. What can we do to make it super cool and like make us rich?
Writer 2: Monsters!
Writer1: Dude! Totally! Monsters make everything super awesome, but this has got to be a blockbuster, what else can we add to this ancient story?
Writer 2: Matrix effects!
Writer 1: Heck yeah! monsters and Matrix effects! Woah dude, you're totally trippin! Now all we have to do is advertise it like crazy dude!
My thoughts on the film:
They took an ancient story that is more myth than truth, added monsters, Matrix like bullet time effects on people using swords, and changed the colors a bit.
Another huge letdown in this movie is that they talk about fighting for Sparta, yet they don't even let us see Sparta in the film! We don't know what it's like there, and the audience doesn't have any emotional connection with the city/state (in the film, it's called a "country", while the idea of a country didn't come around until after the French Revolution). This movie is akin to watching someone play the PS2 hit game God of War. It slows down every time something violent happens, then speeds back up with that over used Matrix style from 1999.
The story is abysmal, and since I already knew the ending (this myth was taught to me as fact in High School), there are no plot twists or anything at all to keep me interested. This movie should be a horror film, made to show how badly Hollywood can mess up a perfectly fine myth.