Stop all the hating...and enjoy 300

Rating: 8/10 (19 March 2007)

Wow I really can't believe how lopsided all these reviews are, either people hate it or people love it. There seems to be almost no one who is in the middle on this one. It's a shame however, that most of the negative reviews all focus on the same few things. Yes it's true that there were some ugly representations of Persian soldiers in this movie, but if you're going to make a movie that is about a comic book, you're going to have to stay true to that book. Also to just clear some things up a lot of the monsters and the freaky looking beast were not actually from Persia...*whisper* they were just part of the Persian army. You know, from countries conquered by Persia. I thought Xerxes looked pretty normal...tall too, and he was actually Persian. Haha come to think of it, I read a review that said it was OK that the Persians looked like monster in the comic but they should have been more sensitive in the movie. According to that review he wouldn't mind racism in comic books...but his movies he will not stand for it. Really quite funny actually.
Also a lot of people are complaining about there being to much post production. Is that actually a bad thing? I thought the movie looked beautiful, that scene where the Spartans are looking at the tree with all the bodies covering it, that was a stunning display of the beauty that is post production(and it was a tree with dead bodies nailed to it lol). Actually I thought the whole movie had this very beautiful stylized look.
As well why are people complaining about how the Spartans looked? I read a review where a guy said they looked like chip'n'dales dancers. I can't seem to find out why people think there is something wrong with the Spartans actually looking like well defined warriors. If you would stop being so mesmerized by their abs, you would realize that "Hey they all look the same...same size same shape, and you can't really see any veins...why do they all look like this?". Well young Skywalker, that would be due to the insane work out routine the actors were put on. Everyone trained to be smooth and defined. They were all molded to look identical, like what a real warrior would look like. They were suppose to look like soldiers that could get together in a group of say, oh I dunno 300, and go fight a massive invading army all on their own. So you know *whisper* they might need too look like they were in pretty good shape.
About the story line and the minimal character development. The thing about the minimal character development is that all of the Spartans were essentially the same. They were trained to be the ultimate warriors. They were told to go into a battle which would probably mean their death, and that was cool with them. There was nothing else to think about but their glorious death in battle. Only one character really matter: Leonidas. Leo was the man who had to make all the decisions, and the decisions were pretty simple: go into battle, fight, and maybe die. End of story.
Bottom line this movie looks great, it sounds great, it has great action sequences, and some really powerful moments. Plus Gerard B as Leonidas was perfect. When that man was yelling at his troops, you actually believe he wants them to do something. (I mean I almost jumped out of my seat it was so powerful). Don't be fooled by the haters of CG animation. Don't be swayed by the sensitive people who want you to think that because the bad guys look scary that you shouldn't see this movie. It was great, even my girlfriend liked it which was definitely weird cause I thought girls might be turned off by all the fighting and blood and dead bodies and what not. So yea go see it...now...NOW! Why are you still here reading reviews about a movie that you should be watching? Go...hurry before its too late...oh great now you missed it. Way ta go.