Good movie with some overlaps

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2009)

OK, let's face it, this is not a masterpiece and it is not the best war movie ever. 300 throughout the movie keeps you seated with a palm full of popcorns and your eyes starring at the screen. The movie starts off really well, with an introduction to the harsh spartan way of life and the entering of a Spartan boy to the "Agogi". This completely historically accurate. Studying Greek history and being Greek-athenian my self i can tell you this. I would like to inform people who rushed to judge this movie as over exagerrating and a hyperbole that they should take a closer look at Greek history. the cast throughout the story performs well, with really solid acting, the type of actign required for war movies (do not expect super acting though, the film is revolving around Leonidas personality more than the rest). The film has great soundtracks with tasty tones which make you want to listen to them over and over again, (especially the Bulgarian music towards the end of the music). One of the disadvantes of the movie would probably be the the background which is used in the movie with the yellowish,cloudy,dark mood which is unreal. Although some of the effects used during the battle are smart and give an eery mood to the viewers.
Overall this is a good movie, with great sequence, mostly historically accurate, but is trying too hard to make things impressive. Don't judge it that hard.