Best Battle/Adventure Epic Since Conan

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2007)

300 is a battle epic that celebrates the divinity (in my eyes) of masculine strength. It celebrates men and true power. Raw, real and archetypical, I've never seen a movie since Conan the Barbarian that captured an ancient barbaric period and told a tale with as much convincability as 300. The actors are warriors, they don't seem like hollywooders. The way they thrust their spears and scream their battle cries, show the essence of warriorship all the way down deep into their eyes. My blood was racing, I felt incredibly in my body and felt the freedom of being alive from watching these men portray ancient Spartans. It was so real.
Miller captured what needed to be shown and explained to justify how outrageous this tale supposedly played out. After the movie I looked at my girlfriend and said "Well that movie was about as cool as it possibly could have been." Time slowed down about six hundred times during the film and each time a scene was over you were ready for more. I am a major in transpersonal psychology, not just some meathead guy who likes violence. This film shows the depths of human nature and is exquisite art that should not be grouped with "waste of your afternoon action films." Go see this movie if you want to know what being alive truly means. Could not have been better.