Earth and Water...

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2007)

"Earth and Water..." As the Persian messenger says near the beginning of the film, this is a film about an immense war over the Earth and Water in the city of Sparta. Due to the ignorant politics in Sparta, a king and his army of just 300 soldiers must defend what they love against an army of millions.
300 is an epic depiction of the battle of Thermopylae, and how 300 Spartans used strength, passion, fearlessness and tactics to fight. An army of millions means nothing next to these qualities.
300 beholds a very expertly executed demonstration of how Spartans fight. There shall be no one in the cinema audience who is not staring in awe as King Leonidas slaughters man after man after man. There'll be triumph as the Spartans turn the surroundings against the enemy, obliterating the opposition through intelligent strategies. There'll be fear in the hearts of the viewer as the 300 Spartans fight an enemy so large, their marches create earthquakes, so massive, they drink the rivers dry.
300 induces all the emotions the creators intended it to.
The use of CGI is to be triumphed over, not one creature looks fake in this movie. You may have seen in the trailer, the rhinoceros, the uber immortal, the elephants, all such convincing beasts.
The use of imagery in 300 is unlike any other movie, the style of every single frame is admirable. It overall amounts to a very powerful feel throughout the movie.
And at the end of the epic journey which is 300, you will be inspired. You will leave the cinema courageous, fearless and having seen what the soldiers did in that battle, you will feel capable of ANTHING!
There are 300 words in this review, one for every Spartan that fought that battle