Great trailer, movie disappoints.

Rating: 5/10 (11 March 2007)

I was really excited for this film. I really wanted to like it. I bought tickets for the midnight showing on opening night and encouraged many of my friends to do the same.
The movie was visually stunning but the CG went over-board. My biggest complaint is that I didn't care about any of the characters. Even Leonidas fell flat. I expected the Spartans to be completely "hardcore" Achillean-type heroes but instead they spouted corny lines about love. Oh, and the whole thing is in slow-motion. The political back-story is poorly executed. I could go on forever.
300 basically takes Frank Miller's graphic novel, CG's the hell out of every shot, adds some lame dialogue, and then slows down the action enough to make even the most graphic violence become boring.