Just goes to show you, ya don't need 200 million to make a great epic movie...

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2007)

This movie did not cost a lot to make compared to other epic movies, yet it deserves its place among them. A grand epic adventure with loads of fighting and lots of blood. Yes, this film truly delivered the goods. Shot using blue screens and the like almost all the backgrounds and scenery is computer generated, this however does not detract from the film, but instead gives it a surreal quality. This movie is about how 300 spartan warriors stood against the massive Persian army and held their own. The story goes by quickly as this one is nearly pure fighting. The scenes without fighting are good as well as is the whole story, told back to us in narrative form. I was surprised how quickly though the Spartans set out for their battle. The battle itself was of epic proportion as you got to learn the advantages of troop formation and fighting as one and as comrades is a much better way to go about things than just charging and fighting more out of fear for one's life. You also get to see some of the best spear and shield fighting ever in a movie. The battle scenes are more graphic than those in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and emotional too, cause I was pulling for the Spartans all the way. Just something about their conviction you had to admire. All this and it was done on a rather minuscule budget, you also have to admire the director and producer as well. Though I just knew that one guy would be trouble for the troops.