Bloody good time!

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2014)

I saw this movie when I was in high school and was blown away by the experience. I remember seeing this in IMAX in a full theater and enjoyed every minute of it. The movie is a bit over 1 hour and 30 minutes, but it seemed shorter and I wanted more out of it. It's not a very satisfying movie in that regard but it's like being on a short entertaining thrill ride. This movie has badass written all over it. With the leader of the 300 Leonidas(Gerard Butler) becoming a iconic movie character. Quite a bit of the phrases has now become iconic phrases as well that people like to say or shout out. Sure when it comes to the story it doesn't have a lot of substance, but it has enough meat that just about any carnivores can chew down on and enjoy the feast with. When it comes the the environment it's mostly CGI and there is slow motion fight scenes, but I thought it was integrated and utilized so well in this. Sure, slow motion has been done before, but this brought in something new. What this movie does bring to the audiences, is basically guilty pleasure and it delivers in so many levels. What this movie is a war movie with Spartans that fight as a unit going up against the Persian army that outnumber them by huge numbers and it's awesome. This is a great adaptation from comic book to movie form that any movie goers that want to have a bloody good time can enjoy.
8.6/10