Letters From A Critic

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2007)

Dear Zack Snyder, After witnessing your 300, I would have to say I would have to drink about 300 glasses of Guiness just to numb the pain of what I have witnessed.
In order to enjoy all the special effects and needless screaming of the Spartans, one can go to any movie theater and watch the three-minute trailer saving them about 114 minutes of utter boredom. It would have been nice if you told us that Zack.
The movie focuses on King Leonidis being threatened by the Persians to give up Sparta to them, the King refuses and takes 300 soldiers from his army to stand up to the Persian Army lead by Xerxes. Along the way, there are some battle scenes that go on longer than they need to, and there's a neat scene with some elephants trying to stomp on the 300 men.
The graphics may have been neat, the music fits, but the plot of the movie is absolutely ridiculous. In the real world when it is 300 versus thousands, do the math. In Greece, I guess one stands a chance according to you Zack and Frank Miller, author of the graphic novel. A real disappointment for someone who was a fan of Sin City, which Miller was able to help take his vision from paper to screen. Perhaps it was because he was more involved in the Sin City project. .
By the way, did I mention that there's a needless sex scene in the movie? I can't stand needless sex scenes. Perhaps you jerked off to it and it worked for you. Me, had nothing to do with the story and I didn't believe the marriage of Leonidis and Gorgo, the queen.
Mr. Snyder, I am sure you have talent as a director, but the way this movie was put together, the pacing, the story, was all so terribly flawed. The trailer was cool. Find a way to make the rest of the movie even cooler and you will have me at hello.
Until then, here's two beers for you.
Regards, Michael Jae.