Best movie I've seen in a while

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2007)

First things first, this movie is NOT, I repeat NOT historically accurate, nor is it suppose to be. For the last time people, it is based on a graphic novel. If I hear someone bash this movie one more time because it is "historically inaccurate" I am going to flip. It is also not an allusion to the war in Iraq because the story was written years before America went in there. It is not a racist movie, it is being told through the eyes of the Spartans, so of course the Spartans will make the Persians out to be the scum of the world, they are the enemies and are depicted as so. Stop being so critical and take in the movie for what it is, entertainment.
Now, on to the film itself. 300 is one of the most original movies I have seen in a good long time. No it is not just like "Sin City", but it is similar in the fact that it was written by the same guy. The visuals are breathtaking and I found myself getting lost in the world that Zack Snyder brought to the screen. The fight scenes were amazing. My jaw dropped to the floor more than once during those battles, as did everyone I went to see it with, each time I went (I've seen it 3 times so far).
The story behind the queen, though predictable, is still very well thought out. You can tell that the love between Leonidas and the Queen is true from what she risks to help him.
The score for the movie is absolutely brilliant. Tyler bates did a phenomenal job with the arrangements, and really brought the movie together with his pieces. The movie wouldn't have been half as good had the score been any different My only complaint about the movie is the random goat-human hybrid abomination of god that was smoking a hookah in a tent or something of that nature. I mean come on now, that is definitely a WTF moment that will leave you scratching your head and saying "Huh?"
Other than that the movie was brilliant. Every time I see it, I get goosebumps at last scene with the ending speech, and every time I see it, I leave the theatre with a feeling of pride for the fact that I had just witnessed one of the most bad-ass events in human history.
Go see it.