That's some funky $h!t!

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2007)

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much when I first saw the trailer for 300, so I began watching it, I thought, quite prepared for what was to come. How wrong was I! First of all: this movie lacked any historical truth. I know many of the fans defend it, as being a comic-book movie. Whatever. Never heard of the comic, so I wouldn't know. Apart from this, the costumes were, least to say, pathetic. I can't imagine how anyone on this earth could believe that the Spartans, or Persians, or whomever in the movie would go to war with nothing more than a sword, a shield, a cape and...their underwear. No armor whatsoever.(and I must add that in --hystory-- (not comic related,I know) they are remembered for what? Their complex armor!!) The acting was mediocre to dreadful, possibly because no one could act with such a lame story and a dumb dialog. The characters were poorly to not at all psychologically characterized. (but then again, who needs to know a character when they go to war in underwear? I believe the IQ is quite obvious). And let's not forget Xerxes. What on EARTH?!?!?! He just gave me the creeps. Why did he need all those chains and earrings and...rings...and... etc? The visuals - could have been good, but not appropriate. The...monsters - or were they people? I can't say. But to me, they looked tragically like the orcs from The Lord of the Rings. People, if you must plagiarize...just plagiarize a less famous movie! Overall: Bad movie, bad acting, no historical truth, no costumes, useless visuals, no originality. Watching it and seeing its success...made me lose my faith in the human race.