Gerard Butler Phan with Bad Heart Loves 300

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2007)

As an elderly woman, who doesn't like violence in films I was still prepared to see this film through my fingers, if necessary, just to support Gerard Butler. However, I found that the parts I would normally find gross and distasteful were so well done and beautifully rendered that I wasn't at all reviled by them. And, I saw the movie twice and will see it again before it leaves the theaters. Gerard Butler is King Leonidas and, as usual, even when he's not on screen his presence is felt. 300 is an engrossing movie. The time went by so quickly and not for a moment was I bored or wishing it would hurry to the next scene. Zack Snyder is an imaginative director, who was obviously in total command of what was happening in this film. I'm hoping The Academy of Arts and Science will create a new category for this fascinating genre.