Making history look cool.

Rating: 4/10 (9 October 2007)

I was actually fascinated with the visual effect created by 300. Portraying Spartans as fearless, free, supermen, Frank Miller has one large imagination that so far has suited the green, uh, silver screen very well. Of course, plenty of blood and gore litter this over-stylized Battle of Thermopylae, but Miller's imagination is not without some fantastic views on Xerxes, his Immortals, the traitor Ephialtes, the Ephors and the Oracle among others.
A messenger convoy from Persia to Sparta brings word that their king Xerxes comes for earth and water. The king doesn't buy it, or any doomsday prophecies for that matter, and enlists the best 300 soldiers to meet up with other Greeks to confront with Xerxes at the "Hot Gates."
300 could appeal to any inner comic book fan. Comic books have always had a faithful following in movies and 300 is an easy example as to why the genre will continue to remain strong. Making history look sharp and cool, no matter how silly the script, props or choreography, will sell. The impressive post-production made an entire film set on a green screen backdrop into a rugged, dark and gory terrain. That in itself deserves notice.