Undone by Arrogance

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2007)

Well I knew going in to 300 that I was probably going to dislike it. I disliked Sin City. I went because I do like comic books but the guess the violence on the page just isn't as visceral as the violence translated to screen. On screen it just seems ridiculous especially when their is no story behind it. Comic books are one thing; they're short the narrator and the characters tell their story through pictures. For some reason the directors and producers of these movies just can't seem to translate that storytelling of the characters to the big screen. The narration on screen just falls flat. The whole time I was watching the movie I had to wonder whether David Wenham ever said to the director and the writer, "you're kidding right, you really expect me to say this!" The narration and well, most of the dialog was laughable. There was too much of what we have seen before. Muted tones, wheat fields, blustering speeches of glory and death done far better in other movies. The arrogance of the King, his political and deformed adversaries plus the filmmakers is the undoing the all of us.
The only saving grace of the whole movie was the Queen. If all of the roles had been written as well as her's the film would have been far better.
On another note I think that parents should be extremely caution before taking their young male children to this movie. There isn't just violence in it; there is a lot of sexual content(nudity) and expect for the role of the Queen at lack of respect toward women. 1/10