Best to watch this film during a Thunder Storm - when the power is out.

Rating: 3/10 (25 September 2011)

Spoilers.
For the sake of this wonderful country of ours - I only hope that reviewers who found this a cinematic masterpiece deserving of an Oscar are on the "other side of twenty years old."
I tried watching this – then turned it off – and – had a beer. I turned the film on again for ten or fifteen minutes – turned it off – and – had another beer. The beer didn't help at all. I made it to the point where the Persians come charging at the Spartans riding a rhinoceros. At this point I threw in the towel and gave up.
Action for action's sake does not make a great film.
As duly noted by other reviewers - this film should be more appropriately titled: "King Leonidas meets a Cave Troll."
Lord of the Rings was a masterpiece – as was Gladiator. This film is the furthest from a masterpiece that I've seen in ten years – maybe longer. In fact – this film is so awful that "300" should not be mentioned in the same breath as "Lord of the Rings" – or – "Gladiator."
Again – as many other viewers have noted – this film has no plot – no character development and a montage of stupid and awful action sequences. Nothing is remotely historically accurate.
Even Arnold's Films with grunts and groans have intellectually superior dialogue to the stupid clichés mouthed in this film.
Best to watch with the sound turned off – or – better yet in a thunder storm with the power turned off.
This film is truly awful.