Visually Stunning

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2008)

Saw this the other day on DVD, why oh why did I not see this at the cinema? I have been a bit lazy and not looked into what this story was based on but it grabbed me from the very first scene. I was dreading it being another 2 hour long 'Lord of the Rings' battlefield epic but it wasn't. The whole Spartan thing was great, and I thought the scene where the young king was growing up was very interesting. The action scene were quite typical, lots of arms being chopped off and decapitations but it was slightly different and made it very captivating to watch. Xerxes was a very very creepy enemy, very feminine to look at but a body of a fierce god and the voice like Candyman - very scary.
300 is not the best film ever but definitely worth a look! Shame its called 300, don't know why but that really bugged me!