Frank Miller should be proud!!!

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2007)

Every few years, a movie comes along and changes the way we see films!!! Star Wars, The Matrix, The LOTR Trilogy, Sin City etc. And 300 is one of those movies!! Never has a film been so visually stunning that sometimes you can't help but stop watching the actors just to examine the incredible backgrounds that seem to come to life!! One of my favorite scenes would have to be the oracle scene where a Spartan woman dances to see the future for Sparta!! It's an erotic and beautiful scene with amazing lighting and effects that are top notch!!! The plot for 300 is simple and straight forward, The Persian leader Xerxes plans to control the nation of Sparta, but Sparta being the brave and cocky nation, the King of Sparta wages war with only 300 Spartans to defend his nation. Of course, after being told the odd are against him by his own people, the King still leads his men to what he believes is a battle of freedom. The performances in this film are strong, the best being Gerald Butler as King Leonidas, every line he delivers with just right amount of passion and leadership that is needed for a king!! Also Lena Headey is great as the Queen of Sparta as is Dominic West as Theron and David Wenham as Dilios!!! Not to mention, Vincent Regan as the Captain who gives a heart-breaking performance at the tragic event of his son's death!! The action in this film is also major highlight!!! This is where the movie score really sets the tone for the movie as it never stops feeling epic!! You can tell that every fight was well choreographed and the slow-mo effects really help by showing the brutality of the violence, which is pretty gory!!! Heads fly off left and right, and limps are cut off like butter, but hey, THIS IS A WAR MOVIE!!! So to all the squeamish, this isn't the movie for you. But the best part of this film for me were the finally 20 minutes of the film, it's intense and emotional that you will changed by the end of the film!! But it also gives the audience the moral of never to stop fighting, no matter how impossible your odds may seem!!! 300 is an inspirational, action-packed, well-acted, and visually ground-breaking film!!! Like Frank Miller's other comic book adaption, Sin City, 300 sets the bare for how films should look and feel!! After the mediocrity that was Ghost Rider, 300 is the first great film I've seen so far this year, and hopefully not the last!! It's a film all can enjoy, even women, who will probably enjoy all the half naked men running around. My advice is to go see 300, if the acting and action aren't up to your standards, then just watch this amazing setting and effects, which alone will leave you breathless!!! My only little problem with the movie is the appearance of Xerxes, The Persian King!!! I don't know, but it seemed he looked more like a drag queen than a ruler!!!