Actually pretty awful

Rating: 2/10 (13 October 2008)

I waited some time to see 300 but it really wasn't worth the wait. The basic plot is this: The Spartan's Glaswegian king kicks some Persians into a conveniently placed bottomless pit. The Spartans then go to the "hot gates" to have a fight against the advice of a semi-naked chick, Spartans then have another fight, then another, then another, then another, then another then the Spartans die. The end. Being a comic book conversion it's done with the usual over the top violence and screwed up ugly monsters, like ogres with moobs and kitchen utensils for hands etc. The dialogue is pretty awful/Americanized and the Spartans keep banging on about fighting for Greece even though it didn't exist at the time.
Gerard Butler is especially awful but maybe that's just because I'm Glaswegian as I kept expecting him to shout "ho' you ya bam, am pure gonnae kick yer heid in" and "run, it's the polis" THIS IS SPARTA! NO IT'S NAW, IT'S PURE S***E BTW! (insert Glasgow kiss)