Great Action, SO-SO Plot, Good Acting

Rating: 7/10 (10 March 2007)

The much anticipated 300 certainly did live up to the hype. The movie has enough decapitations and slow-mo action scenes to satisfy the blood hungry fans. The plot was so-so leaving some boring scenes. The acting is good enough to keep you into the movie. My only problem is that none of it was great! Just before the movie my friend was saying that he hopes there's a scene in the movie that's better then the opening scene in TROY when Brad Pitt strikes his enemy in the shoulder/neck area. After seeing the film, I have to say it is better then Troy but it lacked great scenes like the one mentioned above. I was expecting more from the visuals especially since I know how creative the man behind Sin-City can be. The acting by the king was phenomenal however after him the acting can be described as good but for the most part was only so-so. In the non-action scenes I found myself bored just waiting for the next battle sequence. I think my main problem with the movie was lack of character development, it's hard to really care for the characters when you don't really know them, its the problem with most epic movies! In the end many people will love the film because of the great action, but if you care about more film aspects then you'll find many flaws with the film.