Great Potential but PoorlyWritten

Rating: 4/10 (29 March 2007)

OK i went into this movie and expected just an average movie. and that is what i got...just an average movie if not below average
The Pros
1 intense action scenes and gore
2 battle of sheer will and strength. 300 Spartans take on 2,000,000 Persians.
The Cons
1 I left the movie not caring about any of the 300 Spartans except maybe King Leonidas. Why? Because character development was sorely missing from this film.
2 We come out of this movie not having learned a thing about Spartan lifestyle...except that some of the men are raised to be warriors. If I know nothing about Sparta or its people why should i care if it falls?? In other words...what are the 300 defending so faithfully???
3 Here comes the biggest pitfall of them all. The armies that Xerxes deploys (in order from weakest to strongest) are MANHANDLED and destroyed instantly. In the scenes preceding it, the audience is led to believe that the "immortal" army will present a great challenge for the 300. Please...they get wiped out easily. And the huge, massive, scary creatures? lol as soon as they are introduced they are killed.
It just seems to me that every potential great moment in this film was cut short...extremely short.