Batting Way Below 300

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2007)

My problem with this movie is the same trouble with 'Sin City,' namely the comic book view of life that adds a layer of artifice to an already fake enterprise. There is no history here, only myth.
Given the opening grosses for '300,' however, I suppose we can expect more simpleminded Frank Miller projects. What's next? Signing up Francis Ford Coppola to direct?
There are some great performances though, despite the director's agenda to put the viewer inside a comic book -- or video game.
Zach Snyder strikes out this time, but I still have enormous admiration for his re-make of 'Dawn of the Dead.' I suspect Frank Miller is the real auteur of these comic book films, and whoever signs on to direct is a patsy.