A great movie, arguably!!

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2007)

I was like dying to watch the movie 300 before its release and after the first time I watched the trailers, believe me or not, I watched the trailers again and again and for at least 50 times in the next 3 days. Reason? Adrenaline, Music, Dialogs & Cinematography. And I was reading all the reviews on the movie in the coming weeks and I became a fan of this movie even before watching it because of the hype & expectations.
And the time came atlast and I watched the movie in the theater. By the time half of the movie was over, I was like, hmmmmm.. something is missing!!! The movie really didn't live upto my expectations.
The MUSIC was not what I expected (actually the music in the trailers was of some number from "Nine inch Nails" which I earlier didn't know, but had a huge impact on my mind). But the score was decent anyway.
DIALOGS were reasonably good & some were mind blowing for which the audience in the theater were like clapping & whistling.
And, CINEMATOGRAPHY and DIRECTION, I should say I really enjoyed that aspect of the movie.
But what was the missing link? The answer is, Story! No matter what the mythology says, this movie doesn't have a very strong plot. Its just 300 Spartans die, in glory, for their Sparta!! What else? Nothing.
And then, I saw the IMDb rating going down day after day. I knew why and I hope, by now, you know why.
For all the hard work the actors put in, all new cinematography style, decend original score, powerful dialogs and stylish direction, this movie deserves 8/10.