beating me over the head

Rating: 4/10 (12 March 2007)

300 is a beautiful film by visual style and choreography. The plot is set up in a framed structure. We here the story from one of the 300 that was sent back to tell the tale. The weakest part of the entire film for me was the narration. His voice was perfect but a lot of what he said, in my opinion should have been cut out. It took a lot of the intensity out of the film. Epic films are epic because they take place on a large scale, tell a large story, and are about great change. 300 had all of these elements. But instead of standing still they also had to tell me it was epic. A lot of the moments in this film would have been much better if they were left to stand on their own. But every character in every scene was trying to create amazing one liners. And just because you're yelling does not mean you are dramatic. I could not get into it because i was just laughing at all the times i was told what was going on. It constantly had me saying, I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW, and my mind wandered. To make a good film you need to keep the audience looking for information. Picking up on new things. learning the plot as it develops. in 300 i had all the information i needed in the first 15 minutes. you had to be 17 to get in, and 3 to understand it.