Cheapo producer couldn't afford color film, but could afford too much CG

Rating: 5/10 (11 March 2007)

This could have been such a great movie, but the moron director, like so many others, insisted on shooting in brown and white and blue and white. Why do Hollywood directors insist upon doing this???? ATTENTION, ALL DIRECTORS: IT'S BEEN DONE. An original thought and a cold drink of water would kill most of today's directors. Now, back to the film. 300 had some really great lines, most of which can be seen on the main page of the IMDb site. If the film was shot in color and had ninety per cent less CG, it would have been a clear 10, maybe even 11. There was way too much of the speed it up and slow it down effects in the battle scenes to the point of being cartoonish. Can you say, "boring". I had a problem with Xerxes being portrayed as being somewhat, how shall I say it, delicate. Now, let's take the Queen of the Spartans - I wish we had more moms like that in the U.S. Still, I'm a sucker for what Patton termed 'desperate struggle' situations, and 300 was one of those. Hold your nose, and go see the movie.