Blood Porn

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2008)

Blood porn. Gruesome, awesome, messy, blood porn.
That is the best way to describe the setting of 300, a graphic novel turned film based on the famous Spartan Battle of Thermopylae.
We are swept in to the legendary tale by a story of King Leonidas' training with the Egogi warriors. It is a tale that leaves your heart leaping to love the famous king along with the rest of the men listening on the field of Plataea. A tale that has you ready to stand up and fight alongside the Spartans.
King Xerxes is bearing down on the Spartans and the senate is unwilling to move to war because the Oracle of Delphi, a drugged young maiden speaking in tongues, says there will be no fighting in the time of the Carnier. King Leonidas, however, knows that this army led by the God-King Xerxes will be the end of Sparta.
All in all the acting was done fashionably well. (Okay, maybe fashionably is not a proper word to use when describing grown men running around in speedos and capes, nor a Greek king with a Scottish accent.) The facts about the real Battle of Thermopylae were fairly close to the Hollywood portrayal, more so than Hollywood is known for anyway. They even used actual lines taken from historical documents, such as: "Our arrows will blot out the sun." "Then we shall fight in the shade!" Still, for a two and a half hour movie about war, 300 was a fun experience. I was pleasantly surprised when I left the theater, so much so that I purchased the film as soon as it came out on DVD. For the action-adventure junkies out there, there is only one way to describe it Blood porn. Gruesome, awesome, messy blood porn.