what a disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (9 April 2007)

i was really expecting to see a masterpiece of a movie, instead it was one of the most boring war movies of all time. i know that films aren't always intended to be historically correct, which isn't the issue with 300, i prefer having semi-mythical beasts and what not, thats what makes entertaining movies, but its just the dialogue and the plot was so empty, i mean gerrad butler must have shouted the word Sparta like 300 times in the movie, yes yes we understand all for the glory of sparta, but for god's sake put something else in the movie! i mean some things were unbelievably stupid, boys born are to be dumped off cliff sides and further on beat each other up and fight a wolf in the freezing cold with nothing but a loin cloth on, i mean we get the point that they wanted tough men to be made of them, but the message was conveyed in such a funny way. thats thing, this movie had so much potential, combining the legend of the spartans and 21st century special effects it should've really rocked. but it just sucked big time. one other thing, it was so obvious that when the directors ran out of interesting baddies to throw at the mere 300 men (all sorts of weirdoes, your usual dispensable foot soldiers, then some samurai/persian death dorks, then some moorish bomb throwers, then all sorts of big animals etc... come on its like one big circus) they suddenly looked at their watches and said, OK they'll die from a volley of arrows, which, quite interestingly was depicted at the start of the movie, and they successfully blocked it, but happened to die of it at the end. what a flop, i really liked frank millers sin city, but 300 was really an over produced piece of junk. avoid like the plague, trust me you wont be missing anything special.