Visual Spectacle, With Great Acting

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2007)

When you first sit down, the lights dim, the intro begins, you immediately know you're watching a great film. Nearly every scene was shot in front of either a green or blue screen. The backgrounds are stunning and dark, which is appropriate.It begins with an introduction to King Leonidas. Some facts are told,like how every baby who was deformed was thrown of a cliff, and the male children were sent to a barracks at age 7. Spartans were the best soldiers of their time. The men spent all their lives training. So that 300 warriors could take on nearly a million Persians.
Told never to cry or show emotion, they fight. Long and hard. Evert single second of the movie has been given great care, and it is why it will win Best Special Effects at next years Oscars, if it doesn't, then what will?There are no big-name flashy actors in here, I haven't heard of Gerald Butler before, but he gave off an amazing performance. There is no cheesy acting anywhere. Some of the best acting in all of movies. This IS based on a true story though exaggerated because there are no 12ft tall monsters with spiked swords for hands.
The idea of the movie is to honor the greatest soldiers who ever lived, their triumph. This is dedicated top those brave 300 Spartans all soldiers all the time. The greatest story of triumph in history. They overcame all odds and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Persians, and stacked their bodies in a mountain and pushed the bodies onto an oncoming force. The battle scenes were done with great care. From Slow-motion to sped up, you feel like you're on the battle field. This actually happened. It was called the Battle of Thermopalaye. This is the story of true heroes. There are no cheesy one liners that appear in nearly ever movie, only wise cracks like- "Our arrows will block out the sun!" "Then we will fight in the shade." Spartans were trained never to retreat or be scared, they are true soldiers.
I would not be surprised if this won picture of the year, trust me, many long hard hours were put into acting and special effects. Watch this movie. You will not be disappointed.