Amazing story

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2007)

300, The story of the small battalion of Spartan Soldiers that held off the entire Persian Army themselves. a story that not only stands as a true testament to the strength and the force of will of men, but it is also the basis of one of the most entertaining movies of our time.
300 is the newest in what almost feels like a run of historical epic movies(Troy, Alexander, the Last Samurai, and the soon to come up Hannibal). Though unlike those, the story used was not the original stories. this story although still based on the historic stand of the spartan warriors, is actually based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City,Robo cop) and as with Sin city, Millers love with the green screen and what it allows him to do is apparent.This Movie,like Sin City, really feels like a comic book, though not as heavily as Sin City did. it also allows for some of the greatest special effect's I've ever seen on film. Finding myself at times, wondering if that arm flying off was CG or not, or that spear actually went though a body or it was a CG.
The Cast is full of Names that aren't seen a whole hell of allot of the time, Lead By Gerard Butler as the Spartan King Leonidas makes a pretty god performance as the man who leads the 300 until their dying breath. though at times he sounds a bit like a younger Sean Connery when he speaks, which kind of makes some of the little ballsy defiant quips even better, the main antagonist The King of the Persians is played by Rodrigo Santoro, and does a pretty good job of playing the megalomaniac. The Fight at home is lead by the Kings queen played by Lena Headly, and she is countered on the home front by Theron played by Dominic West.
The Film was a great adventure, and is chock full of many things, most of which I leave you to discover, though some of the more obvious ones are, well a lot of men dying.