Beautiful Cinematography

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2012)

Frank Miller's Sin City was adapted to the big screen successfully, and now, 300 follows suit, with the difference being that 300 is an historically based drama. The battle of Thermopylae, in which three hundred Spartan soldiers, led by King Leonidas, battle one million Persians. The king uses an interesting strategy, where he finds terrain with a narrow passageway to force the vastly larger army to be narrowed, and thus making it possible to fight them in smaller numbers.
Gerard Butler as the king, and Lena Headey as his wife have strong chemistry, but unfortunately, the majority of the cast look like Cippendale dancers, with bodies shaved, and ready for a night at the Gay Pride Parade in Greenwich Village on Halloween. The battle scenes are excellent, with breathtaking cinematography, and colors so rich, that it will blow you away. The biggest complaint seems to be with how much of 300 is true. We will never know the answer to that question; but in the meantime, just sit back and be dazzled.