Unique. Awesome.

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2007)

300 lives up to its hype, a must-see for movie lovers -- and see it in a theater, don't wait for DVD. I went with friends, and we all agreed to go again. Once is not enough. To all involved, especially Zach Snyder and Gerard Butler, you have given your audience one wild experience. Having read mixed professional critical reviews, we were prepared for disappointment, though audience reviews were mostly good to raves. We side with the ravers. If you can do so, see it at an IMAX theater. It is a groundbreaking, starmaking film, a visceral immersion in a living painting of an ancient time. As to historical accuracy, this is art and myth, a tale within a tale as told by a storyteller to rally his people to what he deeply believes to be a noble cause. In that vein, 300, to paraphrase Picasso, lies to tell the truth.