300

Rating: 5/10 (31 March 2007)

300 I had heard that 300 looks like a video game. I have never played a violent video game, so I do not know whether this is true or not, but irrespective of that the movie stands on its own feet with no overt resemblance to a video game, until told by someone.
The story is simple. In 480 BC, Sparta  a small kingdom in Greece defends the attack by Persian might with 300 soldiers called Spartarians; who die but unite Greece to fight the Persians. It is based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller.
Zack Snyder the director of the movie has successfully created a graphical canvass suitable to the novel and maintains a painting look with high contrast  blue and brown colors and hue that create a feeling of every scene being a piece of art. Zack has also co-written the screenplay and there he has failed to recreate the historical context of the time. There are several drawbacks to the film, namely; the dialogues lack punch (and are sometimes laughable), the softer scenes even though having the silence lack depth, and the most jarring one is the contemporary and political context hinted in the movie that disturbs and stands out as a sore thumb.
Gerard Butler plays the role of the King Leonidas of Sparta with perfection. The remaining casts are okay and no special mention is required. The battle scenes are shot amazingly but are violently graphic. Astonishingly with all the blood splattering around in the battle the bodies of warriors and the ground always remain without a drop of blood on them. Zack should had noticed and painted this detail inside.
Overall a good experience to see a different type of visual movie; the director could have made it much more better than it is now with a better adaptation.
(Stars 5.5 out of 10)