Excellent in style, but the actual movie didn't interest me that much.

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2007)

This movie, '300', is a retelling of the 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae, where King Leonidas defends Greece with only 300 highly trained warriors. His opponent is the Persian Xerxes who has an army of thousands.
The movie begins with Leonidas as a young boy, and shows how boys were brought up to be warriors. Gerard Butler, of 'Phantom' fame, plays King Leonidas. Lena Headey is his queen Gorgo, and the earlier scenes contain some good interactions between them.
Judging from a photo of an old painting of the battle, the costumes used in this movie are fairly authentic. I like the style of the movie, which in many respects reminded me of the style of "Sin City." The depiction of the fighting is fierce, with heads and body parts flying as the warriors fight the enemy.
Overall while I enjoyed it at an entertainment level, otherwise the movie didn't touch me.