Superbly made film depicting the events of the Spartans against the Persians!

Rating: 9/10 (31 December 2012)

'300' is a film based on the Battle of Thermopylae which was a battle between the 300 mighty Spartans of Greece against 1,000,000 Persians. Reading about it in history class, I've always been fascinated to see this movie. I finally had the chance to watch it and I believe its a superb film that interesting tells the story of what happened.
There's something special about this film, apart from the epicness of the action. The color tone is something I really enjoy about this particular movie. It clearly shows the darkness and it just adds further excitement to the movie. Also, the acting is marvellous and the characters are portrayed as extremely interesting. The pacing is superb in the film and how the film starts was just magnificent and interesting.
My favorite movie of all time being the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I have always loved good sword fighting action, but my only concern of this film is the obvious use of Lord of the Rings material, which is clearly seen at the end of the film when Leonidas is getting killed. Remember Boromir from Fellowship of the Ring, how he receives three mighty thick Uruk arrows embedded into his chest, the same happens here as Leonidas is fighting. Remember how Boromir died, his last words being "I would've followed you my brother, my captain, my king". Here, Leonidas' last words were "My queen, my wife, my love" which is pretty much in reverse form of Boromir's words. It sorta annoyed me considering how much I love LOTR and is the reason I give it a 9 instead of a 10.
I was grateful to see the guy who played Faramir in Lord of the Rings play Dilios. He was magnificent.
Despite Gladiator and Lord of the Rings being regarded as having the greatest sword fighting action, 300 is a superbly crafted film from Zack Schneider.