300

Saturday, March 10, 2007

300 starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Andrew Tiernan and David Wenham is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. It recounts the Battle of Thermopylae, in which 300 Spartans (and other Greek city-states) took on the army of King Xerxes of Persia.
The visuals of the movie itself were breathtaking. While it's not like another one of Miller's graphic novels turned movie (Sin City) this movie just has as much violence. The acting, while not a reason I went to see the movie, was average at best. Though Gerard Butler as Spartan King Leonidas was memorable....though he does tend to overact in some scenes.
While history already tells us what happens at the end of the Battle, you should still see 300. It's your duty to see 300.
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Not the longest review, but it is in my opinion that you should go see 300. If the heads and various other limbs flying across the screen won't bring you, then at least see it for...well, I guess that's the only reason you should go see the movie.