Movie Review: 300
I’d heard that critics had panned 300, so my expectations for it were low. It turns out that 300 gets 61% fresh tomatoes — not so bad — on Rotten Tomatoes, and that I found the movie perfectly entertaining.
Sometimes dork that I am, I’ve read a number of Frank Miller comic books, including the Dark Knight (Batman) series and his Daredevil runs, and I enjoyed Sin City. 300 was consistent with this lineage — a dark, violent tale centered around a larger-than-life hero, this time Spartan King Leonidas, played by Gerard Butler. In other words, this was a guy’s movie, featuring battle scenes with hand-to-hand combat and brief nudity. What guy needs more?
Butler had a wee bit of a tough time concealing his Scotish accent, and I kept imagining him as the villain he was in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Still, suspension of disbelief set in over the course of the movie, enough for two hours of diversion.
As of this writing, it’s still in theatres and deserving of a couple hours after work or a lazy afternoon on the weekend.
Nice review! Do you think there will be a sequel?
Yes, absolutely. In the sequel, Leonides is resurrected as Helen of Troy and starts another war, this time as a Spartan against the Trojans.