300
With
Gerard
Butler,
Lena
Headley,
David
Wenham,
Dominic
West
Directed
by
Zack
Snyder
Dawn
Of
The
Dead
remake
director
Zack
Snyder
took
the
Frank
Miller
graphic
novel
about
the
battle
of
Thermopylae
and
turned
it
into
a
sweeping
cinematic
triumph,
depending
heavily
on
CGI.
As
with
Robert
Rodriguez’
highly
effective
adaptation
of
Miller’s
Sin
City,
300
has
a
very
similar
feel.
With
its
golden
and
sepia
tones,
the
digital
landscapes,
surroundings
(and
often
characters)
do
not
feel
artificial
as
it
pulls
the
viewer
into
this
historic
fantasy
world
where
a
god-king
(Xerxes)
is
out
to
rule
by
submission.
But
he
meets
his
match
in
king
Leonidas
of
Sparta
who
refuses
to
kneel
before
him.
However,
the
laws
of
the
land
forbids
him
to
take
up
arms,
so
he
devises
a
plan
to
meet
the
massive
Persian
army
with
only
300
of
his
best
warriors.
And
what
a
clash
it
is!
Brutal
action,
fantastic
slow
motion
sequences,
passion,
hatred,
bravery,
madness.
While
very
testosterone
driven,
this
is
not
merely
a
man-flick,
but
a
total
blast.
The
double
DVD
release
includes
a
look
at
the
origins
of
the
story
(including
historians),
the
mission
to
get
the
studio
hooked,
the
making
of
the
movie,
director’s
commentary,
interviews
with
Snyder,
graphic
novel
creator
Frank
Miller
and
other
key
players,
as
well
as
various
webisodes
covering
aspects
of
the
production
from
set
design
and
creature
FX,
to
the
gruelling
training
and
costumes.
Not
to
be
missed.
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...the
2nd
opinion...
A
movie
based
on
a
graphic
novel
which
is
based
on
historic
accounts
of
300
Spartan
warriors
facing
a
Persian
army
of
1
000
000
men
/
elephants
/
ogres
/
and
other
beasts.
For
starters
there
is
a
little
politics,
a
little
dash
of
romance,
and
spiced
up
with
some
treachery.
This
gets
drowned
out
by
the
main
course
of
violent
and
bloody
battle
scenes
filled
with
corpses,
decapitations
and
a
lot
of
blood.
The
main
course
outweighs
the
other
stuff
by
far
and
there's
hardly
a
dull
moment
once
it
is
served.
I
will
be
back
for
a
second
serving
without
doubt
because
TONIGHT
WE
DINE
IN
HELL
!
Popcorn
and
a
slush
with
extra
BLOOD.
Excellent.
-
Robin
Ogden
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B
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C
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