Saturday, November 24, 2007
300
There is no denying the wondrous look of 300...its amazing. The visual phenomenon is enough to keep you fully engaged in this movie for the first 30 or 40 minutes...but sooner or later you begin to realize the script was an afterthought. The movie goes from dazzling to goofy to preposperous to boring. Its a marvel to look at, but there's nothing to feel...nothing to care about. 300 is for the adolescent male who wants action and machismo in his movie. It certainly has that, but too bad this film doesn't have a brain as well. 2 of 5 hs
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Speaking as a no-longer adolescent who enjoys action and machismo and a story with a moral, I enjoyed 300 quite a bit. I agree with you that it was visually stunning (amazing what you can do with a green screen these days!) and had some really goofy/preposterous parts (it's hard to translate a Frank Miller comic into something that could happen in real life-see Sin City for similar comparisons) but I felt the overriding message of being willing to stand and fight to protect your ideals and loved ones was a timeless one.
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