PodBill Just what I expected

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

daoldiges As usual I did no research and read no reviews before seeing 300, and so went into it with few expectations. For the first few minutes I wasn't quite sure what I was watching. It wasn't 'animation' but then again it didn't look like regular film, it was definitely enhanced and manipulated to give it an appearance unlike anything I'd seen before. I was curious to see more. However, after I'd adapted to these new visuals I was more available to focus on the story, script, and what was actually going on. That's where the trouble began. This film seems to be stuck in one gear - very high. Every scene was like yet another climax. It was unrelenting and before soon lost it's impact and power to excite. Also, the script wasn't so much dialogue as much as it was profound statements, rally cries, epic speeches meant to inspire and awe, and that was basically it. It seems this film was meant to awe and inspire the audience through its visuals only, but for me I need a supporting story and characters who, love them or hate them, I need to feel something for them. 300 is interesting to look at, but has nothing else going for it.

Tweetienator Great, impressive movie with unique pictures and action galore. 300 was like Sin City or Avatar or Matrix - a mind-blowing experience watching the first time. Zack Snyder directed this one and like with his Suckerpunch he created an unique world and style. Well, I didn't watch this epic 300 times but at least a dozen times. Good.

PaulEHarvey *** SPOILER ALERT ****Written by noted conservative Warren Miller, 300 serves as a brilliant piece of propaganda that fails in nearly every way when looking at historical evidence of the time.1. Spartans depending on a LARGE slave class, that allowed them 24 Hour leisure time for their interests.2. Spartan training was designed to produce good citizens, not soldiers.3. Sparta didn't have a standing army, their army was a militia that was used when needed.4. The battle of Thermopylae was not intended to be a suicide mission. Leonidas desperately wanted, and sent for, emergency backup.5. Argives were the premier warriors in Ancient Greece6. Sparta was admired for its political machinations, not its army.There are many more historical inaccuracies. This is a small list of them. Please do your research rather than believe this piece of propaganda.

gsh999 A brave, oddly blue-eyed group of Spartans screech about "freedom" and serve as a model for humanity as a seemingly alien race of ugly, deformed, evil mutant Persians tries to conquer them. This movie, made during the US-Iraq war that began in 2003, is nothing but propaganda to inspire hatred for people from the Middle East. The Spartans certainly excelled at warfare and were brave warriors, but the rear-guard force of 300 was part of a much larger Greek army, numbering as many as 8,000 -- something the movie entirely leaves out. Second, the Spartans were war-like primarily to control the massive numbers of slaves held in their homeland, who outnumbered Spartan citizens 10 to 1. Hearing the brave, blue-eyed (LOL) Spartans screeching about "freedom" really made me laugh. The invading Persians are depicted as nothing more than cowardly, ugly monsters. As a former military officer, I admire the bravery of the Greeks at Thermopylae, but this type of propaganda, styled as "cinema," makes me sick. My previous review, making these points, was deleted by IMDb. I wonder why.