In this handsome pantomime, the performances are not what we are watching.
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04/14/07
300 (2007)
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Reviews Counted:215
Fresh:128
Rotten:87
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: A simple-minded but visually exciting experience, full of blood, violence, and ready-made movie quotes.
Theatrical Release:23-03-2007
Synopsis: Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, 300 takes over the screen like an invading horde. With all the gushing blood of a horror movie and the scope of a classic epic, the... [More]
Starring: Gerard Butler, Vincent Regan, Lena Headey, David Wenham
Director: Zack Snyder
Reviews for 300
Top CriticThe Spartan soldiers, carrying shields like dustbin lids and spears like park railings, have shiny rippling bodies, wear black leather Speedos and short red cloaks, and seem to be responding to an invitation to a fancy-dress party at a gay New York club.
03/31/07
The hyper-real blue screen and the moral complexity of root veg remains faithful to Miller. But you can't help feeling this could have had more to say about war than "come join the party!".
03/30/07
This is a gorgeously designed, impressively directed and action-packed swords-and-sandals flick, even if the fascist overtones and the shouting gets a bit much after a while.
03/24/07
Apart from anything else, the idea of America having the Spartans' underdog status is not plausible.
03/24/07
Top CriticVisually stunning, thoroughly belligerent and as shallow as a pygmys paddling pool, this is a whole heap of style tinged with just a smidgen of substance.
03/23/07
Top CriticIt might have been one of the great all-time mad, bad movies but for one thing its just sooo boring.
03/17/07
Top CriticTaken on it's own terms - as Greek myth meets Looney Tunes - it's kind of a masterpiece.
03/17/07
Top CriticThe result is a delirious, turbo-charged roar of a movie that plays like Spartacus on bizarre drugs.
03/08/07
Zack Snyder invests loads of visual style into this adaptation of Frank Miller's now-classic graphic novel ... but there's not much going on underneath the gorgeous surface.
03/07/07
Asscrack-ugly
08/27/09
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04/23/09
300 is a fun-fest of blood, mayhem, and absurdity. At its best, it is entertaining; when it's not at its best, it's pretty dumb. It's pretty dumb much of the time.
02/02/09
300 has one-dimensional caricatures who talk like professional wrestlers plugging their next feud.
08/08/08
Top CriticZack Snyder's film version of the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley may look like the greatest music video ever made; whether or not it is a decent feature film is another question altogether.
07/09/08
This is death and war as ancient poets might have imagined it, glorious and provocative ... 300 is a powerhouse actioner.
06/21/08
All this bellowing and testosterone gets old fast -- especially since there's not much of a plot outside of the combat scenes, and the not-much-of-a-plot scenes are laden with dialogue worthy of Anakin and Padmé.
03/04/08
The look and feel of this historic battle is perfect for the virtual backgrounds and obscene violence. Again, trust me on the violence.
03/03/08
300 is an orgy of gore, a blood-letting on a titanic scale, a ballet of butchery in which half-naked men and the torrents of blood they elicit move in perfect, slow-motion choreography to a thunderous soundtrack. And I loved every minute of it.
02/28/08
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