300 The Movie (2007)
Movie Title: 300 the Movie (2007)
Actors: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham
Directors: Zack Snyder
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English, Spanish
Studio: Warner Home Video
Run Time: 117 summary
Movie Description
300. The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI vigor. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the colossal clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Encounter history at swordpoint. And moviemaking with a cutting edge.
Movie Review
Like Sin City before it, 300 brings Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s graphic novel vividly to life. Gerard Butler (Beowulf and Grendel, The Phantom of the Opera) radiates pure potential and charisma as Leonidas, the Grecian king who leads 300 of his fellow Spartans (including David Wenham of The Lord of the Rings, Michael Fassbender, and Andrew Pleavin) into a battle against the overwhelming break down of Persian invaders. Their only hope is to neutralize the mathematical advantage by confronting the Persians, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), at the narrow strait of Thermopylae.
More engaging than Troy, the tepid and somewhat similar epic of ancient Greece, 300 is also comparable to Sin City in that the actors were shot on green screen, then added to digitally made backgrounds. The effort pays off in a strikingly stylized look and huge, sweeping battle scenes. But, it’s not as to-the-epistle faithful to Miller’s source material as Sin City was. The plot is the same, and many of the book’s images are represented just about perfectly. But some superfluous material has been added, including new villains (who would be considered “bosses” if this were a video game, and it often feels like one) and a political subplot involving new characters and a significantly expanded role for the sovereign of Sparta (Lena Headey). While this subplot by director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and his fellow co-writers does break up the violence, most fans would probably dismiss it as filler if it didn’t involve the sexy Headey. Other viewers, of course, will be turned off by the waves of spurting blood, flying body parts, and swelling testosterone. (The six-pack abs are also unrelenting, and the movie has more and less nudity–more female, less male–than the graphic novel.) Still, as a representation of Miller’s work and as an ancient-themed action flick with a present edge, 300 delivers. –David Horiuchi
Plot Synopsis:
With the mighty Persian army, under the command of the Fantastic King Xerxes, poised to sweep in and conquer Greece, a small band of 300 Spartan warriors – under the command of their King Leonidas – must hold the pass at Thermopylae at all costs. “300″ is based on a right event, the Battle of Thermopylae, which took place in August of 480 B.C. in Greece. King Leonidas took his personal fighting break down of 300 Spartans to their certain death to struggle against the invading Persian army of King Xerxes. The Persians had an army of over a million men with the intent to enslave the people of Greece and make it part of the Persian Empire. This small break down of courageous men along with some Greek allies blocked the Thermopylae Pass which was the only road that King Xerxes could travel to get to the major Greek cities. The Spartan’s last stand showed the world their extraordinary valor and fantastic sacrifice against tremendous odds which united all of Greece to defeat the Persian invaders. As the Spartan Women would say, “Come home with your shield or on it.” “AAHOOOOO!!!”
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