Review of 300

Just watch 300 today. I went into the cinema 10 mins before the starting time and...it was empty! Yes I was the first person in the cinema and it stayed that way till 3 mins before starting time when at last some other people started coming in. Are Singaporeans cool or what?

First thing I must say is that I've never seem the comics, so I was going in with an open mind. Bloods, guts, gore, lots of action, everything was there for a great movie. Unfortunately they could have used a better director. There were a lot of slow-motion scenes. Wait, there was a slow-motion scene of a guy riding a horse, now a slow-motion scene of someone walking in a wheat field, then a slow-motion scene of the 300 fighting, then a slow-motion scene of someone getting his head cut off...you get the picture? Now think of a movie littered with slow-motion scenes from start to finish? That is the 300.

Another thing I do not like is when the movie moved from the 300 to Sparta. The scenes there were totally useless. It was as if the director, Zack Snyder, was under orders to give Lena Headey screen time because all the screen time with Queen Gorgo were just wasted. The time could be better serve showing Xerxes. The main bad guy showed up for all of 15 mins...IN TOTAL! Rodrigo Santoro must be a hell of an actor because he made Xerxes the most interesting character in the show despite limited screen time.

The action was great! Gerard Bulter as King Leonidas was perfect. You can believe people dying for the man and everytime the action and fights start, the show was great. Like I said earlier, blood, guts, gore; everything was there. Too bad about the uneven directing.