300

300 is a non-stop action flick from opening to end. In the first few minutes a guy holding a string full of skulls gets drop kicked into a dark pit. In the last few minutes of the film a camera pans out on a battlefield riddled with dead soldiers. For the 2 hours in-between, non-stop battle sequences full of shock and awe. Definitely not a date movie, 300 is a movie full of testosterone and violence appealing to the lizard-part of the male's brain. Original, well-done, and artistically engaging, 300 delivers on the hype that surrounds it.

It works on many layers. The movie intricately weaves CGI computer animation with live-action like no other movie. The screen is a beautifully painted canvas of artistic and surreal images that provide non-stop eye candy. The acting is superb, even though the dialogue is a series of one-liners (but at least they are good one-liners). The action is intense. The direction is second-to-none.

On the other layers, the movie had a lot of emotion shown through suppressed, stoic characters. The political elements occurring in Sparta are very interesting as well. Along with that, there are some well-played "yes" moments in the movie which we don't see too often in other recent films.

Rating: 9 out of 10