Finally saw "300" last night! My college pal Bill was in town from NYC and we met up at Grauman's Chinese Theater to see the movie. I picked Grauman's because it is so plush and also has digital picture and sound. What better way to enjoy this hunky bloodbath? First off, let me give kudos to the filmmakers for making a movie like this for something like $40 million. It is set to cross the $200 million mark domestically this weekend. THAT, is a major financial success."300" is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller, itself partly inspired by another film, "The 300 Spartans" and is a fictional account of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
The film, directed by Zack Snyder, was shot mostly with bluescreen to duplicate the imagery of the original comic book. As Spartan King Leonidas, Gerard Butler commands the screen. Wow! I hate to be shallow (yeah, right) but those fricken abs! They are like railroad tracks! Rodrigo Santoro is a very handsome man but you would not know it with the make-up he wears as Persian King Xerxes.
It was the perfect movie to take my straight friend to. I got all kinds of eye candy to watch and he got to see a bloody action flick. I know reviews were mixed but I had a good time. I recommend seeing it on the big screen because, well, all those Spartan abs look better that way. The flick is alos on giant IMAX screens...that would be cool - abs the size of a building.