Review of 300 (2007) by Matthew W — 27 Nov 2013
Utter utter wank. It's hard to believe this cost so much money and came from a Frank Miller novel. It has absolutely no redeeming features bar one or two visually impressive shots (and literally only one or two - the drowning Persians and charging Rhino are the only ones that spring to mind). The majority of the special effects wouldn't be worthy of a 1980s Dr Who episode and... well, there's nothing else to it. The acting is substandard at all levels - though Lena Headey manages to excel herself by managing to be considerably more wooden and painful to behold than all of her mediocre colleagues combined - the dialogue is awful, the narration bone-jarringly irritating. This is a perfect example of how to fuck up a really good idea but to do so in style. If you don't ever watch this movie your life will be two hours better for it. I had to rate it half a sstart because there wasn't an option to rate it less. It's worse than Bridget Jones' Diary, I kid you not.
Okay, well, it's about that bad at any rate.
This review of 300 (2007) was written by Matthew W on 27 Nov 2013.
300 has generally received positive reviews.
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