movie review - 300
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Tokyo, 2008.05.11
This is a very stylish and imaginatively-filmed/animated period piece set in antiquity. It tells the story of the Persian invasion of Sparta, and the defense of that city by a bunch of oiled, muscled, and taciturn men you could barely call characters. Everyone is a posturing asshole, and most have six-packs instead of any form of character. It just goes on and on. The tagline is "Prepare for glory" and everyone acts like they have an erection under their leather cuirass.
Not recommended.