300

i finally saw it on monday at vivo's gvmax - also affectionately known as the big-ass cinema!
602 seats. 22.4m wide screen. yep.
pretty damn worth every cent paid.

having read frank miller's graphic novel, the movie didn't disappoint..
despite the mixed reviews from critics and the general public..
to see scenes from the book being recreated exactly on screen..it was just too damn cool

it doesn't matter that it wasn't exactly historically accurate, especially with the new material that was written for the movie.
neither did it matter that the spartans were not the least bit tainted by the amount of blood shed.
it seemed that all 300 of them still remained perfectly FINNNNNE looking after each battle.
so what if someone went alittle overboard with xerxes eyebrows..
and so what if we never found out what happened to the white horse?!

it was still a blast to watch!

the 2 most outstanding characters in the show were gerard butler's king leonidas and lena headey's queen gorgo.
gerard butler was PERFECT for the role! he totally owned it! i can't imagine anyone else playing leonidas..
lena headey was really good too, as a wonderfully feisty queen!

the whole movie was a feast for the eyes..and i'm not referring to the very buff spartan army..
the feel of the movie was totally different from anything i've seen.
it's alittle similar to how sin city was done..but this one felt more artistic.. very pretty..
i apologise for not being able to think of a word better than 'pretty' to describe it..it's the first word that comes to my limited vocabulary self..

anyway the battle scenes were well done...there were some parts of the show that actually made me want to jump out of my seat and fight alongside king leonidas!
the fight scenes were perfectly choreographed..so everything looked amazing..down to how the spartan red capes moved so perfectly with every move they make..
dramatic..but very nice.

this movie is definitely recommended!
but don't go expecting your typical war flick