300: Review

I have never reviewed a movie on this blog until now, and its been about 5 years since I last wrote a movie review (For the Red & White, my high school newspaper) so bear with me.
300 is a movie that is based off the graphic novel by Frank Miller. The story centers around the ancient battle of Thermopylae which pits the Greeks against the Persians around the year 480 BC. The Greeks, which in this case are the Spartans, are led by Spartan King Leonidas (Gerald Butler) who along with 299 of his country men go against the Persian King Xerses and his army of one million strong. The movie centers around Xerses sending thousands of his soldiers into a narrow pass where the Spartans lie in wait for their attack. Each wave of attack is repelled by the Spartans until the very last one.
The movie is more true to the graphic novel than the actual historical event. The cinematography of this movie is first rate as it is made in the same clothe as was Sin City. The movie is by no means of the imagination a historical movie or one that makes it think, it is purely testosterone fun. The action is intense and the violence is griddy that the viewer is foaming at the mouth wanting more. Although there are some scenes in this movie that are so boring you could fall asleep to, the action scenes make up that and then some. Not a great date movie, unless the girl loves to see limbs flying across the screen.
3.5/4 stars