Overhyped B movie.
I even went to it stoned in an attempt to truly experience it at the IMAx theater- no luck.
Weak ending, useless story line, and pathetic display of heroism.
Ending- Which writer actually sat down and decided a good way to end the movie would be by having the original 300 spartans die like pansies from arrows, have a story teller convince greece to raise an army, then show nothing of the avenging fight?
Storyline- Seriously, the entire movie felt like it was leading up to something that never came. When the credits rolled, I too wanted to stab someone, but only because I felt ripped off.
Weak Heroism Display- The Spartans were bad *** hardcore gangster killing machines and I get to see them die by an arrow attack? I want to see their turtle shell formation thing trully own the Persian army, I want to see an overview of the battle with the Spartans cutting through the Persians to get to their god king. Instead I get a weak *** slow motion shot of a spear glancing the Persian King. Then death by arrow? They should have all died like the Captain did- totally overwhelmed and annihalated. Not rained on.
All in all it was a decent movie but nothing revolutionary like claimed and defineatly not as awesome as hyped.