300

Director: Zack Snyder
(2007)

I must admit that I only watched this film to see the innumerable half naked buff men that it had to offer. I had absolutely no intellectual input toward the conversation that went on when the film was over and I listened half-heartedly as my macho boy cousin tried to explain the significance of it to me. "I know, I know" I replied after every enthusiastic statement "I took 6th grade social studies!"

300 didn't seem like other based on real war films that I've seen in the past like Troy, which I enjoyed. It just seemed like a who's balls are the biggest contest that I couldn't get into. I thought it was entirely too long and that the warriors were not drawn to scale! When you see Xerxes you'll know what I'm talking about. He doesn't even seem like he could ever be real! and when the warrior elephants (yes, warrior elephants) went over the side of the mountain I wanted to scream, cry, or something. Also, I didn't like that narration. I hate movies that have an actual narrator/background, extraneous narration. I wish that filmmakers would simply let the actions that take place within the scenes tell the story, not some voice over. Its perfectly irritating and a bore all at once.

This was definitely a quintessential for Males Only film from the portrayal of the women in the film to the extreme, over the top violence in the film. I never ever want to see a man watch his son get beheaded by the rival army. That's doesn't make me want to smile or frolic in a field full of poppies, it just makes me wence. And have bad dreams. terrible dreams. See 300 if that's your thing.