The movie starts out 10 years before the original 300 with an awesome battle scene between the Athenians led by Themistokles and the Persians, in which Themistokles kills the Persian king in front of the Persian Prince. Artemisia, the Persian kings most trusted general manipulates the prince(now king) into believing that he is Xerxes "The God King" and that he must conquer the Greeks. Xerxes sends his navy, commanded by Artemisia to squash the ragtag bunch of ship that Themistokles has assembled between the city states of Greece, while he takes his army to battle the Spartans at the Hot Gates.
The movie focuses on naval strategy between Artemisia and Themistokles, and the mind games played between the two of them, including a sex/fight scene. The movie has excellent CGI during the battle scenes, transitioning from very fast to slow motion seamlessly. There's also plenty of 3D blood spatter to really let the audience in on the violence of war. The only downside to the movie is how quickly the plot moves along. The movie is 102 minutes and 80 of minutes are fighting. If they had made the movie longer to better develop the plot then I believe that it would have just as good as the original, however with the quick storyline it isn't quite as good. Overall this is a very good movie that any action movie fan would really enjoy. The action is incredible and worth seeing in the theater to become immersed in the intensity of the stylistic battle scenes and action sequences.
Written by Zack Snyder and Directed by a relatively new face, Noam Murro. This movie definitely deserves its R Rating. With a budget of 100 Million and an anticipated first weekend of making over 45 Million this movie will easily be in a comfortable profit zone for a potential sequel to make the 300 movies into an epic Trilogy.
Till next time, more movies, less work.
Matt Lamer Guest THOUGHTS OF A MOVIE ADDICT
The movie focuses on naval strategy between Artemisia and Themistokles, and the mind games played between the two of them, including a sex/fight scene. The movie has excellent CGI during the battle scenes, transitioning from very fast to slow motion seamlessly. There's also plenty of 3D blood spatter to really let the audience in on the violence of war. The only downside to the movie is how quickly the plot moves along. The movie is 102 minutes and 80 of minutes are fighting. If they had made the movie longer to better develop the plot then I believe that it would have just as good as the original, however with the quick storyline it isn't quite as good. Overall this is a very good movie that any action movie fan would really enjoy. The action is incredible and worth seeing in the theater to become immersed in the intensity of the stylistic battle scenes and action sequences.
Written by Zack Snyder and Directed by a relatively new face, Noam Murro. This movie definitely deserves its R Rating. With a budget of 100 Million and an anticipated first weekend of making over 45 Million this movie will easily be in a comfortable profit zone for a potential sequel to make the 300 movies into an epic Trilogy.
Till next time, more movies, less work.
Matt Lamer Guest THOUGHTS OF A MOVIE ADDICT