300 is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel and tells the story of 300 Spartans who stood up to the might of the Persian King Xerxes. It is skill and superiority versus might. There can be no doubt that 300 could never defeat up to the reported nearly 2 million strong army of the Persians but they certainly went down fighting.

The write-up here shows just how popular 300 has been in its first couple of weeks with my favourite quotation being about the man in the threatre saying it was “the most f#cked up crazy @ss sh!t” he’d ever seen. I think its a fair summary.

There is a lot of random build-up to show just how a Spartan grows up to be the man that he is and there is also a kind of spirit quest undertaken by King Leonidas, King of Sparta, to request permission from their oracles to take on the Persians. Permission that is denied which just goes to show that money will buy anything.

And finally we get to the battle which is gorey and just impossibly brutal. And a heck of a lot of fun. Some of scenes were so ridiculous that you had to laugh and as King Xerxes pulled out monster after monster to fight the Spartans it got crazier and crazier. Don’t get me wrong the battle scenes are awesome and the beefcake – woo hoo! though all those six-packs was almost too much. In this sea of men you also had King Leonidas’ queen played by Lena Headley who stands out for displaying her own warrior strength in defending her King back home.

Overall 300 was a fun movie.