03/15/2007: "RECENT MOVIE - 300"

I saw this last nite at the Vista with some friends. Here's my one line review:

Never has a film tried to be so heterosexual that it comes across as COMPLETELY homosexual.

To say the least this film is very gay. Take the homoerotic undertones of Spartacus put that on meth. I'm sure there's bath house scene demanding to put a part of the DVD extras.

I enjoyed it nonetheless as a bold cinematic achievement (a la Sin City) and the fight scenes were well choreographed but I could not help but snicker every minute like a 5th grader in a sex ed class.

Not to spoil anything, but some of the monsters/animals/manimals were ridiculous. If this is Sparta, count me out.

One of the few saving graces was Dominic West, who plays this politician in the film. I liked him only because I kept thinking about his character from The Wire and he reminded me of how awesome that show is and how much I want to watch the 4th season when it comes out on DVD.