Why you should not waste your money on 300... MAJOR SPOILERS ahead...

Since certain people are surprised by the fact that I actually wanted to see this movie, I suppose I'll have to start first by explaining why I wanted to watch it...

When I first saw the poster in the MTR station, I ignored it, "yuck, another violent movie" was my first impression. Until I read the review in the Metro post and got to know its story. I have always been fascinated with ancient history and culture, ever since I don't even remember when... Just look at all the ruins I've been to...

And I also like reading about military strategies, that's why I love the Legend of Galaxy Heroes. (no idea what the appropriate translation is, anyway, it's a Japanese novel with comic and animation adaptation.)

Now back to the reasons why you should NEVER waste your money on it...

1. If you want to watch for the history stuff... (yeah, I knew before watching, the historical accuracy is non-existent... but it was way below my already low expectation...), no plot at all! Just give me a story, I'll be satisfied, never mind the historical accuracy, but there's none. Just watch the 5 minutes trailer, then you've already know everything worth knowing in the movie.

2. If you want to see how they plan the attack with only 300 with some brilliant strategies, well, there was only one. "Hold the narrow passageway, and the Persian army will not be able to win!" Repeat this for 5 times in your mind. And then they break it every time, charging out to the plains to kill the Persians... It's a wonder the Persians actually took 2 hours to kill them all...

3. If you want all the gory, bloody scenes... there are lots of them, but every single one was horribly done... They were so unreal! Special effects... well... I won't even comment on that. The blood looked like red water, the cuts on the head looked as if they're made by an electric saw. (There's no way they could make such a clean cut with an axe/sword/whatever ancient weapon they were using...)

4. If you want to watch naked men/women/sex... First for the guys, (I read in a girl's blog, the reason she watched this film was because of all those naked muscular guys), none of the naked guys are good looking, yep, they all have great bodies, but after 10 mins, every screen filled with men in the buff... none of them good looking... no plot... (yeah, I'm repeating myself...) I just wanted to fall asleep...

As for the naked women, every one of them appeared in a perverted way, except maybe the queen... no idea why they need to show the naked young lady (the oracle) being fondled by those ugly old prophets... YUCK! I won't even mention those naked women with the hunchback.

Sex... well, not even the consensual love scene between King Leonidas and the queen was well handled, so you can imagine what happened with the rape scene... (don't get too excited, there's just about 5 sec of it.) If you want more, I think porn may be a better choice...?? (though I've never watched them before)