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Grade: A (read the whole review to prove I'm not really biased when I say this)
The Good: The battle scenes were the best I've ever seen in a movie in my entire life; the slow motion theme of the movie makes close-up detail on every part; plenty of gore makes this movie super realistic, despite the mythical creatures that are in it
The Bad: It may start out to be a little bit boring; after seeing all the battle scenes you'll wish this movie was extended to 3 hours instead of 2 so that you'll enjoy it even more; battle scenes take place only in one area
***Warning: Partial spoilers maybe contained in review***
This movie starts out when King Leonidas is born and shows what he went through when he was raised, and this includes him even being punished and tortured as a child. But when he grows up, he suddenly becomes the king of Sparta, the city of the Spartans.
As for the scenes in this movie, I'll first explain the whole "sex and nudity" part of it. As unfortunate as it may sound to all of you sex-in-movies fans out there, there is one and only sex scene, and the actual sex part only lasts a minute, but the nudity in the sex scene lasts for a few minutes. But the good news is that you'll see toplessness in a few parts of the movie, and yes, it doesn't include just the sex scene. You'll see nudity on the oracle, but the oracle isn't bare naked. You'll see her nudity through her transparent clothes (and this includes nipples). The last nudity part is when you see dancers (and part lesbians :?) in a tent where the Persian King is. And all that is the nudity/toplessness, so at least you now have an idea how many times you'll see nudity in this movie.
The battle scenes were the absolute best I've seen in any movie in my entire life, period. What makes the battle scenes great is not just the massive killing and all that, but it's the slow-motion part of it that makes it superb. The slow-motion part in the battle scenes shows you every detail on the killing that goes on in the battle scenes, and this includes beheadings (in other words heads flying in the air), legs being sliced off, detailed blood coming out as the Spartans slash the Persians, etc. There are a total of several battle scenes in the movie that make up the entire battle, and as the movie advances you'll begin to see the Persians get much tougher with their battle tatics, and as a matter of fact they're quite weak in the first battle scene. And perhaps some of you may even laugh at all wimpy the Persians looked in the first battle scene, as the Spartans just wiped them all off the face of the Earth with no problem. But as I said before, the Persians get much tougher as the movie advances, and the silver-faced warriors begin to appear in the second battle scene, and they're actually tough enough to actually kill some of the Spartans.
There is a mix of some fiction in this movie, as it does show mythical creatures. One of the mythical creatures is a greek who wants to join Leonidas but he fails to as he didn't meet the requirements that Leonidas wanted to see. And there are a couple of other creatures that appear to be on the Persian side, and they're used in battle as the fiercest enemy on the battlefield.
The color and sound of the movie adds to the beauty of this film as well, with the perfect color and sound matching with the theme of each scene in the movie. Instead of the color being modern looking, it puts more of a dark tone on it to make it look more historical. And as for the sound, at one part of the movie you'll hear some metal music matching with the battle scene, and this only gets you more excited.
And if you were wondering about how Leonidas is like, the good news is that he doesn't really yell as much as you think he does before you see this movie, as he only does it a few times. But his yelling isn't bad...it only adds excitement to this film.
So if you're looking for a true war/battle movie that contains full detail with tons of gore, excellent color and sound, superb acting, sex, and many other things you look for in a true war/battle movie, 300 is exactly what you're looking for.
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