I don’t know the works of Frank Miller first-hand. Never seen any. I know Sin City though, and now I know 300.

I have to admit, I am in awe. I can’t speak for the film as an adaptation of Frank Miller’s work, but to me the film reads like this:

You take a simple story idea, namely the story of a heroic battle. You take a director who, as near as I can see, has mastered the art of making simple stories even simpler, yet more compelling.

You give him a very large tub of red paint (or CG equivalent) and a bunch of the buffest bearded men you can find.

The result is incredibly graphic. I can keenly recall the furore over Kill Bill (vol 1) and it’s ‘graphic beheading’. Graphic beheading? It is to laugh. 300 is not for the weak of stomach. If you think you’re not as desensitized as most of the people you know, 300 is not for you.

If you’re Greek, and at all patriotic (like the guy over the partition from me at work) then 300 is made for you. Enjoy!