300

Within the first ten minutes it's established that the Spartans are child abusing thugs but are really tough so that's cool. Soon it turns out that the Persians (in spite of the slavery and stuff) have a much more inclusive attitude towards sexuality (Spartans, pot, kettles, black) and disability. But hey it's based on Frank Miller, you're gonna get some amount of right wing bull shit.

My main problem with the film is that it wasn't crazed enough, Apocalypto had a vaguely right wing subtext but the film is such an extreme trip that it was really worthwhile seeing it in the cinema, a film with a singular (insane) vision. 300 is just an empty headed blockbuster, the blood and gore seem to be reigned in to get a 15 certificate, the sex scene is pure perfunctory channel 5, to invest any greater meaning in the whole thing is to give it too much credit, it's just kind of vacant. How much you like the film is largely down to how much you like oiled up muscle men fighting each other and saying portentous lines, it's alright.

[Seeing it at the I-Max: We had front left seats and everyone on screen was kind of distorted and the film was really obviously projected onto a plane, not sure if it was this or if it was the way the film was shot but the whole thing seemed to have no depth, everything was happening in a kind of 2d vacuum or something]


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