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2007
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3.3
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1.5
thud clumsily into place amid endless dramatic zooms, slow motion beheadings, and stylized gouts of animated blood.
Av Club
1.5
Murro doesnt so much direct as frame and stage, placing the characters against digital desktop wallpaper skies and constructing each battle scene as a ..
Av Club
1.5
Conversely, Murro maintains the speed ramping gore galore, but the heart isnt onscreen, despite all the disemboweled organs decorating the movies CGI ..
Den Of Geek
3.5
The sword and sandals genre is one of the few that has been overlooked by Hollywood in recent years.
Austin Chronicle
1.0
What should be a thrilling saga of triumph over the odds becomes a yawn inducing cavalcade of carnage as wave after wave after wave, after wave of the ..
Time Out
1.5
But he doesnt have the innate charisma of Gerard Butler, who made such a strong impression in 300.
Screen Daily
5.0
Impressive, but how could such a monstrosity be lugged all the way from Persia to Greece.I am not expected to apply such logic, I know, but the movie ..
Rogerebert
1.5
You get what youre paying for, unless youve never heard that This is Sparta line.
The Young Folks
4.0
The way Snyder presents it may not be perfect, but it is visually fascinating and overall entertaining.
Cinema Blend
3.8
Over lunch with an old college friend the other day, I was saying that a critics job is to rationalize his or her response to a film.You can be moved ..
Ny Daily News
4.0
You can have gore galore in a movie, but as long as the blood isnt red theyll cut it some slack.Wierd, but I digress.
Screen Rant
1.0
Slathering pancake make up on its actors then pasting them into digital backgrounds, 300 takes the synthetic blockbuster one step closer to total anim ..
Village Voice
3.8
Do not repeat do not make the mistake of cribbing for ancient history class by skipping Herodotus in favor of this larger than legend version of the B ..
Tv Guide
2.5
But its hackneyed dialogue and ridiculous bluster rank it a little lower than any of a handful of old gladiator movies made for a fraction of the pric ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
An assured visual stunner, full of sumptuous and grisly visions of an era past yet that still never existed.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
The actors arent really the stars of this film.They take a back seat to the films look and style.
Lariat
4.2
These are marked by spectacularly excessive visuals, with warfare transformed into a beautiful ballet of blood.
Eric Ds Nider
3.5
The film doesnt skimp on the excitement and keeps the action coming.
News Review
3.0
The full bodied story is powerful, with an epic scope and strongly relevant subtext.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
That said, for all its scenes of political wrangling theres no real depth to the film and the fascist overtones begin to grate after a while. Dodgy po ..
View London
2.5
Just about everything in this pea brained epic is overscaled and overwrought its a cartoon trying to be a towering triptych.
Cs Monitor
3.0
Undeniably impressive on a visual level, the film is considerably more prosaic in terms of plotting and acting.
Film Journal
2.0
Its just possible the filmmakers intended it to be as inflammatory as it is.
Smh
1.0
Its less like watching a movie than its like watching a parade of production design sketches flow across the screen.You want spectacle
Mountain X
3.5
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Emanuellevy
4.0
Thats one way of saying this gory, kitschy epic is a rousing success.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
3.5
Its also inevitable to wish there were some Mel Gibsonian madness in this gleaming techno chess game of a production.
Ew
4.0
This is a testosterone soaked, violent bloody celebration of war and gladiators, and I loved it.
Cinema Crazed
4.0
But to cast 300 as a purely apolitical romp of an action film smacks of either disingenuousness or complete obliviousness.
Slate
3.0
Sadly, hes hamstrung by the films structure and, ultimately, by its direction.
Empire
3.0
Its impressive and disarming to see the 300 delight in the glory of warfare.
Common Sense Media
3.8
The performances are played straight, and this combination straight performances and stylized visuals produces an uncanny effect.
Sf Gate
4.0
Its going to be widely ridiculed and rightly so, because viewed with the slightest critical distance it becomes extremely funny, but taken on its own ..
Bbc
2.5
The government may be rotten, but American honor is saved by the lone killer.
New Yorker
1.5
The difference is that Rise of the Empire doesnt seem interested in telling a story as much as ramming it down our visual senses.
The New Indian Express
2.0
Its kind of a ghastly hoot, but it flees from history and it mocks men who gave so much, and while I suppose it does no harm, it also contributes noth ..
Washington Post
1.9
A big screen adaptation of Mens Health and Fitness magazine, 300 is about as involving as sitting in front of a video game demo at Best Buy.
The Movie Boy
3.5
That brings us back to the battle sequences and the visuals, and let me tell you, they are everything you are expecting and more.They even have the ne ..
Bullz-Eye
3.5
CGI fans are going to love 300, as will the fanboys who get a goodly dose of the gratuitous sex, nudity and ultra violent combat that they hope for.
Reeling Reviews
3.8
If forgiven some fan boy pandering and homophobia, 300 is a magnificent spectacle and testament to heroic sacrifice in the name of freedom.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
But this is not a documentary, and anyone looking for precise historical accuracy concerning Greek warfare will be sorely disappointed.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
So militaristic and single minded that its like a CGI heavy blockbuster version of Triumph of the Will.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
It is heroic spectacle at its finest.Expectedly, the movie lacks subtlety and ignores things like characterization.
ReelViews
3.8
Astonishingly, all of this is accomplished in sandals and Speedos.
Seattle Pi
2.5
While the film is undeniably quite entertaining throughout, its never quite able to live up to the promise of the astoundingly intense first reel.
Reel Film
4.0
Its got loads of action, stunning visuals and more testosterone than fraternity row.Its a spectacle to behold.
7M Pictures
3.8
That last qualifier is crucial.If you wince at the sight of skewered bodies and decapitated skulls, then your money is better spent on a repeat screen ..
The Star
3.1
The film is also quite action heavy, which turns out to be its saving grace.The lengthy and rousing battle scenes are enough to outweigh most of the c ..
Deseret News
4.0
Spectacular, vibrant and unique, the film relies on this work for its tone and its graphic impact.
Urban Cine File
4.5
Despite so much imagery filling every frame, some hinting at repetitiveness, theres still time for character development.
4.2
To be honest this is not my favorite genre of movie by a long shot.The whole eye candy thing bores me after a while.
Three Movie Buffs
2.0
Despite a cracking central premise and outstanding visuals, 300 ultimately leaves you feeling more gutted than some of the disemboweled soldiers on di ..
Digital Spy
4.5
If youre looking to see the rich, deep imagery of 300 play out in the most beautiful, bone crunching way possible, this 4K offering is absolutely a mu ..
Star Burst Magazine
4.4
But a competitor is asking for decreases that could be almost as big.
Kansas City
3.5
Visceral, splatter tastic, and screamingly homoerotic, its basically a splash panel money shot sustained for two solid hours.
The Stranger
4.4
The first point should come as little surprise for a movie about the Greco Persian Wars, specifically The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
Christianity Today
2.5
The gorgeous watercolor skies and windblown wheat fields more than whisper dignity and self respect.
Ross Anthony
2.5
300 Review By Joe Lozito Greek and Destroy Movie title 300 Release year 2007 MPAA Rating R Our rating Summary Frank Millers beloved interpretation of ..
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
If youre the type who applauds decapitation, your hands are going to be raw from cheering while watching 300. This movie is about the decapitations, s ..
Waffle Movies
4.4
How much cooler is a storytellers epic tale when you can watch all the embellishments After viewing 300, your answer may be infinitely.
Movie Crypt
3.5
300 Synopsis 300 is an adaptation of Frank Millers epic graphic novel.
Movie Web
4.0
Snyder perfectly captures the look and feel of Millers original work with a movie thats fun, exciting and sick without ever losing sight of the story ..
ComingSoon
3.0
September 21, 2018 Henry Jamess tricks and traps; how to read Anglo Saxon poetry; the modern context of USIran relations; dissent, protest, satire and ..
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3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.8
Its airless, but so are graphic novels; its hyperbolic, but so is the mythos of war.Is 300 faithful to history
Chron
4.0
Dont let the excess of six packs and the clunky comic book script give you the wrong idea (Spartans, enjoy your breakfast because tonight we dine IN H ..
The Shiz Nit
5.0
The Spartan soldiers, carrying shields like dustbin lids and spears like park railings, have shiny rippling bodies, wear black leather Speedos and sho ..
Film Guardian
2.0
Apart from anything else, the idea of America having the Spartans underdog status is not plausible.
Film Guardian
3.0
As summer entertainment, anything with this much blood would ordinarily be difficult to resist.
Mercury News
4.5
300 isnt up to the same level as Sin City, but it is still quite entertaining. Fans of blood, gore, and comic book violence wont be disappointed.
Bowling Green Daily News
5.0
Early in the course of The Namesake, a young Indian woman, exquisite but disconsolate, stands alone in a spare American kitchen, pondering the riddle ..
Wsj
2.0
At its best, it is entertaining; when its not at its best, its pretty dumb.
Tony Mack
4.2
Above all, 300 remains a stunningly entertaining spectacle, its abstract allegory harnessing the power of the medium to outstanding effect.Its edges m ..
Flip Side Archive
1.5
Worse yet, and likely more offensive, is the way the screenplay chooses to be both homo erotic and homophobic in an effort to make sure teenage boys d ..
From The Balcony
3.0
But 300 is ultimately empty, though Miller fans will love it, and the bloody violence and cast of gorgeous, hunky, pretty much naked Spartans is enter ..
Future Movies
3.0
Ill be in the minority on this, but I just saw a film where 300 guys stood up to an army of thousands, so Im feeling bold.
Can Mag
4.5
If youre in the mood for dumb, rousing, visceral excitement, youre not going to find anything on the big screen right now to rival it.
Tulsa World
5.0
Its truly difficult to resist making epic proclamations about a filmmakers career after watching something like 300.
Movies Ign
4.0
Xerxes sends a messenger with a simple request: submit or well kick your ass.
Need Coffee
1.5
The evil Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) provides a camp coup de grace with plucked eyebrows, a megaphone voice and lots of gold chains to solid ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
4.4
Where many performances in epic films seem over the top, the characters here not only tell the story but deliver it in a way that few action films can ..
Crazed Fan Boy
4.5
Butler encompasses the demeanor of a mighty and powerful king/warrior whom men would follow into battle.
FlickDirect
4.5
To give Butler his due here, hes inspiring, focussed, and practical, and as usual when hes playing someone who isnt actually from Scotland, 50% Scotti ..
Caution Spoilers
4.0
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Cine Rina
3.5
300 is an orgy of gore, a blood letting on a titanic scale, a ballet of butchery in which half naked men and the torrents of blood they elicit move in ..
Brandon Fibbs
5.0
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Nyc Film Critic
1.5
Whats really striking about the film is that it doesnt even have the aesthetics of a comic book, to say nothing of a graphic novel the best examples o ..
Ny Books
3.5
These moments are stale and visually boring, adding nothing to what little is described.
The Reel Deal
5.0
Its a marvel, says Andrew Osmond Critics and viewers may be split over the merits of the historical epic 300 ,but its technical achievement is beyond ..
Bfi
1.8
Ill give Snyder this much credit: 300 definitely accomplishes its exceptionally short list of goals.
English Oh My News
4.0
The ac tors thrust and parry and bellow and die with balletic precision, and the resultant images are impressive, even if the story feels stale.
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
Time Out Ny
3.5
But what this epic has going for it that other recent movie versions of Greek history have lacked is a truly heroic hero.
J Post
4.5
I dont think its a conscious effort.Its just an ongoing effort to remain yourself.
Romantic Movies About
2.0
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