300

I finally saw the movie today. Did i like it? I did actually. Some of my friends saw it and said pretty much the same thing about it - good visuals but a weak plot.

Well I am a visual person myself I could live on just the “pretty stuff” alone so a movie with good visuals is a good movie to me. They were right this movie is as visual as you can get, rich colors, dramatic lightings, characteristic looking actors, great custom design, beautiful compositions. If you’ve seen Sin City then you’d know Frank Miller and know what I’m talking about. Even though 300 is colored, they kept it very simple to fit the theme and the historical background, earthy tones, all shades of brown and gold, bronze, light and dark, all the calm mellow colors combine to creative a perfect stage for 300 flying red capes shedding enemies’ blood and the touch of blue in their eyes. Lighting was amazing! especially the scene where the boy battles the wild wolf on a snowy night with the snow falling. I thought all the actors had the right looks and body for their characters, the king, the queen’s dark long beautiful hair.. also loved the oracle girl’s dance it was beautiful. The warriors’ capes, armers, shields, women’s flowy garments simple yet elegant, the Persian king and his gurls were the best, layered with luxuries and mysteries, exotic. Pause at anytime during the movie you have yourself a perfectly shot picture with all the visual elements in a perfectly balanced composition.

So the plot was plain and straight forward, but I kinda feel that keeping it simple was a smart move for a movie with so much for the eyes. Plus it’s simple yet powerful, there’s love, bravery, hatred, loyalty, politics. What more could you ask for?