I saw 300 today and I must say WOW! That movie was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and it was a welcome pleasure for the senses after the somewhat mild The Number 23. For two hours, I witnessed hundreds of thousands of enemy Persians slaughtered at the hands of a small band of Spartan warriors, and watched in awe as blood sprayed and the heads flew!

The special effects were really something. The landscapes were all bluescreened in; the work done on the various backdrops did a great job of creating the proper environment for the situation. Long expanses of plains laid out in front of the Spartan warriors as they at the began their journey, and desolate beach scenes arose when the Persians stormed the small band of warriors.

300 was based on the events of the Battle of Thermopylae. The location, the enemies, all of them existed and played their part in 480 B.C. There was some lore thrown in for effect, making this movie a historical-fantasy-type movie, but not enough to detract from the believability of events.

This movie gets a 10/10 in my book, and when it comes out on DVD I plan on adding it to my collection of really awesome war movies, right next to Saving Private Ryan. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I IMPLORE you to go see it in theaters and then buy it when it comes out. Its just that good of a movie!

P.S. Because I'm so infatuated with the movie, I created a couple of avatars. You're free to use them, just don't hotlink or claim you made them, as either of those make me really mad! Here they are, all two of them!