Forgive me for staying so shallow, but this response is all about the movie 300. I know it seems like such a trivial action movie, but upon watching it I thought it actually concealed a great message. Fortunately this noble cause is packaged in an assortment of blood-spraying, limb-flying, beast-slaying gore and naked women. Apart from the 300 being an awesome, visually stunning movie that reached the blood quota and filled up the immense American appetite for gore, it broadcasted a message of freedom. That freedom wasn’t free (pardon my cliché), and that freedom was the one thing truly worth fighting for. The movie told us the story of how 300 free men killed thousands of slaves, not only due to their ridiculously good fighting but due to motivation. They knew that democracy and free people rested on their shoulders. But how is this of use to us today? Of course, we can’t run around stabbing and ripping Persians in seriously crazy-nuts slow mo. That would probably be what you might call murder, not to mention impossible. But it shows us just how important freedom and liberty are, conveniently without the usage of a thick, dull textbook. King Leonidas had to inspire the rest of the Greeks to rally against the Persian slave army, or else the last remaining place of advancement be squashed under Xerxes’ fist.
Aside from all of this, 300 was one of the coolest movies I have seen. Period. It is worth your time and money to go see. It is without a doubt a spectacular combo of hilarious bloody slow mo fights and serious tones. (I also must recommend Beerfest and Harold and Kumar).
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