300

My family and i went along to the movies the other night to see 300. i wasnt really interested in seeing it but i wasnt paying and so i didnt care. i'd give it a 2 out of 5. it was really quite funny, but it wasnt meant to be! i dont know what they were aiming for, did they want a serious film or some mythological joke? the persian king looked like a transvestite and was surrounded by characters that looked as if they had come out of the bar in star wars, im suprised jar jar binks wasnt wandering around there, i mean they did have a goat playing a flute at one stage (wtf!?). Yeah the CGI stuff was pretty good and the battle scenes were awesome, but the film just lacked substance. the lead actor that played the spartan king kept slipping into his scottish accent and david wenham's narration was awful. maybe they didnt care about the acting and were mainly concerned with the post production which apparently took an entire year to complete. all the 3d stuff was done using Maya, XSI and Lightwave (according to IMDB). so i guess i can appreciate the 3d aspects of the film and the way it was created and everything, i just didnt enjoy the film and found it so bad that it was funny. i really dont understand how it passed the test screenings. half the cinema when i went had lost interest and talked through all the parts that werent battles and everyone else just spent the time sniggering and the complete ridiculousness of some of the characters. i'd wait until it was on dvd.