Movie mood this evening was for pure, visceral entertainment and 300 fit the bill nicely. This was my second viewing, the first being one of the rare times I go to the movie theatre.
Any interesting film gains something from a second viewing. Overlooked details are discovered, the distractions of the visual spectacle and milked emotions are done away with. A repeated viewing allows more free analysis and interpretation.
Capturing a screenshot for this one was almost a chore. Every image is like a beautiful HDR photograph- I would have liked to post dozens. The voice over narration is very well written, as if it was actually drawn from a heroic epic. Truly superb was the sound, something that typically eludes notice-- every sword clang and arrow whir made it's presence known. I especially loved when sound was used to illustrate heightened senses in a particular scene in Sparta's marketplace. Time slowed as individual sounds came to the forefront, bathed in cavernous reverb the viewer briefly transcends the visual beauty and is immersed in sound. Unfortunately, my one gripe about this film was the music. It seemed that every other scene tried too hard to pull the heart-strings with gladiator-styled wailed themes. The similarity doesn't bother me, just that it was used to excess.
Still, with such artfulness in visuals, sound-design, and writing, I don't feel like the film ever gains the status of a true piece of art. This is a case where the pieces feel to be more than the whole, but a solid enjoyable piece of entertainment it certainly is.
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