300

Went to see 300 the other day, I must say it was a very gruesome film. It had the potential to be a good film but it was a bit of a let down. It had unnecessary nudity which I think was purely used to attract a wider audience (or repel as the case was). It was very gruesome too, with some disturbing scenes of head chopping and general gory violence. The plot/storyline was weak too, so much so in a few cases it was easy to predict what was going to happen next (word for word once!!). But I suppose the plot was compensated for by the graphic battle scenes which were attention grabbing, although a few times it seemed as if the Spartans were merely out in the garden getting rid of weeds rather than killing people. The ending was a kind of “make your own conclusion” we don’t really see/ know whether the Spartans win or the whether the Persians conquer Greece, a bit unsatisfying really… I suppose it makes you realise how gruesome war can be… but that’s it really. Actually yeh…. there is something else that the magic of hindsight has made me realise…..I can’t help thinking that there were certain undertones in the film i.e. the “Persians” consisted of, Black men, Chinese men, Indian men, a Hunchback, Giants, Lesbians and so on so forth whereas the Spartan’s all happened to be Caucasian males with rippling muscles and perfectly formed bodies. Coincident? Me thinks not. However the highlight of the day had to be successfully managing to run all the way up the down escalator!! , I’ve got grazed knees to prove it!! (Hhmmm I bet that was a sight….4 hijabis running up the wrong escalator!)