Vincent Widiaman
Professor Daniel Weller
English 101
7 October 201
300
A viciously- intense movie

“It’s a gore - blood drunken movie.” That is what people say about the movie. True indeed, this movie shows an abundant amount of blood splattered throughout the film. 300 is a movie that most of the part contains blood- filled scene. But it doesn’t necessarily diminish its core value, as the movie says, “Freedom is not free, it comes with the highest cost, the blood of our men.” Even though the movie is critiqued to be too barbarous, 300 is still able to catches readers’ attention with its refined graphic along with the intense actions.
300 is a 2006 American action- war film directed by Zack Snyder. It is based on a 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The movie takes place in ancient Greece, recounting the battle of Thermopylae, between Spartan and Persian. The story revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and Queen Gorgo (Lena Heady). The movie lasts for 117 minutes and spends 65 million dollars for the budget.
The movie begins one year after the main story, the famed battle of Thermopylae, as Dilios (David Wenham) starts talking to his fellow warriors. As the character and also the storyteller, Dillios is able to frame the story with his interesting narrative technique. Dillios starts depicting the journey of a child (Leonidas) who is born under Sparta’s doctrine, from childhood until he reaches kingship. As a child, Leonidas is portrayed as someone who receives an extremely excruciating trainings. As Leonidas grows up, he learnt the skills of a warrior, the art of killing. He turns to be a brutal- merciless man, who leaves no room for lenity in his heart.
Before becoming one of Spartans, Leonidas has to face several trials, the last one is to kill the monstrous wolf that lives deep within the forest. 300’s refined graphic