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2007: 300
Many good films were released in 2007. The Coen Brother's phenomenal No Country For Old Men was released and was going to be the #1 choice for 2007. But I re-watched 300 and remembered the fun of the first time I ever watched it. It blew me away. 300 is the #1 film of 2007. Other runner-ups are possibly Michael Bay's only good film Transformers, foreign horror The Orphanage, the Tommy Lee Jones starring In The Valley Of Elah & the hilarious Superbad. Other films I liked, but would never be the #1 film of 2007 are Juno & Saw IV.
Set in ancient Sparta, King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) wages a war against Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Leonidas takes an army of 300 Spartan soldiers to battle against Xerxes and his army of more than one million men.
The historic battle is shown in dazzling visual style and the CGI never fails to take your breath away. The script is full of rousing speeches and roars, but is still well written. Zack Snyder's firm direction takes a hold of things and pushes it in the best possible direction. In a film where CGI dominates, the performances are pretty decent, with Gerard Butler perfectly channeling rage, anger and emotion in a performance that ranks as the best of his career. The rest of the cast performs ably with the material they have. But all this stands at second place with a crucial element: the fun factor. The film's action never lets up and so much fun to watch. Whether it's a slow motion battle sequence with rock guitar riffs or 300 men shielding themselves from an assembly of sun blotting arrows, these are so fun to watch, that everything just clicks.
Visuals dominate, with performances emerging as a minor phenomenon. 300 is a fun, exciting, overly graphic film with which improves with repeated viewings. It gets better every time. It's impact with me was almost as great as with Terminator 2, The Matrix & Fight Club.
Many good films were released in 2007. The Coen Brother's phenomenal No Country For Old Men was released and was going to be the #1 choice for 2007. But I re-watched 300 and remembered the fun of the first time I ever watched it. It blew me away. 300 is the #1 film of 2007. Other runner-ups are possibly Michael Bay's only good film Transformers, foreign horror The Orphanage, the Tommy Lee Jones starring In The Valley Of Elah & the hilarious Superbad. Other films I liked, but would never be the #1 film of 2007 are Juno & Saw IV.
Set in ancient Sparta, King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) wages a war against Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Leonidas takes an army of 300 Spartan soldiers to battle against Xerxes and his army of more than one million men.
The historic battle is shown in dazzling visual style and the CGI never fails to take your breath away. The script is full of rousing speeches and roars, but is still well written. Zack Snyder's firm direction takes a hold of things and pushes it in the best possible direction. In a film where CGI dominates, the performances are pretty decent, with Gerard Butler perfectly channeling rage, anger and emotion in a performance that ranks as the best of his career. The rest of the cast performs ably with the material they have. But all this stands at second place with a crucial element: the fun factor. The film's action never lets up and so much fun to watch. Whether it's a slow motion battle sequence with rock guitar riffs or 300 men shielding themselves from an assembly of sun blotting arrows, these are so fun to watch, that everything just clicks.
Visuals dominate, with performances emerging as a minor phenomenon. 300 is a fun, exciting, overly graphic film with which improves with repeated viewings. It gets better every time. It's impact with me was almost as great as with Terminator 2, The Matrix & Fight Club.