300 (2007)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="241f90d50.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> 300 (2007)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="758" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 249 WIDTH="746"><div> Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips says: <I>"...for a film with lotsa flesh and even more blood, it's light on flesh-and-blood characters." </I>  I agree.  The story of King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans stands alone in it's grandeur and heart, but it's portrayal on screen leaves a little to be desired.  The Spartans were most known for being strong stoic soldiers.  The state determined whether children, both male and female, were strong when they were born; weakling infants were left in the hills to die of exposure. Exposing weak or sickly children was a common practice in the Greek world, but Sparta institutionalized it as a state activity rather than a domestic activity. At the age of seven, every male Spartan was sent to military and athletic school. These schools taught toughness, discipline, endurance of pain (often severe pain), and survival skills. At twenty, after thirteen years of training, the Spartan became a soldier. The Spartan soldier spent his life with his fellow soldiers; he lived in barracks and ate all his meals with his fellow soldiers.  All of this is what is good about the movie, but the battle scenes seem contrived, more like scenes from a kung-fu flick, and the acting is marginal.  A warning.   It carries an <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >MPAA Rating:</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >R for graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity.</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="746"><div> Lutz's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Judy's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 65 WIDTH="746"><div> <B>Storyline From Yahoo:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >In the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.</FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics  B-    Users B+</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>