300

Sin City meets the History of Ancient Greece. In 480 B.C. a Spartan army of 300, led by King Leonidis, held their ground against a massive Persian contingent set to crush and enslave these Greeks. Believing in democracy and freedom, the warriors marched off in their underwear to wield spears and shields in the Battle of Thermopylae and a suicide mission to honor their king and kingdom. Any homophobic man watching this adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel will squirm in his seat and undoubtably find the sweaty, bare-chested he-men outrageously flaming but you gotta think -1) this is Greece - land of homosexuality; 2) this is Greece in B.C. -when this sort of thing was only broken up by the occasional orgy; 3) who the hell cares when you're a woman watching these insanely gorgeous non-CGI'd bodies? Shot almost entirely against a green screen, with settings and effects inserted by computer, the look of 300 is as stunning as the actors' physiques. The movie was dark, unapologetically bloody, preachy and thrilling. Despite its predictability and heavy-handedness, 300 is Saturday matinee material all the way. But keep the kiddies and homophobes away.