A spectacular movie - 300

We almost missed the movie 300 yesterday as my wife and I were hurrying (read: scurrying) to get last full show tickets at Gateway. After a quick dinner at Cibo, we prepped-up to see one of my need-to-see movies of the year.

The Sin City look-and-feel have actually made this adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel more stunning. The gory battles and nudity are actually watchable, though the story is not an exact reference to the Battle of Thermopylae. While I think Gerard Butler hammed up being King Leonidas at times, the rest of the cast did justice to their characters.

My wife and I agreed, the movie is worth watching over and over again (just as Star Wars and The Matrix became our long weekend/vacation movie-watching habits).

The novel, which I haven't read, is on my need-to-read list now.