Lena Headey

There was great concern when it was announced that Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's graphic novel 300 was becoming a feature film. The epic story with rich visual effects going to be more unfilmable as many epic novels is rarely done justice. It is no secret that the graphic novel itself was sparse relying more on the carnage that the visual history and intrigue which is characteristic of many of the most controversial work of Miller (take a look the book the Frank Miller comic ROBOCOP now form graphic novel) or more recent film adaptation Sin City.
It is therefore surprising that now that 300 under the supervision of director Zack Snyder is a mixed bag. It brings together all the great graphic novel to the screen more adds a subplot involving the King Leonidas of (Gerard Butler) wife, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey), which actually helps the movie. As the graphic novel it is based on 300 production is lush with incredible cinematography by director of photography Larry Fong, which puts you on the battlefield next to each arrow and each blade. This range would have been easily been exaggerated, but Fong uses the camera as if the whole film is a ballet that weaving in and out of many battles in many long-term plans without counting heavily on cutaways and close angles which is what I feared might happen.
Leonidas not only well developed, but many of its soldiers are particularly well Delios (David Wenham) and Captain (Vincent Regan), among others. Each of the major soldiers have a distinct personality, without becoming a caricature, is what hurts so many films in this subgenre.
One of the biggest flaws of this film is that the subplot with the queen Gorgo feels like a separate scenario does not really connect to the main plot. It's as if they just needed something for his character to make and break the battle scenes. Also, all blood CGI has aged very quickly, not because it was not good, but because he was no longer used. It should be used sparingly to emphasize a point not to know everything and become extreme, as the trend has become with most horror movies. These two minor missteps while away the rest of the film and feel like padding.
300 was not quite perfect, but it has not been Robocop 2 or 3, or (Frank Miller's other two properties is not well).