Writing of comics, I finally got to see 300 last Tuesday. Another Frank Miller comic book made into a movie, 300 feels like a great graphic novel. Not having read the graphic novel, I don’t know if it’s great or not, but Frank Miller is a sign of quality.
The movie’s story isn’t fantastic, but it’s clear, with few complications, so it runs faster than the blood which fills it. This movie was almost exactly what I expected… and I enjoyed it for just that reason. Seeing it on the IMAX was a great call (thanks, Sean).
I had heard that critics were not fond of the movie, and a Metacritic score of 51 underlines that point. But given the $200M and counting the film is making, we can expect more of these stories. We can only hope that the visual style doesn’t become old hat too soon.