Everyone told me that this film wasn't very good. Compared to the first one it was absolutely shocking. They were correct. There was eight years between these films and it really showed. People have forgotten 300, it is one of those films that we all remember and yell SPARTA but hardly every sit down and watch it- it wasn't particularly 'classic' or funny or even moving like Gladiator but Gerard Butler made it something better than it otherwise would have been.
I found everything about it boring. I expected more from this film and it failed to deliver. Gerard Butler was a huge presence and with the lack of his character they needed someone to step up and create another character like that who would drag the film along and set the standards.
Lena Headey was impressive. Since first seeing her in 300 she has just continued to amaze me with her different characters in St. Trinian's and Dredd. I know that she has been in both 300 films but she was kinda a supporting role in the first film cos we were all watching it for Gerard Butler. She was allowed to rise as her own star this time around and over the years she has just got better and better.
The only thing that I will say for this film is that the lack of Butler gave room for the female characters to show us a little of what they can do. Feminists would be slightly happier with the characters in this film and the roles that the women got to take on. Strong characters that didn't need a man to protect them and this would make a lot of women in the world very happy.
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