There are many effects used in film to create emphasis. Lighting effects, special effects, camera effects, etc. One effect that when overused is as painful as pins under your eyelids (no experience in that) is film speed. You know, speeding things up and slowing things down. While speeding scenes up is rare because of it's disorienting, slowing scenes down is a time-tested effect.
300 is a film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. It's a retelling of the historical battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans staved off a massive Persian army to protect their country. Now first and foremost I'm aware this is a stylized film. I'm not dumb enough to judge it like a Shakespearean play. One can still expect some drama, some meaning, something! Alas, there is none. No, this is a film about violence in slow mo. This is a movie made to look cool. It lacks so many narrative elements it looks like a sheet of cellophane held in front of a sunrise. You can see right through it at the 'beauty' that's there. That impresses only the near-sighted.
Now let me say this as well: the perception of originality and vision about this film is shockingly bad. No offense. People actually think the look is something different. This is a literal panel-for-panel carbon copy. No offense. If any credit is due, it's too the computer programmers. Not the director. A monkey could have filmed this. No offense. Screw it. All offense meant.
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