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300: Rise of an Empire
(it has enough gore to classify as a horror so i'm throwing this here)
I am... disappointed. 300 is one of my favorite films, so I was rather excited to see it's sequel. And although it started strong with a fantastic lead character, it quickly lost strength and just had a weak ending. When the first ended so dramatically and bled so much emotion, I don't know how I was expecting this one to end, but it just doesn't compare.
The first thing to really lose me was... WHY was the army of Athens so far away from the city when it was destroyed? Isn't the point of having an army force to PREVENT THAT? I mean what are you fighting for when its people and city no longer exist? Somewhere along the way I got lost at that plot point.
All the best battles are in the beginning or middle (i had to pause a few times so i'm not sure where i saw what), with not much of a climatic battle finish. Just when it seems like it's going to get the most interesting, that's when the credits roll. So much for seeing the queen taking her revenge and killing the brat king. At least she made it to the show.
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