David Wilder - 300

While I didn't make it to see 300 on Tuesday, I managed to see it last Saturday. It was very interesting, contained wonderful cinematics, and even some religion. A lot of this religion was the believe in the Greek gods. The city of Sparta didn't want to go to war without the blessing of these gods and sought the advice of the priests and of the priestesses. This was a very important part of the movie, and caused the majority of the city to turn against the King when he saw the need to defend the city. Another reference to religion is that of the King of Persia. He considered himself a god and addressed himself as such countless times. In fact, his elite bodyguards were called Immortals. The Persian prided himself of this so much that the Spartan general vowed to make him bleed and thus know his own mortality. The scene in which this occurred was the climax. A spear grazed the foreign emperor and he was shocked at the sight of his own blood. In the end, it became apparent that the Spartan army succeeded against the Persian onslaught, even without the blessing of their gods. Overall, the role of religion is pushed to the rear in the movie, and the abilities and strength of humans is pushed.