I haven't seen the 300. I don't intend to see the 300. Seriously. I like action movies as much as the next guy--ok, tht's not true. I probably like action movies slightly less than the next guy. Still, I like them just fine, but I'm not going to see the 300.

It's a fairly compelling story and it's also a great success story of a movie, plus it's because of them I can put 300 pictures on my myspace page.

Still, I just don't care.

One: I'm tired of seeing Mr Defined Chest Man with his angry face. I don't know who he is but the imdb tells me he's been in a lot of stuff I haven't seen. Hey, did you know there's a Beowulf and Grendel movie? anyway, he's in the absolutely dreadful "Reign of Fire" which I, sadly, did see the night it opened and I don't remember much beyond McConaughey, Bale, dragons, and a few ridiculous scenes. He plays The Phantom in the film version of, um, Phantom of the Opera, something else I haven't seen but I'll take this to mean he's a really good singer. I'm not making any comment on his talent, I'm just saying he's had quite a career yet I'm completely unfamiliar with the man. I'm doing my best to rectify that, I've read his mini-bio and he seems like an all around good guy. Now I won't think of him as the angry, chisled brute screaming lame catch phrases. Which brings me to

Two: "Tonight we dine in hell!" Now, really. It's rumored that this was an actual line uttered by the real life Leonidas, King of Abs. There is a line that can be drawn, people. It's one of the stupidest movie lines ever. I haven't seen the movie so I'll assume that it's a reference to how hard the battle's going to be, but to me it's just proof that any line said with enough force and emotion can be worked into a memorable, motivational phrase. I'm not a betting gal but I'd put my money on this here line making its way into vernacular of many a high school coach.

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