Molon Labe!.

My wife and I went to see 300 today. It was a pretty good crowd for a Sunday after-matinee show, and we were not disappointed. Good performances, special effects that fed the story and didn’t distract from it, and a good plot. (It’s a well-known historical piece, hard – but not impossible – to screw up.)

I will say one thing further. I found this review (via Rotten Tomatoes) to be amusing. Money quote:

These Spartans are equal parts John Rambo, Conan the Cimmerian, and John McClane. I feel comfortable enough in my (relative lack of) masculinity to say that if I had to stand in the presence of these men for more than ten seconds, I’d spontaneously grow a pair of ovaries.

Let’s just say my wife enjoyed it far more than she’d anticipated.