Seriously, I must first address the blood. It's the worst error made in the CGI department here, which all considered generally does a great job in the film. Except for the blood of course. The blood which is shed in ridiculous amounts is unbelievably thick and comes out in insane amounts from even the most minor wounds.
The action scenes are decent and some good fun, and that's the reason that most liked 300, was because of the insane beheadings and kicking-into-pits (This is Sparta is said in this film by the way). But the film, though divided by transitions with the title 'scene' slapped onto them hastily, is basically one giant action scene. There's barely room for character development at all, and characters abandon their ideals in one scene while standing strongly by them in another.
Oh, and there's a ridiculous sex scene that seems like an action scene, and it is backed by action music. It's oddly violent and angry, and it's just awkward. Almost as awkward as the sex scenes in The Room. ALMOST.
I did enjoy Eva Green's performance overall, and while her character wasn't deeply explored and she mostly just seemed like a typical persistent villain with motives based in an off-the-shelf backstory, she was still an entertaining 'strong' female character (quotations around strong as she is strong-willed and strong physically, but not strongly constructed as a character).
The film is fun if you're looking to sit back and watch limbs and heads get cut off and blood fly around in unrealistic proportions, but as a film to be examined, it's not great. It takes a lot of time from the beginning to understand the timeline it's following (it's not quite a sequel, and it's not quite a prequel...). It's a flashy and gory film.
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