In which I take an entertainment break...

I watched 300 yesterday, and heartily recommend it to anybody with an appetite for big, pretty action flicks. It's admittedly a little thin in the story department, even considering the paucity of the underlying material. But it's well acted, expertly paced, and full of inappropriately entertaining violence. Most important, it's about the most gloriously shot movie I've seen in years - it's satisfying to finally see the green-screen revolution be used in service of serious visual art. Go see it if it's at all your thing - and if you've got a reasonably strong stomach.