That's most actors out of consideration anyway.

Oscars are a mixed bag of the worthy, baffling and just plain unworthy - news at 11.

But it's not a debate for AICN talkbacks. What bugs me is that Kings, which really is a great movie, deserved a nomination at the very least, but it's been overlooked.

Regarding 300 though, aside from VFX, I don't think it deserved nominations. It's pretty standard popcorn action, with overused slo-mo, a script that was lifted straight from the comic, and not suitable for movies, telling the story in soundbytes and catchphrases rather than well thought out dialogue

The only thing that sets 300 apart is the Greenscreen shoot used to make ancient Greece look like the comic, but that's hardly new. Sin City also had a greenscreen shoot and did a much better job in my opinion.

300 wasn't shit...but it was a pretty standard popcorn action movie, nothing special.

Speaking of Sony Imageworks though...remember the cgi Justice League rumour that hit IESB a few months ago? I started that rumour. I made it up and sent it into IESB - and they ran it despite me being an untested and unproven source. What's the lesson here? IESB will run any old shit.

The dialogue was awful. Nothing but soundbytes and catchphrases, that may have worked in the comic because of the nature of the medium, but for a movie, it was nothing more than guys screaming these catchphrases every few minutes.

I didn't say the action was sub standard. I said it was standard popcorn movie stuff, though if anything, it suffers because of the overuse of slo-mo.

300 is a popcorn action movie in the truest sense of the word...it's a comic book version of Rambo...you don't watch a Rambo movie to learn about the characters internal angst...you watch it to see the shit hit the fan, so you can cheer and shout as the blood flies. 300 was no different.

Enjoyable? Yes, absolutely...it's a movie to watch with a few beers, surrounded by friends, getting drunk and cheering at each beheading.

But groundbreaking? Certainly not.

I can't comment on Golden Compass because I've never seen it (and never will, either).

I have to say though, if Leonidis had taken them on all at once rather than one at a time, I might have been impressed.

300 was a fun movie, and effects-wise it looks cool. But regardless of the technique used, it's still just a popcorn movie.