I've avoided "300" (as well as "Gladiator," "Troy," Alexander," "Braveheart," "Spartacus," "Prince of Persia," "Clash of the Titans," "Thor," "Centurion," "Conan the Barbarian," and every other flick glorifying bloody warfare) so I am blissfully ignorant of the author Frank Miller. I plan to keep it that way.