MudHog wrote:... I found the fight scenes to be very "movieish" and unrealistic.
That is what they were going for. It was all about exaggeration. The special effects and the uniqueness of the way it was filmed was what made it so cool. The theatre atmosphere definitely made all these things incredible.
Don't rent Sin City if you didn't like 300. It wasn't nearly as good, but was the same director and he used a lot of the same effects and styles.