An epic tale of heroism from the oldern times, retold with the technological possibilities of today.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2007)

As the title says, the best way to describe this movie and everything it resembles is by saying it is a epic tale summarized and retold with todays technological possibilities.
It is full of exaggeration, hyperbole and yes even close-mindedness... But it is told out of the viewpoint of the Spartans, it doesn't even try to be historical or politically correct and is also idealizing a lot of things, but it accomplishes every single one of those feats greatly. For me it transcended the feeling you get from reading old sagas (like Hercules or Odysseus), full of heroic people fighting and defeating monsters and demigods, the slow-motion and all those other effects all seem to serve as a means to making the movie seem more epic and it certainly succeeds at that.
9 / 10