Total waste of time and money, insulting and inappropriate

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2007)

I keep reminding myself that this is only an adaptation of an imaginary novel and I should not expect historical facts to show up in the movie. Or should I? History tells us that the Persians dressed up and behaved very different from what is shown in this movie, and so did the Spartans. Indeed both came from a cultural background entirely different from the imaginary picture of them in this adaptation. Imaginary or not, this movie addresses history and one normally expects minimum adherence to historical facts when dealing with such movies, which this movie obviously lacks. Imagine someone writing an imaginary novel about some historic event  say, George Washington's battles for the United States  and puts him in a barbaric outfit and behavior and some other person makes a movie as an adaptation of this novel (just trying to build a case, nothing intended against anyone). Any objections? After all, it's only an adaptation of an imaginary novel. Can you really enjoy this movie? It's almost the same thing here: Total waste of time and money, insulting and inappropriate.