an excellent film with humor and wit

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2007)

everything was visually stimulating and excellent. the roars of glory and honor from king leonides was convincing, and all the scenes from lena headey were strong and captivating. all the actors in the film were perfect for their roles and everything fit in right. the audience reacted well to the film, with laughs and cheering, especially with a lot of scenes with the queen, all her scenes were remarkably strong. there were some moments however that were comic and were not really meant to be. there were a lot of politics and other subplots that were interesting, so it was not only constantly focused on fighting scenes, which would have been fruitless to some level. before i saw the film i thought, how long can you keep showing fight scenes until you run out of time and substance? however, everything was handled well, from the great opening scene to the end. the surprising part of the film was that there was irony, humor, and wit. instead of a barbaric, raw, and mindless film (sort of like sin city) this film proved to have much more meaning and substance. king leonides tried to do what was best for his people, and fight endlessly with his small force. he fought for freedom and honor and everything that everyone hopes to protect. also the narrative was interesting and clever, and it actually did recount many things such as hubris and other small Greek anecdotes. there was a lot of subtle humor that many caught, and many lines were well written, witty and worked well throughout the film. the whole movie really made you live in it, and really made the audience riled up.
in the end, you really just wanted to be a spartan.