Good movie, but get the facts right

Rating: 7/10 (10 March 2007)

Yes, I know the movie was based of a graphic novel, but I am afraid that people will start citing this film as a historical reference, which it is not. The acting was good but all of the sex scenes were completely unnecessary. All of the battle scenes were awesome, except the first one with the immortals and the wall of dead bodies, no one in their right mind, including the real Leonidas, would leave their superior Phalanx formation just to make a few bodies fall on 1 demented immortal. Why were all the immortals beast like? Last time I checked they were regular humans who were just good fighters. Also, for some reason none of the Persians had wicker shields and spears, which was the preferred weapon set. The elephants were the size of the ones from Lord of the Rings, which was pretty cool, but I am afraid of idiots thinking elephants were that big. The other Greeks left their position far to late also. Darius looked like a large girl who would get tangled up in her own jewelry if she tried to fight. Darius was a normal guy in real life and was not so girly looking. The Persians also preferred chariots over regular horsemen. I did not understand why they had a crab type man cutting of the heads of the generals, I guess a man with an axe is just too real for the writers of this film. Were all the weird priests like lepers or something because they sure looked like them. As a film to watch for action this movie was great because the fight scenes kicked butt, but I am afraid of idiots who will start using this as a historical reference and they will think they know what they are talking about.
Compared to The 300 Spartans, this film has better action yet it is much worse in the historical realm.
for action a 9.5 out of 10 for historical accuracy a 1 out of 10 (at least it was based on a real event)