See this in IMAX

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2007)

This is the first movie I actually went out of my way to see at the IMAX theater. I am certainly pleased with the entire effect of the IMAX experience, but the quality of the theater pales in comparison with the movie. Forget the fact that this was historically inaccurate, and that some of the Greeks and Spartans had multinational accents...just watch it and enjoy it for what it is.
Pure entertainment...and the biggest cinematic adrenaline rush of my life!
The acting was near flawless, the effects were spectacular without doubt, and there were only two spots in the movie that I could pick out as being less than perfect...or fake to the point where I rolled my eyes. The intensity of the Spartans was solid throughout the entire movie, and the emotional reactions of the Spartans was very real in a time and place where emotions were a sign of weakness.
If this movie lasted an hour longer, I don't think a single person in the theater would have stirred. As it was, when the movie was over, people were cheering and commenting that it should have lasted longer than it did.
Such a big movie for such a small stage.