Leonidas and his merry men

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2007)

Where do i begin? The movie is abysmal. It is like watching a 30 minute video clip expanded to a movie in slow motion. If you enjoyed movies like Catwoman, Alexander, Battlefield Earth you should see it. Otherwise avoid it at all costs. Maybe a DVD movie at best. Nothing but a disappointing movie that fails to cover even the essential in this historic glorious battle. A comic adaptation that fails to follow the comic itself. In other words it completely misguides the audience as to what this whole "deal" was about. Just some "stylized" meaningless battles that portray the Spartans' battle superiority, offering little explanation for it. I like it though how ancient Spartans had mastered the use of applying wax to their hirsute bodies. Being a Greek I have never read such a thing in history so far. And for all those who might oppose the significance for historical detail, then the movie shouldn't refer to King Leonidas' 300 but to ancient swordsmen of some tribe fighting ogres, trolls and wild elephants 100 feet tall somewhere in ancient Greece and thus being named Battlefield Hot Gates or something. Mercy.