I am spartan...hear me roar!!

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2007)

Here we are again. the definitive review is back.
I have been salivating to see this movie ever since I saw the teaser for it on the apple quicktime movie trailer site.
It was well worth the wait, so much in fact, I have seen the movie 2 times, and am going back for a 3rd. The first was a plain old movie theater. the second was at a state of the art theater, in DLP surround sound. Next THE IMAX....OH YES!!
You will walk into this movie going, what is this about, but when you leave the movie, your chest will swell, your arms will pump, and you will scream at the top of your lungs " I AM A SPARTAN, HEAR ME ROAR " and you will get a rush of invincibility about you.
The camera angles put your pretty much right in the movie and involve you. at some points you feel like the actors are speaking to you.
The plot of the movie is based on history and legend with a twist of carnival side show. you will understand when you see some of the army members in the movie.
The flow of the movie changes, it speeds up, slows down, and pauses. the best thing of the movie the MUSIC and SOUNDS. this movie WILL WIN the Oscar for sound hands down. it is an excellent piece of work.
I have been reading about how they showed the movie in Sparta, and some people were offended at the violence, and complaining that the movie shows the Spartans as blood-thirsty warriors, with no care for life. This is total BS, it is a movie our Marines would be proud of. Honor, glory, love, courage in the face of death. protecting your love ones from slavery, and oppression.
I know it may not be nominated for anything but the scientific subjects, light, sounds, costumes, art direction, etc..but it will be a masterpiece many would love to own, and will own in their ultimate DVD collection.