As boring as it gets

Rating: 2/10 (12 April 2007)

I wasn't expecting much historical value going into the theater,knowing that it was based more on the Lord of the Rings than History, but I thought it would at least be entertaining. I was wrong. Not to mention some blatant historical inaccuracies, above all, the movie was boring. It had been a while since I had found myself yawning and struggling to stay awake through a movie in theaters, but I came very close to sleep on this one. The first battle scene was pretty cool, but after that it was all the same. Even though the movie through in war elephants, rhinoceroses and hand grenades, (all of which were very inaccurate for the time period) it still didn't make up for its overall lack of story, acting, and character development. being so bored by the end of the film, I was pointing out things I didn't not like, particularly Xerses being 8 feet tall and and bald. But, I regress. On a final note for future films, stick to history, lose the speedos